The title says it all. I love this book. It’s the perfect gift for any Mom, not necessarily only on Mother’s Day! Hey, mommies deserved to be pampered all year round.

My Mummy Is Magic is the combined effort of two authors, Carl Norac, a highly popular children’s author, and Ingrid Gordon, who is famous for her hugely successful WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE BOO-HOO BABY?, which has been translated into 10 languages.

Recently published on 01/02/2008, here’s a sneek peek at what this book is all about:

This little girl’s mummy makes cakes as big as a rocket and chases the night-time monsters away. Butterflies come and listen when she sings, and the sun always shines when she wears her favourite dress. But when she tells her daughter she loves her, that’s the most magic thing of all!

This special miniature edition of this beautiful picture book is available from PanMacmillan.

Spa Sensials aren’t exactly for moms only but all moms definitely deserve to have it. Everyone knows most moms hardly have time to pamper themselves with all sort of house chores; not to mention running after the kids. So, what happens to our skin if we do not have time to lather ourselves with proper lotion or skin care? The result : dry and crack skin of course.

I am one of those mommies who hardly have any “Me Time”, so Spa Sensials Intensive Moisturizing and Conditioning Hand and Foot Treatment Sytems really attracted my attention. They consist of a pair of gloves and socks which you can easily put on in a couple of seconds and go about doing your chores. These socks and gloves are made of a proprietary, stretchable nonwoven material infused with aloe, jojoba and vitamins A, B5 and E, and are clinically proven to soothe and deeply moisturize dry, cracked skin. The material keeps moisturizers against the skin for quick absorption, enabling you to enjoy a relaxing, easy spa experience at home.

What I enjoyed about using the gloves and socks is the fact that I am free to go about doing my stuff without sacrificing my time. It’s just so flexible and yet all it takes is only 15 minutes to be effective. Spa Sensials will make great gifts for all mommies who needs some pampering and rejuvenation. Try the spa experience at home!

Thanks to Mom Central, I was given the opportunity to review a new line of games launched by Cranium. I took the games Let’s Play Count and Cook and the Let’s Go To The Zoo Seek and Find Puzzle home to the delight of my 4 year old daughter.

I love the fact that Let’s Play Count and Cook can be enjoyed with a minimum of 2 players. The objective of the game is to pick any of the recipes in the cookbook and gather all the ingredients for it.

To start off, players have to put all the tokens face up on the game board. The player whose birthday is coming up next gets to start first by rolling the die and moving your chef the number of spaces shown, going in either direction on the play path. If you land on an ingredient you need for your recipe, add the token to the recipe. If you land on a star, add a special ingredient to the recipe -anything you want. If you are the player who manages to collect the last ingredient, you win the game! The winner gets to open the secret window for a surprise (find out for yourself!).

Let’s Play Count & Cook Game includes the game board, 20 ingredient tokens, 4 chef movers, recipe book, and die. My daughter gives it the thumbs up as she gets to pretend play with the game. Even my 8 year old son finds it interesting enough to join us in the game. Overall, Let’s Play Count and Cook is ideal for teaching counting, matching, turn taking and working together. Retails at $12.99 from Cranium.

 Let’s Go To The Zoo Seek and Play Puzzle is not the typical puzzle that springs to mind. Apart from putting the pieces of puzzles together, players also gets to search for animal and shapes in the puzzle such as peacocks and polar bears, lemurs and lions. How the game is played : Once the puzzle has been pieced together, each player is given three cards from the beginner or advanced deck.  Then, each player takes turn to search for the puzzle for the items on the cards. Mark your discovery by using the dry erase marker to circle it. The advantage of using the marker is that you can wipe the marks off with a dry tissue. However, it can get tiring wiping them if there are too many.

Let’s Go to the Zoo Seek & Find Puzzle comes in a box with 24 puzzle pieces, 30 cards and an erasable pen. Great for age 3 to 5 as these younger kids get to brush up on their spatial thinking, counting, color and letter matching and fine motor skills. However, I would not recommended it for older kids as it can be less challenging to them. Retails at $9.99 and available from Cranium.

Wishing All Friends and Readers

Blue Skies Ahead For A Happy New Year 2008

No ifs, ands, or butts!

Take your cute dimples and celebrate your New Rear!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 TO EVERYONE

Today’s the day!

*Drum Roll Please*

The winner of the Scream Free Parenting Book is

ShannonFrance

Congrates to you!

Please email me your mailing address.

My sincere thanks goes out to those who blogged about this contest and also to those who participated.

Even though we are not celebrating Christmas, we got our first Christmas tree decorated. Yipee! It was a lot of fun for my kids as well as myself. However, I am a very budget conscious person so my 5 feet tree and decors only cost me $70. Sorry guys, the photo captured using my camera phone does not do it justice.

Today I was surfing the net and decide to search for some cheap but cool Xmas deco to recommend to all since I am sure we do not want to spend too much on these decorations. Here’s a couple of great ornaments which I’ve discovered:

1. Musical Instrument Ornaments ($3.99 per dozen)

2. Mitten Ornaments ($3.99 per dozen)

3. Felt Elf Snowman Ornaments ($2.49 per set or 3 pieces)

4. Angel Jingle Bellies Ornaments ($4.99 per dozen)

Most of the time, when I run contests on my blogs, they are open to international contestants as well. However, I have noticed that many blog contests are open to US only, which can be really disappointing.  So, it was a true delight to see that Dear Dr.MOZ’s  giveaway The PaPa Pack daddy diaper bag gift combo is open to International contestants also.

The Gift Combo pack comes with Dr.MOZ’s GoodFather gift CD-ROM and sling-style daddy diaper bag equipped with an insulated bottle bag, a built-in changing pad, a zippered pocket for wipes, and many easily accessible compartments designed to keep dad’s gadgets separate from the baby gear.

This is really a great gift for any new or soon to be daddy but I wanna win it too so that I can give it away to my readers by running a similar contest on this blog! To participate, just click on the link in this post. Good luck to everybody.

Woot! I received my first award for this blog from Mel. I feel so honoured, thanks so much Mel, for giving me the Best Blogging Buddies For Global Communities Award.

I’m spreading the love to the following wonderful bloggers around the globe:

Beluga

Maiylah’s Snippets

Musings At Windyridge

If you are still reading this, I believe you did not read the title or had ignored it. If this was a psychology test, you would have already failed

Actually, this post is meant for me to claim my blog in Technorati only. Hence, the reason I requested you skipped this one

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As this blog is still fairly new, I am pretty excited about holding my 1st contest. If you follow my blog, you will know that I recently did a review of this awesome book called ScreamFree Parenting. You can read all about it here.

Here’s a chance for you to win ScreamFree Parenting courtesy of ScreamFree.com. To be eligible for entry, this is what you need to do:

1. Blogroll Mom2BBreviews - 1 entry (If my blog is currently on your blogroll now, you are also eligible)
2. Blogroll my shopping blog, My Lil Venture - 1 entry
3. Post a comment under this post to let me know your blog url so that I can verify your entry.
4. A random draw will be done and TWO WINNERS (YES THERE WILL BE TWO WINNERS) will be announced on 21st December, 2007.  However, should there be less than 20 entries, only ONE WINNER  will be selected.