I remember when Zhu Zhu’s first came out and Haylee begged me for a Zhu Zhu pet.  I will admit I did not give in at first.  But since that day the Zhu-niverse has expanded, I finally gave in and now have many Zhu Zhu’s in my house.

Many years and Zhu Zhu’s later we now have a whole Zhu-niverse in my daughters room.  We have pets, puppies, hamsters, kung Zhu’s and so many different things to play with that on a good day I can’t even count how many there are and don’t think we could ever get bored playing with Zhu Zhu’s.

One of my favorite things about Zhu Zhu’s is that you can’t out grow them.  My 9 year old daughter has them, my 5 year old nephew has them, and my 10 year old niece even collects them.  Recently, we have added a new Zhu Zhu Puppy, Zhu Zhu Puppy outfit and Fun Time Laundry Room to my daughters never ending Zhu-niverse.   And I have to be the first to admit that both my daughter and myself have had an amazing time playing, dressing, and washing her Zhu Zhu puppies cloths.  I think that thing that made me really smile about the Laundry Room was the fact that even Zhu Zhu Puppies need to wash their cloths and take care of themselves.

We have had so much fun with our Zhu Zhu puppy and outfit that we have the opportunity to share a Zhu Zhu puppy and outfit with you.  All you need to do is leave us a comment telling us who in your house or family would like to adopt a Zhu Zhu Puppy and why you think they would like to Adopt one.  We will choose the winners on September 12th.

Once again Lighting McQueen and his best friend Mater have hit the big screen and to celebrate I’ve got a great little CARS 2 giveaway for you.

1 winner will receive:

CARS 2 t-shirt in youth sizes of S, M, L, XL           CARS 2 set of 3 bumper tickets

CARS 2 temporary tattoo sheet (2 per winner)     CARS 2 puzzle

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment! So start your engine and get to commenting.

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in “Cars 2” when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car.

If you haven’t seen it yet then you’ll want to make sure you do. It’s one summer flick you won’t want to miss.

Winner will be selected by random.org on Friday, July 8th and notified via email!

Haylee has chosen the

winner

of

our Generation Cures:

Zebrafish book Giveaway

Congratulations M!

Every child can make a difference in the lives of others. You may not have ever heard of Generation Cures until now but I think it’s a very important website you should see and share with your children. It’s all about teaching and empowering our kids to give back. Generation Cures was founded in May 2008 by Children’s Hospital Boston, and it inspires kids to help cure other kids via hospital fundraising programs, local fundraising activities, and digital media. It empowers kids to believe they can make a difference in the lives of others and to do what they can to help find cures to the most debilitating childhood diseases. It’s also an award winning site: “Website of the Year” by Mom’s Choice Awards, “Kid Zui Seal” from leading kids’ web browser KidZui (given by a review board of 200 plus teachers and parents as well as Gold Davey Awards for creative excellence and out of the box thinking and a Parents Choice Awards in the Fall of 2009.

By visiting their website at Generation Cures you can certainly see fine examples of young people who have taken that belief and are making it a reality, changing the lives of sick children, giving hope that research they helped fund will someday find a cure.

In just visiting the site myself I learned of Rachel, a youth who at 14 was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor who is giving back in an amazing way – $10,000 to cancer research.  I learned about the Zebrafish and its importance in the study and research of disease. There are special areas set up For Kids, For Teens, For Parents and For Teachers, webisodes, online games – all in a safe online place to learn, play. For teachers there are lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the webisodes. What a wonderful resource for teachers to teacher character development, social responsibility and how to give back to the community along with math and science concepts.

Zebrafish, (published by Simon & Schuster and endorsed by the Junior Library Guild and American Library Association-for kids in middle grade) is an extension of the Generation Cures animated series Zebrafish, which as I learned is a small, transparent fish used for studying disease, and tells the story of five friends who form a rock band who use their music to make a difference in the world and encourages kids everywhere to do the same.
If you’d like more information on Generation Cures please visit their website at GenerationCures.org , like them on facebook or follow them on Twitter.

Little Hand Big Heart will be giving away a copy of Zebrafish to you, one of our readers courtesy of  Generation Cures.

To be entered to win simply leave a comment below.

Disclosure: The giveaway item will be provided free of charge for the giveaway as well as the complimentary copy I will receive. No monetary exchange took place.

Little Hand Big Heart and Mom Select have an awesome giveaway. We were selected to be one of the lucky ones that got to review the Precious Girls Club Book Operation Kindness. Haylee and I choose to read a chapter a night until we finished the book and I have to tell you this is one of the best books I have ever read with Haylee.

Katie Bennett and the Precious Girls Club want to make some sad sick kids at the Shine Community Hospital happy. And the only way they can think to do that is by putting on a puppet show but something is stopping them. Mr. Boxer! Mr Boxer is the president of the hospital and he refuses to say yes.

Katie and her friends learn some important lessons along the way not only from another club member but also from Katie’s gaurdian angel Faith.This is a book you and your little ones will not want to put down until you find out just how the girls do on Operation Kindness.

So one luck winner will win the book Operation kindness and will also win a mini plush paws dog and even better you are going to get access to the companion website. www.preciousgirlsclub.com.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on who you would give the book and the plush dog to.

To receive extra entries:

• follow me on twitter and leave a comment
• Tweet about this giveaway

Plus everyone that enters will also receive a special web access code so that your precious little one can go and join the Precious Girls Club once the giveaway is all done. (I have to say my 7 year old loves the Precious Girls Club Website and there are so many great lessons that involve God!)

Giveaway Ends September 9th at 12 PM CST.

I am addicted to list and writing things by hand.  There I admitted it.  I am probley one of tht biggest list makers you will ever meet.  Seriously most list I have, have list themselves.  I think it is part of the organization freak found in me.

I could not tell you how exicted and happy I was when I found Holiday EPlanner by Listplanit.com.  I seriously could not wait to get my hands on it.  And once it was in my hands I could not wait to get started working on it. Holiday EPlanner had everything I had hoped for, wanted and needed to get my holiday action plan in motion.

Once I had it printed off and safely tucked in my home binder.  I was on a mission.  I started feeling out the pages.  I want to share with you my favorite pages:

• The December Calendar (started writing in important dates on it right away)
• Cards to Send (I got out my list from last year of people who sent us cards and started adding)
• Cards Received ( can’t wait to start receiving cards)
• Wish List (this is an awesome list and I have already started adding to it)
• Gift List (A,B,C) I have already started filling these out
• Holiday Meal Planner (this is awesome because I have already started planning my meal and actually I am going to use it to plan my Thanksgiving meal too)
• Holiday Gifts Received (now why did I not think of that.  This year I get to write down what we received and send out thank you cards)
• Holiday Memories (What a great tradition I can start by writing down my favorite memories every year)
• Holiday coolies and candy planner (this year is my first year I am making cookies and candy so I needed this)
• Advent Activity Planner (this is awesome and she has an example one too.)

Those are just my favorites and there are still tons more that I did not even mention.  I know I know now you are wishing you had one.  Well Listplanit.com has given me permission to give one away.  So all you need to do is GO visit http://listplanit.com and leave me a comment here on  on how much you would love a Holiday EPlanner and how you would use it and on Nov. 21st I will give away a free Holiday EPlanner to One Lucky Person.

I absolutely love Turtle Chex mix.  So when I was over visiting Free Birthday Treats Blog I noticed she was giving away a awesome awesome prize and to be honest I don’t want anyone but me to win it but I am going to share it with you anyways. Below you will find what she is giving away.

The new Turtle Chex Mix Bars combine crunchy Chex pieces, pretzels and peanuts with chewy and indulgent ingredients like caramel and chocolate. They have less than 150 calories per bar and provide at least 8 grams of whole grain per serving.

Now for the really good stuff, she is giving away three Baskets of Indulgence which include a box of tasty Turtle Chex Mix Bars, chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials (loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel)

Seriously how much better of a giveaway can there be. Head on over to Free Birthday Treats Blog and enter to win.