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Winner of the Snap Fish Gift Card

Amy Jo is the lucky winner of the Snapfish gift card good for 50 prints! Woo!

And if you're looking to check out the HP Photo smart printer (works well with the camera), here's a great review.

The Mother of All Contests: Well Almost

Check out this amazing contest for a cool new site called Light Iris. You can win a ridiculous amount of gift cards. Takes like two seconds and might be totally worth it.

And consider entering (or rewriting if you already did one) a Real Mom Truth Essay. The contest runs through May 11 and the prizes are a 4G iPod Nano and a link to your winning post on True Mom Confessions.

Winner will be announced and linked on Mother's Day!

Check it out! And spread the word.

And the Winner Is...

Congrats to Elena for winning the Nintendo DS Lite and Brain Age game. And many thanks to all who entered. Your stories were, well, touching (hehe).

(And thanks to random.org who helped me pick Elena's winning number).

The fun doesn't stop here people. Quite frankly, we're giving away one free thing a day over at Cool Mom Picks. It may not be a Nintendo DS Lite, but still pretty cool.

If Only I Had Thought of This Myself

Have you been toy shopping lately?

I know. It's the highlight of your week to bring your screaming toddler to the toy section at Target or the Dollar Store (yeah, I know I saw you there) to buy a toy for someone else's kid.

Basically, you leave with a screeching headache, some ridiculous toy for your own child just to keep them quiet, and then something you think this other kid might like but you're not sure and chances are they'll probably get about 14 of them anyway so who cares.

But not anymore. Brian at Ebeanstalk contacted me and I jumped on the chance to share this information with you. Not only because if you play along, you can win a PRIZE (like a BIG ONE), but because I think he's offering a valuable service.

They took four developmental experts and over 250 moms across America and had them pick the BEST toys for kids ranging in age from 0-5. They then created various series of these toys, based on age, price point, gender and "how not to give mom a headache and make her kid really smart."

Sweet.

But really, the toys match the child's developmental skills based on their age, so not only are you getting cool toys, but ones that will challenge them mentally and physically. 

So, pick an age, pick a package (FOUR GIFTS sent throughout the year to your gift recipient except the Starter set which has two gifts), and earn your status as "kick-butt gift giver" without even having to set ONE foot on a toy aisle. 

And if you don't like their series, then make your own. I'm partial to ones that don't involve TALKING toys... however, you can pick whatever you want or just let them do the work for you.

And price wise. Well, the range can fit any budget. Plus you can register your own kid for toys and slip your in-laws the url... (I'm working on mine right now).

So, do you want one? Well, you can WIN ONE for yourself - that's right. A BASICS series valued at $73. Just go to the site and send me an email with the corrent answer to the following question: What else do you get with every gift series purchase? (hint: It's FOUR FREE THINGS). Get your email to me by 12 midnight EST on Wednesday and I'll pick a winner at random.

Now go forth. Spread the word. And good luck.

Support a Mom Contest: Sponsors Needed

If you have a product that you would like to donate as a prize for my "Support a Mom" contest, please contact me.

I had an overwhelming response to this contest and if you donate a product, you will be listed as a sponsor. In addition, a link to your site will be placed on any post that is contest related for that particular month.

For more information on the contest, click here!

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