Little Cook – iPhone Game For Kids

MAqility.com or see a video of the game.

Both Zach (4 yrs) and Rachel (9 yrs) enjoyed playing this game. Zach, in his ever so naughty ways, loved making a fish and sprinkles topped sundae and making the tester try it again and again. Rachel liked trying to find combinations of foods that the taster would appreciate. I’m sure this is going to continue to be a favorite of theirs.

Little Cook: $0.99 (At the time of this writing)

Skee-Ball iPhone App (for kids and big-kids) ;)

ISkee-Ball: $0.99 (at the time of this writing)

Farm Friends iPhone App

FFarm Friends – See and Say Fun Game: $0.99 (at the time of this writing)

The most amazing hair product. Ever. No, really!!

Ok, this is a totally UNSOLICITED, UNPAID FOR, UNREQUESTED review. (Although if the company wants to pay me AFTER the fact, go for it. Or better, yet, just send me some more of this stuff please?)

My hair is super curly. It gets REALLY frizzy (even in Utah’s dry weather – you do NOT want to know what it used to look like when we lived on the humid east coast. Suffice to say – EVERY DAY was a bad hair day). Anyway, I’m always up for trying new products – always hopeful that SOMETHING will tame the frizz. I typically use Garnier Fructis Style Fiber Gum Putty – and it does an ok job, but my hair still usually overpowers it and curls up too much and/or gets too frizzy.

I also used to use Scruples Enforce Sculpting Glaze – this stuff was AWESOME. My only complaint about it was that it made my hair too “crunchy” – but you could “decrunch” it by grabbing a bunch of curls and squeezing for a second. I’m psyched to find it now available on Amazon. That was the other big problem is that I couldn’t find anyone that was selling it!

Last week, I brought the kids into SuperCuts to get haircuts because Wednesday was “picture day.” While we were there, I started looking at the various hair products they were selling in the salon. One of the haircutters was trying to convince me to get this, and I didn’t buy it right away. (Mostly because of the name of the product. “Curl Amplifier” makes it sound like it’s going to make my hair MORE curly. This would not be a good feature!) Instead, I bought something else that didn’t do what I wanted. It was some kind of “wax” thing from Paul Mitchel.. basically the end result was that not only did it do nothing for the frizz – it just made my hair greasy feeling. So I went back there to exchange it – and again she tried to convince me to give this product a try. Being that my selection hadn’t gone so well – I figured, I might as well listen to her!! LOL! So I bought it. TOTALLY TOTALLY Awesome. Seriously. No friz. No crunch. My hair curled up into perfect little ringlets without my spending hours twisting them together to force them into some organization. LOVE IT!!! Anyway, it’s called: TIGI Catwalk Curls Rock Curl Amplifier.

If you have super curly hair – you’ve definitely got to check it out!

Win a FREE Piggies and Paws Print!

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So, if you’ve never heard of Piggies and Paws, you may be asking yourself, WHAT is Piggies and Paws??? It’s a little hard to describe (and unfortunately, I’m not able to use photos of the actual artwork) but basically it’s custom made artwork using your child’s handprint or footprint. We’ve all done cute little crafty things with our kids handprints, but there is definitely a difference between what I can pull off, and what can be done with Piggies and Paws.

My friend, Cheryl, is an independent artist here in Utah and we’ve had a number of prints done by her. We have two in our house, and we loved them so much that we got four more to send to grandparents and uncles and aunts. They’re unique and personal and made perfect gifts. Everyone loved them.

So to get an idea for what you’re getting – go to the Piggies and Paws website. There’s a few pictures on the homepage there, but when you have one of these done, there are TONS of designs to choose from. Seriously. You will have a really hard time picking out what you want!

I also want to mention that you can host a “party” with Piggies and Paws and Cheryl will come to you (within a reasonable distance) to do the handprints of your children and your friend’s children. Hostesses who book in the months of September or October will get your final prints mounted for free. (This might work great at a playgroup get together!) OR – if you don’t want to host your own party, then come to Cheryl’s Open House on Saturday, September 19th from 10am – 1pm or on Friday, October 9th from 5pm – 8pm and you’ll be able to see all the designs that are available.

SO if you would like to win a FREE Piggies and Paws print – here’s what you gotta do:

• Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment on this post. **Make sure you use a valid email address when you leave your comment – this will be the method I use to contact you should you win. (Value: 1 entry)

For more entries you can do the following (For each, leave a comment here telling me what you did)

• Become a fan of the Piggies and Paws Facebook page (Value: 2 entries)
• Follow me on Twitter (Value: 1 entry)
• Book a Piggies and Paws Party with Cheryl (Value: 10 entries!!!)

Contact Cheryl for more information, RSVP for her Open House (and get directions since I won’t be posting her address here), or book a Piggies and Paws party: chodsdon@piggiesandpaws.com

Contest ends September 9th at 10pm MST. There is no purchase necessary to enter the contest. I will be using random.org to choose the winner. I’ll contact the winner via email, and he/she will have 48 hours to respond. After 48 hours, another winner will be chosen. If the winner is unable to receive the prize (ie. You live too far away) another winner will be chosen.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The free Piggies and Paws print is only valid for prints created by Cheryl. If you live outside of an hour from Sandy, UT you may need to cover travel expenses to have Cheryl come to you. Or you can make the trip to Cheryl during her Open House. There are Piggies and Paws artists all over the country – so if Cheryl is too far from you, feel free to check out the website to find another closer to you. You will not be able to use your free print prize with other artists, but you can still get some cute prints from them!