Are you one of those collecting the furry little critters known as Zhu Zhu Pets?  And have you seen the adorable little Zhu Zhu Babies?
Well Baxter, an exclusive Zhu Zhu Pets™ hamster baby, will come packaged as a Collector’s Edition item with the initial release of the Zhu Zhu Pets™ video game for Nintendo DS™.  But hurry because this Collector’s Edition will be produced in limited quantities and will be available only until they sell out.
When does it come out, you ask?  March 23rd, 2010 and it will be available …

Welcome to this week’s edition of the 3Ps in a Pod Goody Roundup!!

In case this is your first visit to the Goody Round Up, it is posted each week.  If you would like your giveaways listed here, just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, by all means, list it again! Also, if you wish to send in your contest listing, feel …

Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year as it is sometimes called, is a time for family, fun, and friendship.  As part of our family is Chinese, we celebrate this fantastic holiday and decided to share it with you as well!
Here is how it will work: Beginning tonight, I am hosting a a great CNY Gift Guide.  During the next two weeks, I will continue to add other wonderful gifts that you might want to consider giving (or getting!) as a gift yourself.  The actual Giveaways start being listed on …

One of the coolest things under our tree this year is some Melissa & Doug play food.  It’s the Slice and Bake Cookie Set and my 3 year old will love it!  This thirty piece wooden set includes twelve cookies, twelve cookie toppings, an oven mitt, spatula, knife, cookie tray, and cookie tube.

The Melissa & Doug toys are incredibly sturdy and well made.  The  Bake Cookie Set even has a durable dough tube for storing the serviceable velcro cookies (cool, huh?).  Its paint is non-toxic, tested safe, and lead free. I just wish …

Well, it’s been a great couple of weeks, and we were able to donate some wonderful toys to some needy children. Again this year, our Because It’s Christmas Kids & Charity Giveaway is a success because we had very generous sponsors who helped support and charities and provided prizes for the giveaways.
For each prize pack, the entries were tallied in the order the gifts were revealed, so while the counts for each post started over at #1, we added them all together in the orders below.
Prize Group 1 …

Toys are very important for all children so if you can get a toy that they enjoy and encourages exercise, that is a decided plus.  Add to that the fact that said toy is safe, fun, made in the USA, and made from recycled plastic milk cartons and you would really have a great toy.
Meet that great toy.
I give you the Purple Jump Rope from Green Toys.
Top features:

100% cotton rope
Handles made from 100% recycled plastic
6 ft adjustable rope
Super safe: no phthalates or BPA
Made in USA

Crisscrosses, can-cans and double-unders are all …

It is not unheard of for a child to request an animal for Christmas ~ a kitten, a dog, even a horse.  However, when the Holiday has passed and the novelty has worn off, sometimes that is when the problems begin.  Well Hasbro to the rescue.
This cute little pooch is a whole lot less trouble the traditional sort.  He is 8 x 8 x 11 inches ; 1.4 pounds and soft as can be.  He comes in White, Pink and Light Blue but that is only the beginning.

Meet I-DOG …

Don’t you just love Build-A-Bear Workshop?  It is a fun and happy place that becomes magical to your child as they  build their own furry friend.  They carry everything from traditional Teddy Bears to Zoo Critters, Donation Animals to clothing for them all, Build-A-Bear really has so many different choices and allows for such personalization that you are sure to find the perfect Christmas gift for each person on your list.  In fact, Santa may even shop there…they are that good!

While I have yet to have the opportunity to build …

Bella Sara….the name synonymous with beautiful and magical horses who are loved by children – especially girls – world wide.

Bella Sara™ is a magical world of horses where children can expand their imaginations through play. Originally launched in Denmark by Gitte Odder Braendgaard through Conceptcard, Bella Sara inspires and empowers children with positive messages and the magic of North of North.  Published by Seattle-based game company Hidden City Games, Bella Sara began as a trading card game that has since expanded into an international product line. With three set releases …

Welcome to our special Thanksgiving Day edition of the 3Ps in a Pod Goody Roundup!
After all of the Turkey and Stuffing and Pumpkin Pie has been cleaned up, sit down, relax and put your feet up and surf a bunch of fantastic giveaways.  Don’t worry…you can still hit the Black Friday specials!
Anywho, time to go win some stuff, right? Right!
Remember, if you would like your giveaways listed here, just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will …

Build-A-Bear Workshop really amazes me with depth of their creativity and the generosity of their hearts.  Every year they have something or someone new that will light that spark in a child’s eye, and more accessories than imaginable to dress them up in.  Kids really love and need a special friend that is all their own -  I know my girls sure do – and Build-A-Bear makes quality and unique toys that can hold up to all of the loving a child can give them.
This is especially important this time …

Holiday shopping season is here again and the Global Influence network has some great gift ideas for you, tried and tested by real moms. Click on the links to check out what our team of reviewers had to say about each of these gift ideas, and then take a moment to enter our fun giveaway and take a chance at winning some of these fabulous products.
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Busy moms need all the help they can get to stay organized and keep life as simple as possible. …

“Mo-om, are we there yet???”  If you have kids and take them any further than next door, you have likely heard this in one form or another.  Well, have I found the cure for that – and no, I do not mean extra Benadryl all around!;)
Meet TravelKiddy, our next giveaway in the Because It’s Christmas 2 Kids and Charity Giveaway.  TravelKiddy is a company that has taken a fun and amazingly simple approach to the issue of traveling with children and trying to keep them entertained.  Jen, the Momprenuer behind …

The next gift in our Because It’s Christmas Kids and Charity Giveaway is from one of our wonderful sponsors from last year, Petit Baby.  They carry a complete line of toys to entertain and amuse children of all ages so run on over to Kim’s blog What’s That Smell? and get yourself entered for another wonderful Group One gift, an adorable animal puzzle from Djeco!  Bonne Chance!

Spunky Sprout.com, a company who is a firm believer in  doing good and charitable deeds, is our next sponsor for Because It’s Christmas 2 with their Splat Floating Ring Toss toy. What child would not enjoy playing with this in the tub?
So head over to What’s That Smell? and enter to win all of the toys in Group One!

Automoblox is a company that has taken the toy car to the next level and luckily enough, it is the wonderful company who has provided the next prize!

So head over to What’s That Smell? and enter to win all of the toys in Group Three!

If you have a little girl in your life, chances are that at one point or another she will be head-over-heels for horses.  I know I sure was and in a way, I still am so nothing is more fun than sharing that with my middle daughter, P2.  A while back, I had the chance to post about Bella Sara and Baby Bella. That is when I introduced P2 to them for the first time.  Since then we have learned about Treasures & Miniatures compliments  of Team Mom, helped with …

The first gift in our Second Annual Because It’s Christmas Kids and Charity Giveaway is up!!

It is an adorable plush Portuguese Water Dog from Build-a-Bear Workshop!
Head over to What’s That Smell? and enter to win all of the toys in Group One!

Hard to believe but it is time – time to start our 2nd annual Because It’s Christmas Kids and Charity Giveaway!
Today is THE Day!! The day we are kicking off our Christmas giveaway event, Because It’s Christmas 2 that we are doing as a partnership with Kim and Lori from What’s That Smell? The event will be run here, on 3 P’s in a Pod AND on Kim and Lori’s What’s That Smell? Talk about a party!
Let me give you an intro post about the charitable organizations …

Last year, Kim and I ran what we called “Because It’s Christmas, Kids & Charity Giveaway” which was an event that included some great giveaways and some great gifts for charity. We were able, thanks to our sponsors, to donate over $900 worth of toys to charity, and we had over 9,000 entries into the giveaways. It was a fun and successful event so we have decided to do it again.
The Second Annual Because It’s Christmas Kids & Charity Giveaway (or BIC 2.0 for short) will be kicking …

Well, welcome to this week’s edition of the 3Ps in a Pod Goody Roundup!
Anywho, time to go win some stuff, right? Right!
Remember, if you would like your giveaways listed here, just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, by all means, list it again! Also, if you wish to send in your contest listing, feel free.  This post goes up each weekend …

Well, welcome to this week’s edition of the 3Ps in a Pod Goody Roundup! So sorry it is late…darned ol’ Flu bug!
Anywho, time to go win some stuff, right? Right!
I am going to try and have them in a more organized fashion for you so bear with me and feel free to leave me a comment or two of what you like and what you don’t.  Remember, if you would like your giveaways listed here, just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and …

Well, welcome to this week’s edition of the 3Ps in a Pod Goody Roundup!
Time to go win some stuff, right? Right!
I am going to try and have them in a more organized fashion for you so bear with me and feel free to leave me a comment or two of what you like and what you don’t.  Remember, if you would like your giveaways listed here, just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. …

Welcome to my Weekly Roundup GOODY Roundup! Time to go win some stuff, right? Right!
Here is the deal: If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway, just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, by all means, list it again! Also, if you wish to send in your contest listing, feel free.  This post goes up each …

Have you noticed where you live that the mornings and evenings are a bit cooler?  I have and I am loving it!  Fall is my favorite season of all.  Maybe that is because my birthday and Halloween, two of my favorite things are in October.  Halloween was such fun as a child and now that I have kids of my own, it is fun all over again.  We like to plan ahead for our costumes too.  This year I am trying to sell ALL three of them on our …

Welcome to my Weekly Roundup! Time to go win some stuff, right? Right!
Here is the deal: If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway, just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, by all means, list it again! Also, if you wish to send in your contest listing, feel free.  This post goes up each Saturday and …

Ho, Ho, Ho… It is almost Christmas and Silly Ol’ Santa has almost everything stacked in that sleigh. My little elf will find a special surprise awaiting her Christmas morning – a set of ABC Architect blocks from Parents® brand toys.
I cannot wait for her to open them because I just know she will love them. They are molded plastic building blocks made in bright colors with animals and ABC’s on each side. Stackable, floatable – light enough to be easily carried and soft enough that …

My kids love to visit the local pet store so we stop in there a lot, so much so that we have a regular tour pattern. We start with the fish, make a long stop in with the kitties, swing back by the rodents and birds and finish up with the snakes and lizards. One of their perennial favorites is always the chameleons with their beady little eyes and color-changing abilities.

Well, Zaki is a chameleon of a different color. Introducing . . . Zaki the Chameleon, a …

This is the prize list for the GROUP 2 PRIZE PACK for our Because It’s Christmas Kids and Charity Giveaway.

Group 2 is geared towards boys or girls 2-3 years old.
As we “unwrap” a prize each day, the gift will be revealed and the link to enter the giveaway will be made active. If the link is not active, we have not yet revealed the prize.
You will be able to submit an entry for each gift in the group and they will all be combined and one winner will win the …