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I hope everyone has a happy and fun Halloween! We woke up this morning to snow, which made it look more like Christmas than Halloween. It's going to make trick or treating a little more difficult tonight because of the snow. Are you planning on dressing up with your children? I'm going as a Tim Horton's customer because I'll be carrying and drinking a cup of Tim Horton's coffee as I walk the kids door to door. Hey, I wonder if I'll get treats too? I'll take loose gems, gold and silver bars please. Okay, I'll just settle for candy.

Have a safe and fun Halloween!

Camera Critters is a weekend meme, about what else but critters, created my very own BBFF, Misty.


Yesterday I brought the pumpkins I had on the deck inside to warm up before we carve them today. Avery was very interested in them and crawled all over them. I guess she was deciding which one she wanted to carve.

It's first thing in the morning and as you are enjoying your cup of coffee all you hear is your teen aged daughter scream from the bathroom. You drop your coffee, spilling it all over yourself in the process, simply to find out your daughter is not hurt, she did not see a spider, but what she did see is a pimple on her face. You spend the next 10 minutes telling her that "You can really notice it", even if it is huge, and that "No, you can not stay home from school just because you have a zit!". This is something all mothers of teenager girls go through.

One of the most well known and effective acne products on the market is called Proactiv and we recently received two of their many wonderful acne skincare products to try out. As a mother of a teen aged daughter prone to break outs I knew we would definitely be able to put these products through the test.


Proactiv Solutions Makeup Removing Cloths - These are pre-moistened clothes that remove even tough makeup like mascara to help clean the skin so that pores will not get clogged with makeup that result in blemishes. These are great! Not only are they extremely quick and easy to use, but they come in a resealable pouch so that you can take them with you anywhere, which is good for a teen aged girl who often spends nights at her friends houses.





Proactiv Solutions Medicated Blemish Stick - This is a medicated cover-stick that helps to conceal the blemish and heals the blemish at the same time. It comes in four shades so that no matter what your skin color it will blend in perfectly . This is perfect because not only does it help to hid the blemish, which is what every teen aged girl wants, but it also helps to get rid of it, which is also what every teen aged girl wants. It's a win-win situation.

After seeing commercials for Proactiv for a while my teen aged daughter always wanted to try the products. We have tried numerous products in the past, and have even gone to the doctor for medicine for her acne problem. I am happy, no ecstatic to say that Proactiv helped her with her blemishes while so many of the other products she tried did not. Not only did it help, but it worked quickly. Proactiv is definitely a product that I would recommend to anyone with acne problems.

You can find out more information about Proactiv and how to buy it by going to www.proactiv.com.




The products in this review were given to me free of charge for review. My review and opinions are not influenced by this or any source, they are my honest opinion of the product. No other form of compensation has been given. I am not responsible for the statements made by the sponsoring companies or it's affiliates. Click here for my disclosure policy.

Are you already for Halloween? It's only a few days away and the kids are getting so excited! I have the costumes all ready to go and the treats for the trick or treaters all bagged up. If you haven't gotten your candy yet for the trick or treaters then you should hurry up to the store. There are some great sales on them now and they won't last long. If you are going to be walking your child around while trick or treating then I suggest you wear some good comfy athletic shoes like mbt shoes. The last thing you want is to have to cut your child's trick or treating short because your feet hurt.

A great way to organize your basement is to use lockers. Not only do lockers provide great storage, but they can also help bring a room together. If the basement room you are organizing is the kids playroom then you could use bright colored school lockers in red or blue. They are a great place to keep toys and games off the floor so that your child has room to play and it also keeps the room nice and tidy. If you have a work out area in your basement you use a gym locker to keep all your stuff in. For your husbands workshop area in the basement a locker is a great place to keep his tool belt, safety glasses, etc.

Organizing your basement is always a task that people put off because they don't know where to begin, but with the help of lockers your basement can be organized and tidy in no time. To find lockers for sale simply click this link and start organizing your basement.




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Congratulations to Petula for being the winner of the Rock 'N Learn Phonics Volumes 1 & 2 DVD's contest! I will be in touch with you shortly for your address for the company to send you your prize.

Don't forget to enter my other contest, CSN Stores $75 Giveaway, which closes midnight on Halloween.

Being a parent is the most wonderful thing anyone can experience. Being a parent means your world is filled with unconditional love, laughter, and happiness. Many people can not have children naturally and as a result adopt children or simply wish to enlarge their family by adopting. I come from a large family of eight children and two of them are adopted. Do I feel any different about them with the rest of my siblings? Yes I do, they are actually two of my favorite siblings of them all. I consider them my siblings just as much as the rest of them and I know my parents loved them just as much as they did rest of us.

Both of my siblings were from private adoptions, but I do know people who have gone through public and foreign adoptions. If you are looking or considering adoption a child then you should check out the Wyoming Children's Society. It's a great adoption agency based in Wyoming that offers public and Russian adoptions.


There are so many children in the world who need people to love them. You can find out more about adoption and about the Wyoming Children's Society by clicking this link.

With Halloween only a few days away I thought it would be a great time to again review some Halloween safety tips.

1. Children should be accompanied by an adult.
2. Children should wear clothing that can easily be seen at night. Retro-reflective materials are best.
3. Children should trick or treat in one well-known area and not wander into unknown neighborhoods.
4. All candy should be inspected by an adult to make sure that no one has tampered with it. If it looks suspicious, the police should be contacted.
5. Children should avoid stray animals.
6. Children should wear masks that do not interfere with vision. Better yet, they can avoid masks by wearing makeup.
7. Children should watch for moving vehicles when crossing streets.
8. Costumes should be short enough that the child will not trip.
9. Trick or treaters should dress appropriately for the weather and carry a flashlight.
10. For extra safety, organize a Halloween party for children in your neighborhood.


Tips from the Canada Safety Council.

Deciding what you want to do with your life is a very big decision no matter what age you are, and it's never too late to go for your dreams. Getting an education, whether it is right out of high school or advancing your education later on in your life, is very important. After you get that education and decide what career you want finding the right job for you can be a difficult task. Registering with a recruitment agency is a great way to get that dream job. Recruitment agencies match up employers with potential employees. Not only do recruitment agencies help to find you a job, but they match up the best suited job for you and the best employer for your needs.

Being unhappy in your job is never a good thing and it's never too late to look for your dream job. With the help of a recruitment agencies you can find that dream job you have always wanted

Don't forget to enter the two fabulous contests I am currently holding, Rock 'N Learn Phonics Volumes 1 & 2 DVD's ending midnight October 26th and CSN Stores $75 Giveaway ending midnight October 31th. There is not much time left to enter so be sure to enter now.

Camera Critters is a weekend meme, about what else but critters, created my very own BBFF, Misty.


Here are some more pictures of the Canada Geese that I saw last week.

With Halloween only a little over a week away it's time to start thinking about getting a pumpkin to crave for a jack-o-lantern. I found some great free Disney character pumpkin carving patterns at Disney Family. They also have some great Halloween crafts, recipes and printables there.

My neighbor has a huge, I mean HUGE pumpkin in their yard and my son wants one just like it. I would have to invest in some creatine or a forklift to be able to lift it. I don't know about getting one that large, but we definitely are going to be be getting some pumpkins to make these great Disney jack-o-lanterns with.

If you haven't started your Christmas shopping I suggest you do. I was out at the mall today and it was not only packed, but it was full of Christmas decorations and there were some great sales on. I like to start my Christmas shopping at the first of October so that it gives me plenty of time to find just the right gift and look for sales without having to be rushed. No one wants to have to run the week before Christmas to finish their shopping. The stores are hectic and the variety is low. Just thinking about waiting that long gives me nightmares. I would seriously have to take some natural sleep aids to be able to sleep from worrying about Christmas shopping if I waited any longer than the end of October.

With Halloween only less than two weeks away if you haven't found or started making your children's costume yet time is quickly running out. The movie Alice In Wonderland was a huge hit this past year and expect to see some characters from the movie out and about trick or treating this year. One character that is very popular is The Mad Hatter. Making a Mad Hatter costume is very hard at all. You simply need a coat, a colorful scarf for a tie and the hat. The hat may be difficult to find, but it's easy to make.

To make The Mad Hatters hat all you need is flexible cardboard, tape, scissors, hot glue gun and sticks or material glue, black and pink material, a black marker, and some white paper.

Use the cardboard to make the tube shape of the hat and use the person who is going to be wearing it as a model for size. Simply cut the right length of cardboard to fit the head, cut a circle for the top of the hat, and a ring for the bottom of the hat. Tape all of these together to make the form of the hat. Glue black material on to the hat.Cut a long piece of pink material to make the ribbon of the hat and attach. Make a small sign that says 10/6 and stick that in the band of the hat. Viola, you have a mad hatter hat!

I love Google! You can find anything on there from colon cleanse to rocket ships. One thing I recently used Google for was to help make my sons Halloween costume.

My son loves video games and one that he really likes is The Legend Of Zelda games from Nintendo. This year for Halloween he decided he wanted to be Link, the hero from the game. All I had to do was Google images for Link to find out what he looked like and I came up with this one.




On Google there was even some Link costumes that other people made to give me an idea of how to make the costume. The end result of my son's costume was this.


I made him his tunic, which I had to make a little on the big side in order for it to fit over his Winter coat as it gets near freezing here at nights now. I also made his shield, boots, belt, sword holder, the belt, a rupee bag for his belt, and the hat. The only thing I had to buy was the sword. All of the materials I used in making the costume I had on hand so all I had to pay for his costume was $2.99 for the sword.

Aidan loves his costume, although he might not look it in this picture, but that's because I told him he had to take it off and couldn't sleep in it. He loves it so much that he constantly wants to wear it. Thank you Google for helping me make this costume for my son.

Camera Critters is a weekend meme, about what else but critters, created my very own BBFF, Misty.


Fall is definitely here. In fact it seems like Winter at nights because the temperature has gone down below freezing a few nights already. I think these guys better hurry up and fly South before they freeze their tail feathers off.

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I remember as a child sitting on my grandfather's porch listening to him and his friends talk while they smoked their pipes and cigars. They talked about farming, the old days, and the weather. I remember them talking about the sky and if it was pink at night it would be nice the next day and if it was pink in the morning a storm was coming. I guess they were right because I took this picture yesterday morning and now we are supposed to get a Nor'Easter this weekend.

Being a stay-at-home mother is definitely not as exciting or fancy as having one of those high finance jobs. It's not as glamorous as being an actress or model. It doesn't pay as good as being a lawyer or doctor, but one thing it does have that all those other jobs don't is being able to spend all my time with my children. Being a full time mother is very important to me. Growing up both of my parents worked. With eight kids, I guess they both had to work to be able to afford us. With both of them working it meant that they weren't able to spend a lot of quality time with us. Because of this I felt like I wasn't as close to my parents as I wanted to be. When I became a mother I knew I wanted to be able to stay at home and spend as much time with my children as possible. Thankfully since we only have two children and my husband has an adequate job I am able to do that.

Another great thing about being a stay-at-home mom is that when I'm sick I don't have to call in sick. I supposed I could call myself and explain to myself that I'm sick, but that would just be an awkward conversation.

Being a mother means many things, but one thing all us mothers can agree upon is that being a mother often means not getting enough sleep. With so many responsibilities mothers have we often put ourselves on the back burner. We stay up late doing laundry, putting school lunches up, and taking care of our sick children. Because mothers often don't get enough sleep it's important to make sure the sleep they do get is a good sleep. Having a good quality mattress is extremely important in getting a good nights sleep. If you are only able to get 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night you shouldn't have to spend an hour of that time tossing and turning on an uncomfortable mattress.

When choosing the right mattress for you the best bet is to look for a well known brand like a Sealy mattress. Sealy offers a variety of types of mattresses, but I prefer their Posturepedic mattresses. When I was pregnant with my last child I found it so hard to get comfortable in bed and my back ached so much that sleep was nearly impossible due to the mattress we had. As a result of this we went out and purchased a Sealy Posturepedic mattress and ever since then I have never had a bad nights sleep. I love the soft top so that it feels very comfy, but yet it still gives the back support you need.

Another great mattress brand is Stearns and Foster. They offer high quality top of the line mattresses. Not only are they considered a luxury mattress, but because the coils are individually wrapped they are extremely comfortable to sleep on.

Getting the proper nights sleep is extremely important and having a good mattress is the first step in getting that good nights sleep.

If your children love The Penguins of Madagascar then they will love to have their newest movie, I Was A Penguin Zombie. Allison at Being Allison is giving one away to one lucky reader. If you would like a chance to enter her contest and win this movie then simply click here to head on over and enter.

Getting your kids to listen to you can sometimes be like talking to a brick wall. You can repeat yourself over dozens of times, but they still won't listen to you. This is especially true when you are telling them to either do something or not to do something.

Sure when you tell your kids it's time for ice cream they hear you just fine, but when you tell them it's time for them to pick up their toys they seem to develop a hearing problem. No you don't need an audiometer to check their hearing, they can hear you just fine, they just don't want to hear you. What you need to do is get down to their level, look them in the eyes, and explain to them in a calm authoritative voice what you want them to do. Doing this allows them to know that they don't have an option to listen to you and you know that they heard.

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The wonderful people at Bounty Paper Towels loves kids so much and are such a wonderful help to mothers that they sent me a Bounty Monster Mess Craft Package, pictured here, which included not only some great craft supplies for the kids to make some wonderful Halloween crafts, they also included some Bounty paper towel for me to help clean up after. Kids love to make crafts and of course while making these crafts they also make a huge mess, that's where Bounty comes in. Bounty paper towel makes cleaning up that mess a lot easier.

The Bounty Monster Mess Craft Package included glue, glitter, markers, cupcake holders, suckers, a Halloween decoration, and double pack of Bounty Paper Towels, the Original Picker Upper, white and Bounty Extra Soft Paper Towels.


The kids had an amazing time using the supplies in The Bounty Monster Mess Craft Package!




As you can see in these photos that they kids made a huge mess. There was cake batter and icing all over my counter. On my table there was glue, paint, and glitter everywhere! My kitchen was a huge mess, but thanks to Bounty Paper Towels it didn't stay that way for long. Simply with some water and Bounty Paper Towel the mess was soon cleaned up. What I liked the most about the Bounty Paper Towel is that I didn't have to use sheet after sheet after sheet like most paper towel. I was able to simply rinse the Bounty Paper Towel off in the sink and keep using it. It was like using a cloth to clean that I simply could throw away after I was done.

I've used paper towel in the past and found that I went through it so quickly that I was constantly buying more of it. With Bounty Paper Towels it takes less paper towels to clean up a mess. Not only does Bounty Paper towels help you clean up, but it also saves you money by using less. In my opinion Bounty Paper Towels is a mom's best friend!



The products in this review were given to me free of charge for testing and review. My review and opinions are not influenced by this or any source, they are my honest opinion of the product. No other form of compensation has been given. I am not responsible for the statements made by the sponsoring companies or it's affiliates. Click here for my disclosure policy.

The cold weather season is upon us and it's just going to get colder. With the price of fuel and electricity rising so high we all wonder how we can stay warm and cozy for less? One thing I do to combat the high cost of heating is to keep the furnace turned down to a minimal and use a portable electric heater in the living room, which is the room we are usually all in. Not only does this keep your heating bill down, but the cost of running a portable electric heater costs less than turning your furnace on to heat room that you are not using at the time. If you don't have a portable electric heater or are looking for a new one then you can find a great Heater Home coupon code for 7% off all orders.

Stay warm this winter and save money while doing it!

When it comes to our children's education and learning we want to help as much as possible. We want to make learning easy and fun for our children. Let's face it, if it's not fun our children don't want to do it. In order to help make learning more fun Rock 'N Learn have found a great way to combine children's love for music with learning.

I received two of the many wonderful DVD's learning aids from Rock 'N Learn to review and tell you about.

Phonics Volume 1 DVD

Practicing the phonics skills that lead to reading and spelling success is more fun than ever. We've turbocharged our best-selling Phonics video program with new, enhanced animation along with sentence and story practice. Catchy rhymes make rules easy to remember. Delayed answers and our "on-screen mouth" let students check their reading and pronunciation. Read-along stories and fun songs provide practice with rules and build reading fluency. Context clues help students develop multiple strategies to read for meaning.
-Ages 6 & up.
-Approx. 70 minutes.


Phonics Volume 2 DVD

Practice is the key to reading and spelling success-and now it's more fun than ever. We've turbocharged our best-selling Phonics video program with new animation along with sentence and story practice. Volume 2 builds on Volume 1, with catchy rhymes to make rules easy to remember. Delayed answers and our "on-screen mouth" let students check their reading and pronunciation. Read-along stories and fun songs provide practice applying the rules and building reading fluency. Context clues help students develop multiple strategies to read for meaning.
-Ages 6 & up
-Approx. 78 minutes.

Each one of these DVD's can be purchased separately for $19.99 or both can be purchased together for $34.99.

My son is turning 6 on January 1st and he just started kindergarten in September. Helping him learn is very important to me and I these two DVD's great. Not only do they help him to learn, which is very important to me, but they are fun for him. He loves the fact that it's musical and because of that it doesn't seem like work to him. Not only does he love using them when it's learning time, but he also asks to watch them on his free TV time.

Rock 'N Learn offers a wide variety of DVD and CD learning tools for children from 2 to over 10 years of age in a wide variety of subjects like Science, Math, and Reading just to name a few. To find out more information about these and to purchase them you can go to www.rocknlearn.com. You can also become a fan of them on Facebook www.Facebook.com/RockAndLearn.

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With Christmas quickly approaching you might have already heard "I want this for Christmas" from your child. Knowing what to buy for your younger child for Christmas can be easy, but what to buy for a teenager can be harder. When it comes to teenager electronics are always a good bet. Another thing teenagers like is clothes, but not just any clothes. They like cool clothes like the coogi line of clothes. Asking your teenager for a list of things they would like for Christmas is always a good idea, but if you want they to be totally surprised for Christmas then ask your teenagers friends what your child likes to give you come ideas for Christmas presents.

Finding the right shoes for your child can sometimes be a daunting task. Getting quality shoes, the perfect fit, and at a good price can sometimes be a battle. There is a great website that offers all three of these things, www.startriteshoes.com. Not only do they offer a wide selection of shoes for boys and girls they are high quality at great prices.

When it comes to shoes for our children you want to make sure they are the right fit. Shoes that are too small for your child will not only hurt their feet, but they can be detrimental to the proper growth of their feet. Shoes that are too big for your child can often fall off and lead them to falling and tripping resulting in them hurting themselves. Startriteshoes.com has a great video that shoes you how to make sure your little girls riptape shoes are the proper fit.



They also offer other extensive helpful hints and tips on how to make sure your children's shoes on their website, www.startriteshoes.com, in the "fitting" section and have a great "advice" section about your child's footwear needs.

So whether you are looking for boots, sneakers, or Girls slippers www.startriteshoes.com has the perfect footwear for you child's needs. With their wide selection and great prices I'm sure you will be able to find just what you are looking for. They also are running a contest now that you can win your child's shoes for a year simply by entering your email address in to the draw.



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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. We are having our Thanksgiving dinner today because my husband has to work tomorrow night. I want to take this time to wish all of my Canadian friends a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I go through a lot of ink for my printer. I have a teen aged daughter in high school and it seems like every week there is a couple of essays, homework and reports that needs to be typed up and printed out. I also use my printer for printing out things for my son who is in kindergarten. I print out coloring pages, educational stuff that includes how to print and add worksheets. Because of this constant printing I go through ink constantly. Let's face it, ink can be very expensive, even if it's just black ink for printing out documents.

During special occasions like birthdays and Christmas I use my printer to print out invitations and my holiday Christmas cards. Printing out these things uses up a lot of colored ink and we all know that colored ink cartridges costs more than black ink cartridges. It seems that I am constantly buying ink cartridges.

In order to combat the high costs of buying ink cartridges I found this great website called InkCartridge.com that has both an amazing selection of inkjet printer ink cartridges and great prices. For my printer I can buy three cartridges at this website for what I would pay for two of them at my local store. I also have a problem sometime finding the cartridge for my printer at my local store as they are either always all sold out or don't carry them. InkCartridge.com has the widest selection of ink cartridges that I have ever seen so you will definitely be able to find the right cartridge for your printer whatever brand it is. They even offer free shipping on orders over $50.

So whether you use your printer for printing off documents, pictures for your child's homework, holiday cards or invitations you can save yourself a lot of money on printer ink by checking out InkCartridge.com for all your printer ink needs.

It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada and this past week has been a very busy one. So busy that I never got any animal pictures for Camera Critters. I was telling my family that I needed a picture of an animal and my son told me I could take a picture of his turkey he made. I told him I thought Misty would love to see a picture of it and he asked if she wanted him to make her one too.

Aidan was so excited about me using his turkey for Camera Critters that he had to sit down with me at my laptop and help me write this post.

So Misty, Aidan wants to know if you want him to make you a turkey?

This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. That means a wonderful meal with family and friends. To mothers it means, cleaning, cooking, and baking. I love Thanksgiving as it's a time where you can spend giving thanks for all the wonderful things you have. I go all out for Thanksgiving with the traditional Thanksgiving meal, decorations, and I even print out place cards on my xerox phaser 8560.

Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks and I am thankful for my wonderful husband, children, family and friends. What are you thankful for?

American Idol is the #1 show in the world with millions of fans. I'm a fan of it myself and have enjoyed countless seasons of the show. American Idol has inspired the new American Idol Performance Series Headphones so that you can feel like a star too!



Features -

- Soft, around ear stereo headphones which are ideal for long listening sessions
- State-of-the-art bass boosting technology for maximum sound quality
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These are NOT just your everyday headphones. Not only are they extremely comfortable, they sound great as well because of they are stereo bass-enhanced. They have a cool design on them that my teen aged daughter loves. She not only uses them for her MP3 player, but she also uses them while on her laptop. I love the fact that because they cover her whole ear that what she is listening to is only heard by her.

If you are looking for the perfect gift for the American Idol fan for Christmas, or you simply need a new pair of headphones than the American Idol Performance Series Headphones are a great option and at the price of only $29.99 they are a great price. You can find more about these headphones by going to www.IdolPerformanceSeries.com and they are sold exclusively at Amazon.com.


The product in this review was given to me free of charge for review. My review and opinions are not influenced by this or any source, they are my honest opinion of the product. No other form of compensation has been given. I am not responsible for the statements made by the sponsoring companies or it's affiliates. Click here for my disclosure policy.

Doesn't it always seem like it's one thing after another sometimes? As soon as you get your pay the plumber to fix your leaking taps you find our your car needs a brake job. As parents having a working vehicle is a necessity for traveling to work, getting groceries, driving the kids to their ballet class and soccer games. When your car breaks down it's throws a real big wrench into your life.

Getting your car repaired as fast as possible at a good price with quality work is sometimes a bigger hassle than having no car at all. There is a great website that can help you with this, RepairPal.com. They will help you find a great repair shop in your area whether you are looking for a Dallas auto repair shop or one in Portland. Their website also has many other features that include an Auto Repair Encyclopedia and an Owner Review section so before you buy a Chevrolet Silverado you can see what other owners have to say about it.

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With Halloween coming up the kids wanted to make a craft or make a treat so I decided why not do both at the same time. I googled around and found a great idea here for a Rice Krispy Jack-O-Lantern. We decided to change it up a bit as this recipe makes one large Rice Krispy Jack-O-Lantern and the kids wanted to make individual ones.

The recipe is pretty much a standard Rice Krispy Squares recipe that we all have with a couple of exceptions.

Here is the recipe we used.

Ingredients -

• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 package (about 40) marshmallows
• 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• orange food coloring (if you don't have orange simply mix red and yellow together
• decorations such as chocolate chips, candies, or icing to make the faces
  
• butter or margarine for hand to shape pumpkins

Directions -
1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Add food coloring until you get the desired shade of orange you want. Remove from heat.
2. Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.
3. Butter up your hands and shape mixture into balls/pumpkin shapes. Be careful to let the mixture cool a bit first before you do this as it is very hot.
4. After your have your shapes decorate them.

My son and niece had a great time making these ones and although I think they went a little overboard with the chocolate chips I think they turned out pretty good and most importantly the kids had a great time making them and eating them!

Halloween is quickly approaching and that means our little ghouls, ghosts and goblins will be going out trick or treating....and we all know what that mean, lots and lots and lots of candy! Kids love candy, but we all know that candy isn't good for us and it leads to cavities.

The wonderful people at Colgate Kids Oral Care can help protect your children against all those cavities caused by all that yummy Halloween candy. They have a wide variety of products for different age groups to help clean your children's teeth and protect them against cavities.

Ages 0 - 2

My First Colgate Infant & Toddler Toothpaste

* For children ages 0 to 2 years old
* Safe if swallowed
* Gently cleans teeth
* Mild fruit flavor kids love
* No artificial colors, preservatives or SLS
* No mess dispensing
* Mild fruit flavor
* Retail price $3.49











My First Colgate Toothbrush

* For children ages 0 to 2 years old
* Specially designed to fit growing hands
* Oval head with soft bristles helps protect children's gums
* Available in 3 colors
* Retails for $2.49












Ages 2 - 8

Dora The Explorer Battery Powered Toothbrush

* Small rotating head that cleans teeth and gently sweeps away plaque
* Soft bristles help protect gums
* Brush lays flat for easy toothpaste application
* 2 replaceable AA batteries
* Also available in Spongebob Squarepants and Bakugan
* Retails for $5.99









Dora the Explorer Anti-Cavity Fluoride Toothpaste

* Clinically-proven cavity protection that strengthens and protects developing teeth
* Mild Bubble Fruit® flavor that kids love
* Specially designed for kids ages 2 and up
* Dora graphics in a convenient stand-up tube with flip-top cap that encourages kids to brush
* Also available in Spongebob Squarepants and Bakugan
* Retails for $2.79






Dora the Explorer Manual Toothbrush

* Featuring Dora, Boots, and Diego making brushing an adventure
* Specially designed for kids with developing teeth
* Non-slip cushioned handle fits small fingers
* Multi-height bristles that reach all teeth, including hard to reach areas
* Oval head with soft material helps protect children's gums
* Also available in Spongebob Squarepants and Bakugan
* Retails for $2.49







Ages 8 - 12

Colgate Kids 2 in 1 Anti-Cavity Toothpaste

* Helps protect teeth against cavities and bad breath
* Comes in fun and tasty flavors, Strawberry and Watermelon, which will encourage your kids to brush for a lifetime of bright smiles
* Comes in a bright and colorful package that your kids will like
* Retails for $3.29





Colgate Pop Stars Anti-Cavity Toothpaste

* Helps protect teeth against cavities and bad breath
* Mild mint flavor with star breath strips that dissolve inside the mouth for a long-lasting fresh breath sensation
* Cool bottle design that your kids will like
* Retails for $3.29





Colgate also has some great tips on how to have a tooth-friendly Halloween by allowing your children to eat their favorites right away after trick or treating, but then to throw out the rest. You can read more about Colgate's tips on How to have a tooth-friendly Halloween by clicking here.

As a mother I know how important good oral hygiene is and how important it is for children to brush their teeth. With the wonderful and fun line of product available from the Colgate Kids Oral Care line your kids will have a lot more fun brushing. My son love the Spongebob Squarepants line of products and my daughter thinks the Popstars Anti-Cavity Toothpaste is the coolest toothpaste she has ever used. With the help of these products it's no longer a battle to get my kids to brush their teeth.

Make sure your kids have a safe Halloween and to brush right after they are done eating their candy. For more information about the wonderful Colgate Kids Oral Care line go to their website at http://www.colgate.com/app/Kids-World/US/HomePage.cvsp.



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This week is a very busy week for me. My children have a 5 day weekend due to teacher meetings and it being Thanksgiving weekend coming up here in Canada. I have shopping to do, kids dentist appointments and of course lots of Thanksgiving cooking to do this week, but I have to let you know about an exciting contest that I will be running her next week on Mom Knows Everything.

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I will tell you more about this giveaway, how to enter and about CSN stores next week so be sure to come back and check it out and enter to win this great contest!

Being in the health care industry means that Nursing Scrubs are the standard uniform you have to wear, but just because you have to wear a scrub doesn't mean that you have to look unfashionable.

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