SodaStream Giveaway-- Ends 7/16 Open to US

This is a giveaway I am sharing from another blog, SaraLee's Deals Steals & Giveaways! She does a lot of great giveaways and has a lot of blogger opportunities available on her facebook group page. If you are a blogger, it would benefit you to visit and join her group! Lucky Emerald wishes you good luck on the SodaStream giveaway! If you enter it here on my blog and win it, come on back by and let me know! Thanks!

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 This Giveaway is done by SaraLee's Deals Steals & Giveaways 

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to review the SodaStream Genesis kit and I can say that my family likes it. I was surprised at how fast the shipping was and how everything was packed. The SodaStream was very easy to put together and use. I liked the Cola flavor and my son likes the orange & root beer flavors while hubby likes the tea and water flavors. This really does have something for everyone. I like how you can carbonate the beverage to your liking. Plus the best part is you can add as much syrup you like for your tasting.

 This is before I took the SodaStream Genesis out of the box.

This after we made our first bottle of Root Beer. Very easy to do.

Fountain Jet Soda Lover's Start-Up Kit  ($99.95)

-          Fountain Jet – winner’s choice of color (black/silver, red/silver or white)

-          1 carbonating bottle, reusable for up to 3 years

-          Reusable carbonator to fizz up to 60L of soda

-          Variety 6-pack of popular sample-size flavors

-          3 full-sized flavors of the winner’s choice

Now for the giveaway: One lucky person will win a Fountain Jet Soda Lover's Start-Up Kit  ($99.95). This is open to US and ends 7/16/12 @ 11:59 pm est. To enter, simply do the tasks on the Rafflecopter widget below and you're set to have a chance to win! 


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck!

Contest Chest-A place to enter 100's of giveaways all in one place!

Contest Chest is the place where you can find contests to enter and keep all your entries organized! At any one time, you can find 100's of giveaways to enter that will fit your needs and wants! All of the giveaways are added by bloggers and individuals and they are organized by end date so you can enter all the ones that end the soonest! You can add all of your giveaways from your blog and it will get plenty of traffic! If there is a contest and the prize doesn't interest you, there is a place you can click "not interested" and Contest Chest will remember that and only show you contests with prizes that WILL interest you! Also, once you sign up, Contest Chest will assign a referrer link to you. If you post it on your blog or website and other people join through your link, you are entered to win $200 from Contest Chest! You can also win $100 just by adding contests! There are so many ways to win on this site, it's amazing! I have won several contests on the site over the last 3 months so I know it's possible. I absolutely love Contest Chest and I know you will too! If you like to join, please click any of the blue lettered links in this post or just click HERE and it will take you directly to the sign-up page! It's easy and free to join!

Until next time...

Hugs,

Enter to win a Giggle Gang Toy by Fisher Price! Great for babies and toddlers! Ends tonight!

Fisher Price makes the cutest toys for babies and toddlers, well, big kids too! They make the Giggle Gang toys that giggle when you push on them and that makes kids giggle along with it!

To win one of these cute toys, head on over to The Adventures of J-man and Millerbug and fill out the rafflecopter! It's easy! Good luck Moms!

From Monster to Sweetheart.........in 2.3 seconds flat!

My son, Jaden, is overall a sweet little 4 year old, but he can be a monster! He is very strong-willed and if I say the sky is blue, he'll say it's green! He has a wonderful imagination! The other day, he wanted to play "Lemonade Stand" with me. He set up a box in his room and I was supposed to be the customer. For a lemonade stand, he sure did offer quite a few items! LOL There was lemonade(of course), cookies, brownies, lollipops, sandwiches, and chips! And he made them all right there in his play kitchen! Bad thing was, I had to pay for my "food" with real change! That's my little entrepreneur! Then one day last week, he told me that I was a princess (that's true! LOL) and he was a dragon! So he was trying to get to me in my tower, and then he changed from the dragon to a prince who was going to save me! I played along of course, I always do.

The thing that always amazes me is how Jaden can turn from monster to sweetheart so quickly. One minute, he will be running through the house tearing up everything in sight, and the next minute he will be cuddling with me on the couch. He is always so appreciative of everything he gets, a trait I've instilled in him since birth really. Yesterday, while he was at storytime, I went to Walmart and bought him some new socks and a flag tshirt for 4th of July. I also bought myself a matching flag tshirt so we would match! When he got home and I showed him his new socks and tshirt, he started jumping up and down yelling "OH THANK YOU MOMMY!" with tears in his eyes! All over some socks and a tshirt! He hugged and thanked me several times yesterday for that purchase. What a cutie! It makes me proud that he has such good manners. I have to say that I love this little guy more than life itself and I can't imagine life without him!

I love you Bobo!

Love, Mommy

I'd love to hear some of your stories about your children! Sweet stories, funny stories, ones where you could have pulled your hair out! Leave them in the comments section for me! I would love to read them all!

Until next time,

Diamond Candle Review/Giveaway Opp for Bloggers!

The Diamond Candles company is hosting Reviews and Giveaways with bloggers again!!!

The first 100 bloggers approved by the Diamond Candles Company will be given this opportunity! They ask that you complete the review/giveaway within 30 days of receiving the product. I can't wait for this! I absolutely LOVE Diamond Candles! I already have 3 of them! LOL

Go HERE to find the link to the application!

Good luck bloggers!

EZ Sox The “I Can Do It” Sock! review and #giveaway – ends 6/17

Head on over to Life in the Lost World and enter to win a 2 pack of EZ Sox! Easy rafflecopter entries! End 6/17!

Good luck from,

Swimming Pool Safety for Summer!

It's summer again! Time for outdoor fun, swimming and cookouts! Unfortunately, drowning is the #1 cause of death in children ages 1-4. If you have a swimming pool or you plan to take your children swimming this summer, here are some facts you need to be aware of: (I found these facts on The Mommyhood Chronicles Blog)

• Drowning is the leading cause of injury deaths for children in the US between the ages of 1 and 4.
• Children in that age group have the highest rates of both fatal and non-fatal drowning, with half of all fatal incidents occurring in swimming pools.
• Analyzing national death and accident records from 2005-2009, the CDC report found that, on average, 3,880 people annually die in the US due to drowning.
• An estimated 5,790 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms for non-fatal drowning.
• The drowning death rate among men was 4 times higher than that of women, the study also found.
• Overall, drowning rates have dropped in the last decade and that's a good sign that prevention efforts are working, but that's not a reason to let your guard down, especially when it comes to our kids.

For me, pool safety is a must because my 4 year old, Jaden, doesn't have a fear of water. He never has. Ever since he was a baby, he wasn't afraid to put his head under the water and would just jump in any pool even if there was nobody there to catch him! I will be signing Jaden up for swimming lessons this summer. My community offers swimming lessons at 2 different places. The community pool at the park, and our local YMCA. Check with places in your town for swimming lessons for your children. It's usually not that expensive but really you can't put a price on your child's safety.

Here are some additional tips to prevent a drowning accident: (These tips are according to Philadelphia Attorney Ross Feller Casey.)

• Parents and children should learn survival swimming skills.
• Environmental protectors, such as isolation pool fences and lifeguards, should be in place.
• Alcohol should be avoided while swimming, boating, water skiing, or supervising children.
• Lifejackets should be used by all boaters and weaker swimmers.
• Caregivers and Supervisors should have CPR training.

With summer here and the sun blazing down in the hottest temperatures we've had in years, I urge us as parents, to be very careful with our kids around pools. Pools can be a great place for fun for our children and with some basic pool safety we can achieve a great summer! So have fun and BE SAFE!

Until next time,