It's Yours...For FREE!

I love Kashi cereal.

Kashi cereals are made with seven whole grains and have no artificial preservatives, colours, flavours or sweeteners. Not only are Kashi cereals good for you, but they are DELICIOUS!

Guess what?! You can get some for FREE! Yes, you heard correctly. FREE! Go to their site and grab your free sample of Kashi cereal! Choose from Kashi* Honey Almond Flax Flavour cereal or Kashi* Toasted Berry Crisp cereal.

While you're at the Kashi site, check out their Kashi Snacks! A friend of mine got me hooked on Kashi* Chewy Granola Bars. I LOVE the Cherry Dark Chocolate ones!

They're made with all-natural ingredients. I love that Kashi uses a delicious blend of seven whole grains (red wheat, oats, rye, triticale, barley) and sesame. The tart cherries and semi-sweet chocolate make a surprisingly scrumptious pair.

The granola bars come in four flavours: Seven Whole Grains & Almonds, Peanut Peanut Butter, Cherry Dark Chocolate, and new Trail Mix. Try them out!

Don't forget to go to the Kashi site and get your free cereal!

We've Got A Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered the Iams ProActive Health contest (in partnership with Mom Central). I am pleased to announce the winner of this fabulous giveaway!

V. O'Leary, you will be receiving your voucher for your free bag of Iams ProActive Health shortly. Mom Central will be sending it to you in the mail. Congratulations!

I hope your canine baby loves it as much as ours does! Chance is a very happy puppy! Okay, he's almost 8 years old, but he still acts like a pup!

Sesame Street: Let's Make Music Giveaway

I grew up watching Sesame Street. Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie...They were all favourites of mine as a kid. My earliest memories are of learning the alphabet and numbers while watching my Sesame Street friends on TV. I even learned about sharing, problem solving, and friendship from the show. Fun and music are incredible tools for early learning.

I always hoped that I would be able to share part of my childhood with my own kids one day, and that included sharing my love of Sesame Street.

The Mommy Diaries is hosting a fantastic giveaway. She is giving away Sesame Street: Let's Make Music to one lucky reader.

In her review, The Mommy Diaries writes:

"Let's Make Music features cast members from the show STOMP. They help the Sesame Street characters explore music and rhythm. It's a very simple story with a wonderful message.

Telly lost his tuba and is very sad because he can't make music anymore. He learns from Elmo and the rest of the cast that he can make music with almost anything around him. Bottles, cans, hands, feet, etc".

This sounds like the perfect DVD for all kids (and adults!) who love music and love Sesame Street.

To enter the contest, head on over here to find details.

Who is YOUR favourite Sesame Street character? :)

Quick! Only a Few Days Left!!!

Thank you to everyone who has commented and entered the Iams ProActive Health contest in partnership with MomCentral! Just a friendly reminder that the contest is still open! There is still time to enter. One lucky winner will receive a coupon for a free 17.5 lb bag of Iams ProActive Health (value of approximately $20).


To enter, just leave me a comment here.

For additional entries:
- Follow me via Google Friend Finder (on my sidebar).
- Follow me via Twitter @chancesmommy.

The deadline for the draw is May 12, 2010. For full details, please refer to my original post.

A Chocolate Lover's Dream

"Oh, don't try it! You won't like it. It's horrible!", said Hubby (in hopes that no one would eat the cake and that he'd get to keep it to himself).

You may remember that I recently had the opportunity to attend the Choco-Latte Fest in Little Current last month. Ultimately Chocolate and Loco Beanz put on a great evening of chocolate and coffee tasting. It was a mini workshop on everything chocolate and everything coffee. Trust me, these ladies really know their stuff! It's no wonder that chocolate and coffee have become their passion and their craft!

Ever since that night, I've been excited about having Ultimately Chocolate on the Island. Why? Well, for starters, they specialize in CHOCOLATE! Ultimately Chocolate brings gourmet cakes and cupcakes to Island residents and they use only the finest and all-natural ingredients. The use of certified organic and fair trade chocolate coupled with the fact that the chocolate creations are preservative-free, make one's occasional indulgence of chocolate a little less of a guilty pleasure!

For Mother's Day, we got the Caramel Crackle! It's four layers of moist chocolate cake with butter cream icing. The Caramel Crackle is a smooth caramel buttercream icing layered in your choice of chocolate or vanilla cake (we chose chocolate, of course!) and decorated with crunchy caramel bits. The top is covered with rich chocolate and some caramel.The cake is mouthwatering! I only had a sliver of chocolate decadence. Pure heaven. The cake just melts in your mouth. It's soooooo good. Both grandmas had a slice of cake and were in LOVE. The cake is so rich and so decadent that only a small piece will suffice...if you can restrain yourself. Surprisingly, we still have 3/4 of the cake left. Hubby is trying to be good and save some for our dinner guests tomorrow night.
Psssssst! Keep reading the blog for more posts on Ultimately Chocolate, their new website (which I'll post once it's up and running), and even an amazing Ultimately Chocolate giveaway to one lucky reader of Random Thoughts and Musings from the Island Reviews!!! Exciting stuff to come!

Mrs. Smith's Diaper Bag Contest!!!

Every Mom knows how difficult it is to "keep things together", and when going out with babes in tow, it's not always easy to make sure you have everything. For myself, there's always something I've forgotten (even when I have a list of things I need to bring). Most of the time it's my cell phone I've forgotten to put in my bag or an extra bib. I once forgot to bring baby wipes! How crazy is that?!

I have several diaper bags. Too big. Too small. Stylish, but impractical. Super ugly, but practical. I end up having to alternate between bags depending on the nature of our excursions. Small bag for grocery trips, giant bag for swimming days...you get the picture.

I still somehow can't find anything really quickly in any of the bags. I always have to fish around and what I need is usually at the bottom of the bag!

Enter Mrs. Smith's Bags.

With tons of features like insulated compartments for food, a place for Mom's sunglasses, camera and cell phone, this bag is fantastic! Added insulated pockets give room for sippy cups or bottles. Hey, why not carry a bottle of water for Mom and a bottle of milk for baby in there? There's also a spot for Mom to put cash or a debit card. The compartments keep things organized, which is what I love. What I love even more is that there are different styles and designs to choose from. Practical does not have to look frumpy!

Jen over at A Busy Mommy is hosting a fabulous giveaway! Head over there to enter for your own Mrs. Smith's Diaper Bag!

We've Got a Winner!!!

The winner of last week's contest is...

Alyssa!!!

Congratulations! You have won a copy of Rosemary Wells' Read to Your Bunny! Your prize will be shipped to you sometime this week. Enjoy!

Our Iams ProActive Health contest is still open. Enter to win something for that special canine baby in your life! Thanks to Iams and Mom Central, one lucky reader will win a voucher for a free bag of Iams ProActive Health. Deadline for entries is May 12th, 2010. Enter the contest by clicking here.