I have an exciting giveaway for y’all today! It’s an Ubooly! What’s an Ubooly, you ask? One of the coolest toys I’ve ever seen! It’s a little monster, as you can see, but when you insert your iPhone (or iPod Touch) into it, Ubooly comes to life. It tells stories, makes up imaginative games for the kids to play, and plays whatever music you have on your phone. Ubooly even understands simple commands such as “Play music” or “Tell me a joke”. It also has a section of games that are perfect for the older kids because they are more like video games.

My kids all love it! I have 3 boys (age 5, 3, and 1) and all 3 were able to play with it to some degree. My oldest loves that games and the jokes, my 3 year old loves asking it to play music, and the baby just loves to watch and listen to it. My favorite part is that it says “WHEEEEE” when you roll it around. It’s the cutest thing!

My kids, especially my oldest, just like to hang out with Ubooly. They take it all over the house with them and have random conversations with it. It plays board games with them, it goes outside with them, they even try to convince me to let them sleep with it.

Ubooly is definitely the favorite toy around here and they absolutely beg to have my phone so they can play with it. If you have been searching for a great Christmas gift for the special kid in your life, Ubooly would be perfect.

And now for the giveaway!

I have one Ubooly to offer to one reader! Enter below using Rafflecopter.

• The giveaway prize includes one Ubooly toy & the Ubooly iOS app, which updates every month with new activities, automatically over WiFi.
• Entrants must have an iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, or an iPod touch 4th and 5th gen.
• Ubooly is recommended for children between ages 4-9.
• Ubooly will ship directly to the winner of each giveaway.

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Moms are some of the most savvy mobile users and so are their kids. Ubooly is a toy designed for this new high-tech generation. While learning and sharing new content every week, Ubooly is the only toy that grows with your child. It encourages listening skills, and a break from high-energy / high-stimulation play. Through stories & interactive games, Ubooly’s curiosity is sure to awaken the creativity within your child’s imagination.

Ubooly is the hot toy of the season, it’s new to the scene and is on track to sell out this winter! Free updates through Wi-Fi creates ongoing entertainment for kids.

Click here to adopt your own Ubooly and get FREE SHIPPING now!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ubooly. The opinions and text are all mine.

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A few weeks back I was given the opportunity to try Cooler Cleanse’s newest cleanse, Juice For a Day. It’s exactly like it sounds: a one day juice cleanse that’s perfect for those times when you just need to start over in your healthy eating.  The Cooler Cleanse juices are fresh pressed and raw and have “an energizing, clarifying and brightening effect”.

I think Cooler Cleanse is just the coolest concept and I had looked into them during the summer but couldn’t justify the price. This Juice for a Day is a much more affordable way to cleanse.

The Juice for a Day pack showed up at my door first thing in the morning, nice and cold and ready to drink. They were all tasty (minus the celery/cucumber one but I don’t like either of those so no surprise there) and I really enjoyed the whole process. There’s just something about fresh juice that makes you feel good. Like you just want to continue on with healthy habits after drinking one.

My favorite juice of the day was one called Spicy which was pretty much a spicy lemonade. It was really spicy but in a great way. I loved it and wish I could have a bottle everyday!

The day after the cleanse I felt like I had so much more energy than I normally have. I know that sounds kind of silly after just one day of juice but something about these fresh juices really made me feel great.

If you have been considering a juice cleanse but weren’t ready to pay the price for a 3 or 5 day cleanse, the Juice for a Day is perfect for you! It’s also a great way to “reset” your body and mind after an indulgent holiday.

Cooler Cleanse sent me the Juice for a Day to try out. No other compensation was received. 

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I was incredibly honored to be asked to review An Edible Mosaic by the lovely Faith and have enjoyed sharing a few of the recipes with you guys over the past month. And today I am really excited because I get to give a copy of the beautiful cookbook away to one of you!

This cookbook is definitely the most exciting thing to happen to my cookbook collection in a very long time. I told you guys that my husband and I both love Middle Eastern food but up until receiving this book, the only time we ever got to eat it was at restaurants. I am so excited to have a ton of authentic recipes at my fingertips and I can’t even wait to cook my way through the book.

We made the Zucchini Fritters, Spiced Shawarma Chicken Wraps, and the super addictive Coconut Semolina Cake. That cake is reason enough to buy the cookbook. I have, no joke, had dreams about that cake.

Giveaway!

One winner will win a copy of An Edible Mosaic courtesy of Tuttle Publishing.

Rules:

• Giveaway is open worldwide! (Yaaaaaaay!)
• Enter using Rafflecopter – Rafflecopter will randomly choose the winner for me.
• I will email the winner who will have 48 hours to get back to me.
• Tuttle will ship the book directly to the winner.

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1. and 2. Halloween costumes!

3. I’ve eaten my weight in candy this week. Sigh. (Orly Rage on my nails for most of the week.)

4. Clementine got her hair did. I was trying to hold out for a couple weeks because her daddy thinks she’s cute with bows but her ears were getting so knotted.

5. Trying to get back in the swing of cooking real dinners. Recipes coming next week! It was gooooood. 

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I was delighted to be asked by BlogHer to share this episode of Weelicious Lunch Crunch sponsored by Odwalla Fruit Smoothies For Kids with my readers. Enjoy!

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