Hey everybody! I will be going to BlogHer 2010 in New York City this week and I am so excited! Part of the reason I am able to go is because of my personal BlogHer sponsor, Joy Berry Books. I received her “Help Me Be Good” book set a little while back and have had a chance to read these awesome books with my children. I remember having a few of these books when I was a kid, and loved them. I recognized the faces of the characters the moment I saw them. All the books teach a valuable lesson and are fun and easy to read. The set comes with 28 best selling titles, a CD of songs for each book, and a “Parent’s Guide” book that is filled with activities for the entire series! My daughter, Maddie, loves me to read them to her! Just look at all the books you get!
*****GIVEAWAY DOWN BELOW*****

Also, Joy Berry just released her new iPhone app, “I Love Potty Training“! The app includes:

• “I Love Potty Training” Interactive eBook (Boys/Girls) in English & Spanish!
• A Potty Tracker with “Great Job” Reward Button
• Potty Drop Game
• Potty Training Tips & Advice
• Emails Diploma when Potty Training Is Complete

How cool is that!?! My son is ready to start potty training now, but I am going to wait until I get back from BlogHer to start the process! I will have a follow-up post to let you know how well the app worked in encouraging him to learn how to use the “potty”. We have had a chance to play with the app though! My son was very interested in it and had fun reading/listening to the interactive ebook. He could easily work the ebook and “Potty Drop” game by himself and sat and played with it for quite some time! I’m excited to see how the app helps my son in his potty training process when I get back from BlogHer!

How To Enter The Giveaway:

• Go to JoyBerryBooks.com and pick which Joy Berry Book you think would be most helpful for your child and tell me in a comment below (1 entry-mandatory)
• Follow @JoyBerryBooks on Twitter (1 extra entry)
• Tweet this out: “Win @JoyBerryBooks complete “Help Me Be Good” box set AND her new #iPhone app! http://bit.ly/bmv2pZ #BlogHer #BlogHer10 #JoyBerry Please RT” (1 extra entry per tweet)
• Follow me, @JoanieAtwater on Twitter and comment that you did it (1 extra entry)
• Subscribe to Keeping Up With M.O.M. and comment that you did it (right sidebar) (1 extra entry)
• Become a Fan of /”Like” Keeping Up With M.O.M on FaceBook and leave a comment that you did (1 extra entry)

Giveaway will end Monday, August 9th 2010 (at Midnight EST). I will contact the winner on Tuesday, August 10th 2010 – by email, so make sure I have it! Open to U.S. only. Good Luck!

*This post was sponsored by Joy Berry Books, however, all opinions are my own!

• When a company pays a blogger to go out and represent their brand/product they should not only look for someone with a following, but someone who isn’t intimidated to go out and network AT the event and spread the word about their company, as well. I really enjoy networking and making genuine connections/friendships with the bloggers that I get to meet in real life. I’m a positive person and would never do anything to embarrass a company that I am representing. I only represent companies that I feel I can honestly stand behind.
• I fit all of the qualifications for the contest and can easily accept all terms. Heck I would even slap some of these Energizer Bunny tatoos on as well
• My husband is in school and I lost one of my jobs last month so finances are super tight right now, with 2 kids to take care of on top of that. If I don’t receive a sponsorship to BlogHer ’10 I will not be able to attend and will have to sell my ticket.
• I made this cute lil promo video for the contest. Check out how supportive my #1 fan is
  

I really hope I get chosen to receive one of the sponsorship spots. I haven’t had a chance to use the  Energizer_® Recharge Smart™ Charger, but I know my home would benefit from it because of all the wireless electronic devices that we own. Our keyboards, mice, and gaming controllers all take batteries. Not to mention our children’s toys and games. Take a second and check out the Energizer_® Recharge Smart™ Charger’s cool features.

•Countdown timer shows how long until batteries are charged
•Battery Fuel Guage shows charge status
•Bad Battery Alert detects alerts and shuts off charging when a non-NiMH or old NiMH battery is inserted
•Large visual display can be viewed from across the room
•Charges 2 or 4 AA or AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries
•Charges batteries at a safe, steady rate which improves the long-term health of the NiMH battery
•For approximate charge times, download the user manual.
•Energy Star® certified ]]> http://www.keepingupwithmom.com/2010/07/energizer%c2%ae-smart-chargher-blogher-contest/feed/ 4 http://www.keepingupwithmom.com/2010/07/a-princess-fing-chair/ http://www.keepingupwithmom.com/2010/07/a-princess-fing-chair/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:25:18 +0000 Jones http://www.keepingupwithmom.com/?p=1560 I found this lil gem of Maddie when she was 3 years old, the other night, and decided to post it for you. Enjoy

So, Maddie kept trying to tell me something, and I could NOT figure out what she was saying, so in the mean time while I was trying to listen and figure it out, I decided to film her while she explained it to me. Here is 1 minute and 12 seconds of my potty mouth daughter. I did finally figure out what she was saying at the end of the video.

It’s time for a little pulse racing fun, ladies! Kadi Prescott is pulling together a mock award ceremony for the men in our lives (no, not our husbands or gynecologists.) She means the men in the media. There are several categories and we need all of you to nominate men for each one. Feel free to leave a comment with your favorite celeb, author, techie, musician as it pertains to each category. We will have a vote and Kadi will be doing a mock award ceremony video for Girly Gazette. Please help her get the word out so it isn’t all Kadi’s Choice awards but an accurate reflection of what women in general are impressed by in a man.

Here are the categories:

* Hottest Leading Man (Actor in a current film)
* Beautiful Brains (hot AND smart)
* Tweet Worthy (Men on Twitter)
* Blogalicious (Male Bloggers)
* Total Package (Has it all…looks, brains, body, great job, sweetness.)
* Radio Romeo (Musicians)
* Literary Lust (Characters in books)
* Tasty Techies (Cuz nerds are the new sexy!)
* Scrumptiouly Social (Men in social media)
* Like Fine Wine (Sexy men over 40)
* Too Hot For TV (Men who you’d like to jump through your television screen)
* Prettiest Profile (The men who are so dang pretty, they make us women feel manly)

Here are the catergories I’ve nominated so far:

Radio Romeo – Cameron Rafati (Check out his new music video); @CameronRafati

Scrumptiosly Social – Pete Cashmore; @Mashable

Tweet Worthy – Jack Dorsey; @Jack & Evan Williams; @Ev

Too Hot for TV – Ian Somerhalder plays Damon Salvatore on Vampire Diaries

Like Fine Wine – Eric Dane aka “McSteamy”

Blogalicious – Mark Horvath of InvisiblePeople.tv; @HardlyNormal

Kadi posted McLinky on her blog so that if you want to post this on your own blog and get more people to participate, you can link up like I have! Whoever wants to post it on their own blog will need to email her with their nominations before we start the voting. (Feel free to steal the header I made for this post, if you feel like it) I encourage you to get all kinds of women to participate because the more we have, the more fun it is! READY GO!

Click Here to Nominate

In case you guys haven’t seen these already, I just wanted to put some of these pictures up and tell you about how I magically got to participate in the 30 Strangers Project.

What is the 30 Strangers Project?

For the entire month of April 2010, photographer Justin Hackworth, made a portrait of a mother and daughter every day. 30 portraits – 30 days. You had to have never met him before. Maddie and I were Day 28.

The mother and daughter selected for Day 28 weren’t able to make it and emailed Justin to let him know. At the same time I emailed Justin to find out if every day was full, hoping I would be able to be apart of the project.  I fit the criteria he was looking for and the only time I had available to do the shoot before going on vacation, was the exact time frame he had open to do it.  It was so fun working with Justin. He is funny and laid back. When I went back to view the photos, he presented them on a large screen with a projector. Very cool to see them like that. He made us a cute “Welcome” sign and we got some yummy truffles and a lollipop on the way out! To participate in the “30 Strangers Project” you had to make a $45 donation to The Center For Women & Children in Crisis. Maddie and I had so much fun doing this. I’m glad that I have these beautiful shots of me and my Moo, and the project was for a good cause! Bonus

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Okay, Kristina. Just for you!

People. I have made an executive decision to participate in the “Glamour Shots Gone Wild-Blog Carnival”. Kristina over at Pulsipher Predilections, makes up these wonderful blog ideas to help us all feel better about ourselves and uplift our spirits. I personally feel great about this Glamour Shot because I was 12 years old and that is when I was in my prime. Physically, athletically, and probably mentally too…maybe. Anyway, I asked the Glamour Shots people to make me look 17 years old and clearly, we can all see that they acheived their goal….

You too can post an old Glamout Shot (or if you’re cool, a recent one) on your blog and participate in this uplifting, non-judgmental, activity. Just click on the button below and go link up on Kristina’s blog

Welcome Ultimate Blog Party people! Thanks for stopping by! I first heard about 5 Minutes For Mom when I heard Janice speak about “having the nerve” at the Start Up Princess Touchpoint event. Everything she said really struck a chord with me. Janice and Sue have been able to accomplish so much just because they have the nerve to go after what they want. I found her presentation very inspiring! Now I just have to meet Sue and my life will be complete…. Well. Sue…then Ellen. THEN my life will be complete.

This is my first Ultimate Blog Party. I have done one other Blog Hop, and that was fun, so I decided to participate in this par-tay. (To comment click on the title of this post!)

The sorts of things you will find on my blog are:

Funny conversations with my daughter, Artwork that I have drawn on my children, Blog Wars (feel free to take part in at any time), My $5 Paper Airplane Stories, My Stats, etc…

The prizes I am most interested in winning are:

#15  – $25 egiftcard to the Disney Store provided by Kristin @ Couponing to Disney

#19 – Prize Package of Preschool Toys provided by Hasbro

#39 – Be My Guest Certificate provided by Hilton Garden Inn

#46 – Scentsy Plug In and Scents provided by Amundsen House of Chaos

#58 – $50 Gift Certificate to Costumes Inc. provided by Costumes Inc.

#71 – $50 Bear Bucks card to Build A Bear provided by Liza Schwab

#104 – $50 Visa Vanilla Gift Card provided by Shoot Me Now!

#112 – $50 Amazon Gift Card provided by Robyn~Our Home School Home

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