Happy 4th of July! Here’s the second of four Four For The Fourth giveaways. Ultreo.com and TinyTagDesigns giveaways will be posted tomorrow.

If your family is hitting the road this summer, beautiful and well-designed, engaging road trip toys that don’t require batteries or defy all manner of turning off, without mom or dad resorting to “accidentally” hurling them from a moving vehicle, are a must.

Mudpuppy’s vinyl sticker garden fairies play scene, which includes six fairies and costumes, ladybugs and butterflies, as well as tea party goodies, was tested out by Miss C and Miss A and they both loved it. Not only do they peel and stick the fairies and dress them up in the foldout book, but they use them to “decorate” our sliding glass doors. I don’t have to worry about them damaging the glass since they are vinyl stickers. The sticker set play scenes by Mudpuppy come in a variety of themes designed to encourage creative play in boys and girls, from pirates to dinosaurs to ballerinas and horses.

Want to win a Mudpuppy sticker garden fairies play scene as pictured above? Visit Mudpuppy’s website and come back here and leave a comment about what product catches your eye. For two entries, leave a comment on this post and visit my Savvy Housewife review and giveaway blog and leave a comment on any post. Comments will be closed Saturday, July 19 and a winner will be randomly selected from all eligible comments. You don’t need a blog to enter, but you do need to leave a valid e-mail address so that I can contact you, should you win.

And just because Miss C has just recently become enamored with that girly secrets rite of passage item, the locked diary, Mudpuppy has a gorgeous line of diaires and journals. Check out this princess diary, that doesn’t scream Disney.

Love this little rocker girl diary, too.

I’m kicking off the holiday weekend early with one of four Four For The Fourth giveaways (aka Operation Clean Out The Giveaway Closet.) Stay tuned for more from Ultreo.com, TinyTagDesigns, and Mudpuppy Friday and Saturday.

We’ve survived the kindergarten party circuit, a social whirlwind that rivals Paris Hilton’s club hopping. I’ve escorted Miss C to a girly girl diva party, a bouncy inflatable jump zone (pray beforehand for no broken bones) party, as well as her own sixth birthday Hannah Montana slash Tinkerbelle slash Princess soiree.

Lisa Khotari is the expert behind Peppers and Pollywogs who has organized hundreds of parties for children of all ages. Her blog features tips for the hottest birthday themes, from High School Musical to Wall-E, the latest Disney/Pixar flick. Khotari helps parents throw the best party for their children with minimal stress. She believes that no matter the budget or amount of time a parent has, an incredible party can always be thrown.

BlondeMomBlog is giving away a signed copy of Khotari’s helpful birthday party resource planner, Dear Peppers and Pollywogs, which addresses such issues as:

• How much should we spend on party presents?
• What happens when my kid invites 50 guests to his party I realize it?
• How do you return the fish your child received as a party favor?

To enter, leave a comment on this post between now and midnight, Wednesday, July 16. For two entries, leave a comment and visit Savvy Housewife and leave a comment on any post. A winner’s name will be drawn randomly from all eligible comments. You don’t need a blog or website to enter, but you do need to leave a valid e-mail address so that I can contact you should you win.

Visit Peppers and Pollywogs through July 31 to enter for a chance to win a prize package worth more than $4,000. Enter the Best Kid’s Party in the USA Contest by describing your Best Kid’s Party Plan for up to 25 kids ages 1-13 in your home. Kothari will organize and execute the winner’s party!

Their stylists obviously are obviously getting a lot of hair action. His eyebrows could be insured by Loyds of London. And I am obviously a 38-year-old woman, and not a 6-year-old girl.

When you’re 6 you want boys to have pretty hair, when you’re 38 you want men to have hair.

Miss C, I hope, is several years from buying her first Teen Beat, but when she saw a TV commercial for Camp Rock she quipped, “He looks like a nice boy!”

Nice boy it is, although her mama does love some bongo playin’, surfin’, shirtless Matthew McConaughey. But then I wouldn’t approve if Miss C wanted to plaster this on her wall:

OK, so he needs to lose the headband. But McConaughey does clean up well when he’s not surfing AND he does love his mama.

So what say ye about men and body hair? Are you a “little dab will do ya” kind of woman? Any men out there reading? Do you get it lasered and tasered? I remember in college the swim team guys and Lance Armstrong types shaving their legs. Last weekend when we were at the pool, resident Back Hair Man was out with his family. He had such an impressive back of hair that Miss A looked at him and said, “That man funny!” Yikes. And then I proceeded to hand her a snack bag filled with cookies so she’d quit staring at his shoulder tufts.

Now one thing I don’t care for? Facial hair. I’m not into beards, moustaches, or soul patches. (Sorry Mrs. F!)