With childhood obesity reaching an all time high across the country, many parents struggle with how to help their children maintain a healthy weight with proper nutrition.

Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, the official doctor of Camp Shane and a board certified pediatrician, has created Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh, a traffic-light system that allows kids to learn which foods are healthiest without counting calories. To spread the word about her site and program, Dr. Weigh, is sponsoring a Wii Fit contest to help you get your family up and moving this summer!

To Enter:
To enter to win the #KidsWeigh Wii Fit contest, check out client testimonials and fabulous Dr. Weigh success stories then fill out this secure contest form telling us which story was your favorite!

Form: http://tinyurl.com/kidsweighcontest

Want a chance to speak with Dr. Dolgoff about your nutritional questions and win more prizes?

Join her Friday, July 10th at 9 p.m. ET on Twitter for her #KidsWeigh discussion. Door prizes will be awarded. To RSVP and for more information go to Resourceful Mommy.

One grand prize winner will receive a Wii Fit. Two runners-up will receive a free one month membership to Dr. Weigh. This contest ends Friday, July 24th at 11:59 a.m. ET. and is brought to you by Momfluence.

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The first thing I think of when I hear the word spin is the Music And Lights Sit And Spin my youngest son CJ had. He just turned ten and I just retired it in the last three or four months. He would have kept on spinning forever. Anyway. We’ve been potty training for a while so it isn’t uncommon to find my son in underwear, and before that in a Pull-up. One day he was on the Sit And Spin and a little turd slipped out of his Pull-Up. That’s the day that we renamed the toy the S*it And Spin. Yes, we can be silly that way.

If you want to learn more about this fun meme or play along, visit Heads Or Tails.

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Everyone in my house likes video games. We recently got a Nintendo DS and we’ve been checking out some of the games available for it. I received the game Bratz Ponyz 2 for the Nintendo DS to review.

Bratz Ponyz 2 is a game for young girls ages 6-10. This single player game has an ESRB rating of E for Everyone. Game scenes are nicely illustrated in vivid pastels. The game features a world map (similar to the map you’d find in a role playing game) that players can use to get an overview of where you are on an island, what island you’re on and where else everything else is. The player plays the game as one of four ponies and needs to complete tasks in order to continue. As you complete tasks and play mini games you collect hearts and get items such as jewelry, glitter and stickers that you can use to customize your pony. The game is split up into several individual islands. Once you’ve completed an island you can go on to the next one. Players have numerous opportunities to play mini games and collect items. Some of the games and activities include putting makeup on your pony, coloring and creating jewelry. You can also link with other players using the wireless connection to compete in multiplayer mode and exchange pictures and accessories.

I’m not a big fan of the Bratz girl dolls so I wasn’t sure what I’d think of this game. As it turns out the game has nothing to do with the Bratz dolls, it’s just the brand name. I actually thought the game was cute and that any little girl would love it. I liked that it was simple enough for a young child to play and that there was no violence. I also liked that you can do different things with their own goals all while trying to progress within the game.

Bratz Ponyz 2 for Nintendo DS is published by Game Factory and has a suggested retail price of $29.99. It is available to purchase in mass retail stores and online.

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One winner will receive the Bratz Ponyz 2 Game for Nintendo DS.

HOW TO ENTER. (MANDATORY)

To enter leave a comment on this post telling me who you’d give this game to if you won and what their current favorite game is.

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Leave an additional comment for each entry you qualify for. You must have completed the first entry according to the instructions to be eligible for any bonus entries.

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Thanks for stopping by! If you have a picture up for Wordless Wednesday, leave your link below on Mr. Linky! Then head on over to Here And There, What’s That Smell, Wordless Wednesday, Go Graham Go, 5 Minutes for Mom and The Not-So-Blog Blog for more wordless fun!

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I love music. Unless the television is on I almost always have music on. I recently received an email with info on a cool site I was unfamiliar with, Slacker Radio.

“Slacker Radio (http://www.Slacker.com) is an Internet radio service allowing users to create their own customized music stations starting with either Slacker’s preset stations or their own custom built stations. Slacker offers many traditional genre, specialty and artist stations pre-made by professional DJs like “Today’s Hits”, “80’s, 90’s and Today”, “Country”, etc. while also letting users build entire stations of specific artists just by typing in their name. Users can continue to evolve any of these stations by rating favorite songs and banning artists or songs. Stations can also be fine tuned to play older or newer music, more hits or more eclectic music all through the intuitive interface at Slacker.com.”

The Slacker catalog contains more than 2.4 million songs. Slacker Radio has decided to celebrate graduates everywhere by creating a “2009 Grad Party” station. The station is playing classic “School” and “Graduation” themed songs and it’s listed in the Slacker spotlight section.

Slacker offers you two ways to listen - with a free slacker account or with a paid Slacker Plus account. The Slacker free account allows you to listen to the radio stations with an ad from time to time. If a song comes on that you don’t like you can “skip” the song and the station will move forward and play the next  song. Free accounts only allow limited song skipping - 6 song skips per hour per station. Slacker Plus has all of the features of the free account and permits unlimited song skipping, eliminates audio and banner ads and provides song lyrics. Members with a premium account can also save their favorite songs so they can listen to them anytime. The charge for slacker Plus is $3.99 per month billed annually.

You can enjoy Slacker Radio both online and through mediums such as the Blackberry iPhone, Slacker G2, and Sony Bravia TVs.

I really like Slacker Radio. It’s got so many selections that it’s like satellite radio but it’s a lot more affordable then satellite radio. If you’re a music lover and are tired of your local stations or are sick of the endless chatter between songs then this is for you. I wish I could listen to it at work but we’re behind a blasted firewall. I had it on most of the night tonight while I was packing TJ’s stuff for his trip to California. Of course the first thing I searched for after logging in was Hinder. I found a Hinder station and left it on for a couple of hours. Not only did they play lots of Hinder but they played a number of other bands that I like and that we’ve seen live on tour with Hinder. I didn’t hear the same song twice. I checked out some other stations as well and had fun listening to some 80s rock.

WIN IT!

One winner will receive a 1 year subscription to Slacker Radio Plus. You will need a valid email already configured for Slacker to win so if you don’t have a Slacker account you will need to create one if you hope to win.

HOW TO ENTER. (MANDATORY)

To enter visit the Slacker site and then come back here and leave a comment telling me what station you think you would listen to most. (Remember you need an account if you win so create your account while you’re on the site.)

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Leave an additional comment for each entry you qualify for. You must have completed the first entry according to the instructions to be eligible for any bonus entries.

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US addresses only please. This contest will end on Tuesday 07/14/09 at 11:59 pm est.  If you’ve entered any of my giveaways before then you know that only comments containing all of the requested information will be eligible for entry. The winner must contact me to confirm they wish to receive the prize within two days of my email notifying them they’ve won.  Good luck to everyone! Members of my own family are not eligible to win but are still welcome to leave a comment.

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The winners of the Vlasic Pickles giveaway are #10 Katrina, #4 Staci A, #15 Annmarie, #7 Tamara B, #18 Kelly Grant and #11 Amy L!

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The winners of the Exergen Temporal Scanner giveaway is #38 Jennifer McCullar!

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