The Great Canadian BLOG PARTY is Coming Soon! AND #KeenOnGreen Twitter Party this Friday

I am so excited to be a part of this amazing party with party hosts Whispered Inspirations, Kat’s Confessions, Mom vs. the Boys and Pampered Patty. So far, over 70 other AMAZING other Canadian Bloggers have joined up and hopefully a few more will get on board before the party begins on June 24th! The party runs from June 24th – July 1st and all winners of giveaways will be selected by midnight on July 3rd. Yes, that’s right! If you join in on the party, happening right here at Multi-Testing Mommy, you just might see some good old Canadian … Continue reading

#KeenOnGreen Twitter Party – Coming Soon! Learn, Chat, Win!

You don’t have to be a tree hugger or an expert on green living! You just have to be #keenongreen (e.g. keen to learn more about green living, cleaning, beautifying, health etc.) Party Deets WHEN: Friday June 17th, 2011 8-10pm ESTWHERE: Twitter #keenongreen WHO: All are Welcome (some prizes are Canadians only, some are world wide)PARTY HOSTS: Please follow @MandyNorwex @MultiTestingMomWHAT: Come join in an evening filled with fun, discussion about GREEN CHOICES with regards to cleaning, health and beauty products and your family and did we mention prizes?! RSVP: You can sign up here and we will send out … Continue reading

A Day in the Life of a Blind Canadian

This post brought to you by Accessible Media Inc.. All opinions are 100% mine. I want to share with you what I find a very inspirational YouTube video of a typical day in the life of Jeff Berwick, a man who lost his sight when he was 13 years old. He has been without sight for the majority of his life and he has found incredible ways to adapt his life accordingly! He has a family and enjoys every day activities including tv shows with help from Accessible Media who has made it much more enjoyable and inclusive for him! … Continue reading

Wedding and Bridal Shower Gift Ideas

I’m in a wedding this coming fall and I really want the gifts that I buy to be special. Well, isn’t that a silly thing to say, don’t we all? Weddings are very special events and many people want to give a gift that is something special. A gift that when the couple sees it reminds them of you (in some capacity). I’ve always struggled with this because I also want to buy the couple what they want and something that they can truly use (e.g. something from their registry) so I always try to do that for their bridal … Continue reading

Choosing Baby Names – challenging and fun!

Choosing baby names can be very challenging! You want the perfect name, one that both you and your child will be happy with. When we chose our first child’s name we didn’t know whether or not it was going to be a girl or a boy so we picked out both. We narrowed down our top picks on a car ride to my inlaws one weekend. We started with the most popular names and then we went alphabetically, making a list of our favourites as we went. After we went through the whole book and we had our list of … Continue reading

INFO: Labels for Camp from Oliver’s Labels

Oliver’s Labels has a huge variety of designs to label your child’s belongings this summer! If you order now, your order will be shipped within 24 hours and shipping is free when you spend over $30! My favourite part about Oliver’s Labels (and it’s hard to choose one favourite thing) is their Found-it™ feature. You have the option of printing a Found-it™ tracking system code on your labels . This unique code connects you to your item via your email address. We all know that children often lose their items, this is a simple way to get your items returned … Continue reading

BOOK REVIEW and (closed) GIVEAWAY: What’s Eating Your Child The Hidden Connections Between Food and Childhood Ailments by Nutrition Detective Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND

Congratulations to the winner, Diana! Here is an excerpt from the book (reprinted with permission from Workman Publishing), I hope that it has you just as interested to read it as I was! Truth be told, when I was approached to review this book, I responded back saying that I had too much on my plate to read another large book like that, but I would write an information post for them along with posting this giveaway. While I was taking a quick flip through the book, I ended up reading the whole thing because I found it so interesting … Continue reading

Info: Children Are Expensive Little Creatures! Money Saving Tips…

When you became a parent, did you have any clue just how much money your children were going to cost you? I can tell you for sure that I have been surprised! From diapers to food to birthday parties to extra curricular activities and much, much more – children are super expensive little creatures. However, I also wouldn’t change anything in the world! One thing that I have started to research is how to save more money! I’m a bargain hunter and maybe even at times a penny pincher. I know how to find a good deal and when I … Continue reading

INFO and GIVEAWAY (closed): Shian Naturals Health and Beauty Products – All Canadian!

Congratulations to the winner, Anne-Marie T.! Enjoy! Multi-Testing Mommy has been introduced to a new PROUDLY CANADIAN skin care company called Shian Naturals. At our first glance at Shian Naturals website, we were VERY impressed with how much they want the consumer to know, understand and become truly educated about what natural skin care actually means! They provide quality information on their What’s In Our Products Page including Health Canada information, Skin Deep information and most importantly, an alphabetical list of ALL of the ingredients that are found in their products. We are also impressed with the fact that environmental … Continue reading

Info: Dork Diaries Birthday Party Kit Contest

Simon & Schuster Canada are very excited about the launch of book 3 in the Dork Diaries series, set to hit stores June 7th, 2011. In celebration, they are hosting a contest to win a Dork Diaries-themed birthday party for tweens. The kit will include up to 10 loots bags containing: A copy of Dork Diaries Book 1 Silly bandz Dork Diary collector’s edition button Pens Stickers Activity sheets In addition, the lucky birthday boy or girl will receive a full collection of the Dork Diaries series: Books 1, 2 and 3 and A Dork Diaries ice cream cake from … Continue reading