GIVEAWAY!!!! Odd Ducks at KangarooBoo

KangarooBoo is teaming up with Sara's Toy Box to do a giveaway! The winner will receive a pair of Odd Ducks from Boon.

Odd Ducks ($6.99 each) are modern rubber duckies that are PVC, phthalate, and BPA free.

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I haven't seen these ducks yet, but who doesn't love a rubber-ducky? And these are so fun!

Boon bath toys are MIC, but are PVC, phthalate and BPA free. We have the Boon Waterbugs ($9.99). And, I've actually been meaning to post a review for a while. My girls love to play mommy and baby spiders with them. The net usually ends up being a baby spider bed.

Very creative. But, my favorite part is hearing Linnea talk about "fyders".



Boon gives 10% of their profits to children's charities. KangarooBoo also gives a portion of each sale to child related non-profit.

To enter the giveaway, go to the KangarooBoo website. Find a toy that you'd like to see us review. Let me know, either by posting a comment here or by sending me an email or a Facebook message.

You can have a double entry by becoming a Facebook fan of KangarooBoo. Just click on the link, become a fan, and then tell me the color of the Goodbyn lunchbox on that page.

I will announce the winner on November 6th.

KangarooBoo has also provided a coupon code good for 8% off on all regular-priced merchandise. "SSTB09" is good until the end of the year (12/31/2009).

Good luck!

BellyLaf in the Bath

BellyLaf offers two fun and very practical products for bathing children, Grippees™ ($16.95) and MiniMitts™($9.95).

Like all good ideas, the products are mom-inspired. Chris, one of the partners in BellyLaf, has twins who are now almost 5. When they were born, they were very small and slippery and like all of us, she always worried that she was going to drop them in the bath. She looked for something practical to help with holding them, but all she could find were bath puppets. From this, the idea for Grippees™ was developed.

Grippees™ are bamboo (oh so very very soft and eco-friendly and naturally resistant to bacteria) bath mitts with gripping dots that do not irritate a child’s skin, but still help in holding slippery children as parents wash them or move them in and out of the tub or shower. The upper portion of the Grippees™ is designed for washing, not gripping. So the parent doesn't have to put the mitt down to grab a washcloth.

As the kids got older, they wanted to wash themselves so the moms at BellyLaf came up with the idea of MiniMitts™, miniature bath mitts sized just for children.

Grippees™ and MiniMitts™ are decorated with SmartShapes™, geometric designs that feature brightly colored sea creatures. We especially like the crabs.

BellyLaf's wash mitts have earned award from The Toy Man and from iParenting. But, more importantly, the have earned Linnea's seal of approval.



Linnea enjoyed trying out MiniMitts™, but I have to admit she enjoys pulling the "glubs" on and off far more than washing.

Ten percent of profits from the sales of BellyLaf products go to The Hide and Seek Foundation, a non-profit organization raising money for research into fatal childhood diseases. The mitts are available through the BellyLaf website.