It’s here… this is the last Get Cool for School Giveaway! And, it’s a good one. After you enter, check out some of the others prize packages and make sure you’ve entered to win!

JumpStart Pet Rescue

JumpStart has recently branched out from their boxed learning software and their virtual online world for kids into console gaming. This fall, you can expect to see new JumpStart console games for the Nintento Wii and DS. Meanwhile the new and interesting places are popping up on the JumpStart World Map.

Win! JumpStart Pet Rescue for Wii! More about the prize: JumpStart Pet Rescue contains five discovery worlds where preschoolers navigate through five stories in a search for lost pets. Each discovery world contains a guided story told by one of the JumpStart friends, leading children on a learning adventure through more than 70 learning lessons and activities that teach kids over 75 essential skills they need to succeed. As kids progress through the adventures, they improve their pre-reading skills, memory, creativity, motor skills, listening and much more!

The Children’s Place
The Children’s Place is the place to find comfortable, affordable, and stylish clothing for your kiddos. With clothing for babies to older children, you never have to worry about the quality or style of clothing that you will find.

Win! $100 Gift Certificate to The Children’s Place!

Suzi Homemaker is a mom-owned custom embroidery and sewing business specializing in personalized baby and children’s gifts, as well as linens, school uniforms and logo wear for work, family reunions and more! For the high schooler, Suzi Homemaker has lunch boxes, duffel bags and wallets.

Win! $20 Gift Certificate to Suzi Homemaker.

How to Enter – You MUST do ALL THREE to be eligible to win this contest, but leave one entry for each to increase your odds of winning.
1. Visit the Pet Rescue information page and tell me which “Key Feature” would benefit your child the most.
2. Take a look around The Children’s Place and tell me a piece of clothing you like for back to school.
3. Go to Suzi Homemaker and tell me something that catches your eye.

Bonus Entries:

Get Cool for School Giveaway! To increase your chances of winning, visit and enter at all 8 participating blogs: Life Starring the Kids and Me, Momstart, Blessings Abound Mommy, Experimental Mommy, As They Grow Up, What Mommies Need, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires and The Shopping Mama.

*After you enter this giveaway, submit your entries for the Get Cool for School Grand Prize Giveaway! “I entered the JumpStart for Wii, TCP and Suzi Homemaker Giveaway #25.” *

The Fine Print: Entries accepted in the Google Document. Open to US mailing addresses. Giveaway ends August 31.

We’re nearing the end of the Get Cool for School Giveaway Bash and we’ve saved some good prizes! In this giveaway you can win a Leap Frog Tag Reader, any item from Frecklebox and a gift certificate to The Children’s Place (one of my favorites for staple clothes for the kids)!

Leap Frog
Leap Frog offers a wide variety of fun and educational toys for kids of any age. Featuring interactive activities which keep kiddos engaged and happy with learning, Leap Frog encourages kids to learn in a fun way. Worried that your child will get bored with their Leap Frog system after a little bit? Not to worry, Leap Frog offers plenty of additional games and learning books and activities to go with all of their systems.

Win! Leap Frog Tag Reader! The Leap Frog Tag Reader is made for children ages 4-8 and is designed to help promote reading, the joy of reading and learning how to read and the sounds that specific words and letter combinations make. This system encourages young children to independently explore books and develop confidence in their reading skills as well as a joy of reading which will last a life time. Featuring fun titles such as Tinker Bell’s True Talents, The Cat in the Hat, and Scooby Doo! Shiny Spooky Knights your child is sure to find adventure in fun in learning to read and boosting their reading skills.

Frecklebox
Frecklebox is a great place to find those personalized items for school! They now not only carry personalize journals, books, stickers and puzzles for your little ones to enjoy. Frecklebox has expanded to a fantastic line of back to school items such as personalized lunch boxes, personalized notebooks and personalized folders. It is definitely a great place to start when looking for those funky, yet fun back to school items!

Win! Winner can pick one item from Frecklebox online store.

The Children’s Place
The Children’s Place is the place to find comfortable, affordable, and stylish clothing for your kiddos. With clothing for babies to older children, you never have to worry about the quality or style of clothing that you will find.

Win! $50 Gift Certificate to The Children’s Place!

WIN! A Leap Frog Tag Reader, any Frecklebox item and $50 Gift Certificate to The Children’s Place.

How to Enter – You MUST do ALL THREE to be eligible to win this contest, but leave one entry for each to increase your odds of winning.
1. Visit Leap Frog and tell me what Tag Reader book or what other Leap Frog system you would be interested in.
2. Go to Frecklebox and look around, then come back and tell me an item that catches your eye!
3. Visit The Children’s Place and look around and let me know what you’d like to buy if you win.

* Follow The Shopping Mama on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. You may do this EVERY DAY – just Leave a link every time you tweet! “Awesome back to school giveaway-The Children’s Place GC, Tag Reader & Frecklebox @TheShoppingMama http://bit.ly/gR7Hv”
* Blog about this Get Cool for School giveaway including a link to this contest for TEN entries
* Be a Shopping Buddy: a.k.a. Follow The Shopping Mama in Google Friends Connect
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in Email
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in a Reader
* Fan The Shopping Mama on Facebook
* Favorite The Shopping Mama on Technorati

Get Cool for School Giveaway! To increase your chances of winning, visit and enter at all 8 participating blogs: Life Starring the Kids and Me, Momstart, Blessings Abound Mommy, Experimental Mommy, As They Grow Up, What Mommies Need, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires and The Shopping Mama.

*After you enter this giveaway, submit your entries for the Get Cool for School Grand Prize Giveaway! “I entered the Grade School GCFS Giveaway #24 *

The Fine Print: Entries accepted in the Google Document. Open to US mailing addresses. Giveaway ends August 31.

Lots of News and Discounts to share this week so let’s get right to it.

Mommy Blogger of the Year
To celebrate her first year of blogging, Lesley of Project Mommyhood is awarding one woman the title Mommy Blogger of the Year. The finalists were just announced and starting tomorrow (Saturday) you can vote on your pick for Mommy Blogger of the Year. I was super excited to help Lesley pick the finalists and let me tell you, it is a difficult to vote for just one winner as they are all amazing women. Head over and vote – the winner will be announced September 5.

Mortgage Apple Cake
Remember my delicious Bake Me a Wish Review and Giveaway? Well, because my cake was so yummy I was excited to see this fun story about how Bake Me a Wish helped one woman raise money to save her house from foreclosure. Watch this interview with Ann Curry about the Mortgage Apple Cake.

ShopatHome.com
ShopAtHome.com offers coupons and cash back on purchases from top companies and brands. They are currently offering special one-day only cash back opportunities for back to school shopping. Here are some of the highlights:
* Today: Apple Store – 3% cash back
* Saturday, August 15: Target (woot!) – 10% cash back
* Sunday, August 16: Office Depot – 8% cash back
You can find a complete list of the daily deals with extra cash back here.

Sale
Envirosax: For 2 days only (today and tomorrow), buy an item and get a second of the same for FREE. Shop these collections: Candy, Botanica, Retro Graphic, Flora, Monochromatic, Oxford, Kid’s Series, Greengrocers, Organic Series. Use the code MAD98. (PLEASE NOTE: When ordering, you must order two of the same item and apply the coupon to get 50% off both items. If you order only one, the free product will not be automatically included.)

Exclusive Discounts
* Bumkins Discount: Use the Back 2 School coupon code b2school09 for FREE UPS Ground Shipping on orders over $35.00. Expires September 1.
* Piggy Paint Discount: The code COOL15L will get you 15% off your purchase until August 31. Plus, get free shipping on orders over $25.
* Kolobags Discount: Special back-to-school savings of $5 off a purchase of $40 or more. Just use code: b2s09kolo at checkout thru August 19th.
* Slimpressions Discount: Get 25% off your purchase with code TheShoppingMama2009! Expires August 30.
* Ju Ju Beane Boutique Discount: Use SHOP15 for 15% off your entire purchase at Ju Ju Beane Boutique! Expires August 31.

It’s been a while since we blogged All About Eating, but I’ve got another cool baby food to share. Baby Girl has really, (um, how do I put this delicately?) taken to solids. Let’s put it this way: at almost 9 months she weighs what her brother did at one year. That’s my girl! But, honestly, I love it. I love that she’s a good eater, healthy and even a tad chunky.

Baby Girl’s diet consists mostly of purees and blends of food I make for her (lot of fruits, vegetables, chicken and cheese), and she’s starting to eat bits and pieces of our table food. These days she doesn’t have much interest for plain cereals any more, so I as anxious to offer her Gerber’s 8 Grains & Yogurt Cereal to see if what she thought.

About 8 Grains & Yogurt Cereal
GERBER 8 Grains & Yogurt Cereal is made with 8 natural grains and real yogurt. Let your baby discover the creamy taste and goodness of yogurt with GERBER 8 Grains & Yogurt Cereal.

The first time I made this cereal I knew it was different. It’s hard to explain, but the texture is quite different from other simple, single grain cereals. I chalk it up to the fact that Grain Blends Cereal does include real yogurt. How does it work? I have no idea, but it does include live and active cultures. It certainly makes for an easy way to offer Baby Girl yogurt on the go – just take a baggie of this Cereal and mix with water – it’s much easier than trying to keep yogurt cold in the summer!

Even with the complex flavor and thick texture of this cereal, I generally add mashed banana or a fruit puree. Baby Girl seems more interested in it that way.

To Buy… Gerber 8 Grains & Yogurt Cereal is appropriate for babies who can sit and have already eaten simple cereals like Rice or Oatmeal. For us, it’s been a good way to offer more complex cereals and grains since Baby Girl was sort of bored with Oatmeal and never even had Rice Cereal.

Or Not to Buy… Make sure your child has already been introduced to wheat and that you are comfortable feeding your baby yogurt since the Cereal includes live and active cultures.

Shop! You can get Gerber Grain Blends Cereal & Yogurt in your local grocery store.

Talk to me! What is your little one eating these days? Have you experimented with any new foods?

Another extremely generous set of prizes up for grabs! This one is perfect for 6 – 10 year olds as it includes a Leap Frog Didj gaming device, a super $200 gift certificate to KidsCoats.com, and a gift certificate to Suzi Homemaker.

KidsCoats.com
Your place to find Corky Coats by Corky & Co for boys and for girls online. With a variety of choices you are sure to find something to fit the kiddo in your life!

To Buy or Not to Buy… Read The Shopping Mama’s KidsCoats.com review.

Win! A $200 Gift Certificate to KidsCoats.com. And, one runner up winner will receive a $150 Gift Certificate!

Leap Frog
Leap Frog offers a wide variety of fun and educational toys for kids of any age. Featuring interactive activities which keep kiddos engaged and happy with learning, Leap Frog encourages kids to learn in a fun way. Worried that your child will get bored with their Leap Frog system after a little bit? Not to worry, Leap Frog offers plenty of additional games and learning books and activities to go with all of their systems.

Win! Leap Frog Didj! Made for ages 6-10, the Leap Frog Didj is the first ever handheld gaming device that connects to your computer to let you fully customize your child’s learning and playing experience. The games can be synced with your child’s skill levels and what they are studying in school and you can even download their spelling words and math problems directly onto the handheld device. Players play for points when using their Didj and when they connect and go online those points can be traded in in order to customize games with characters , music, backgrounds and more!

Suzi Homemaker
Suzi Homemaker is a mom-owned custom embroidery and sewing business specializing in personalized baby and children’s gifts, as well as linens, school uniforms and logo wear for work, family reunions and more! For the high schooler, Suzi Homemaker has lunch boxes, duffel bags and wallets.

Win! $20 Gift Certificate to Suzi Homemaker.

WIN! A $200 Gift Certificate to KidsCoats.com, a Leap Frog Didj, $20 to Suzi Homemaker. Plus, one Runner-Up winner will WIN a $150 Gift Certificate to KidsCoats.com!

Bonus Entries:

* Follow The Shopping Mama on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. You may do this EVERY DAY – just Leave a link every time you tweet! “Win $200 to KidsCoats.com, a Leap Frog Didj and a Suzi Homemaker GC @TheShoppingMama http://bit.ly/1bKNNU”
* Blog about this Get Cool for School giveaway including a link to this contest for TEN entries
* Be a Shopping Buddy: a.k.a. Follow The Shopping Mama in Google Friends Connect
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in Email
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in a Reader
* Fan The Shopping Mama on Facebook
* Favorite The Shopping Mama on Technorati

Get Cool for School Giveaway! To increase your chances of winning, visit and enter at all 8 participating blogs: Life Starring the Kids and Me, Momstart, Blessings Abound Mommy, Experimental Mommy, As They Grow Up, What Mommies Need, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires and The Shopping Mama.

*After you enter this giveaway, submit your entries for the Get Cool for School Grand Prize Giveaway! “I entered the Middle School GCFS Giveaway #23.” *

The Fine Print: Entries accepted in the Google Document. Open to US mailing addresses. Giveaway ends August 31.

This awesome prize package is worth more than $350! You can win a super comfy bean bag chair – not your mama’s bean bag chair, that’s for sure! – from SUMO, a Barbar Cordless hair straightener and curling iron, a gift certificate to The Container Store and luxurious bath salts.

SUMO Lounge Furniture
SUMO Urban Lounge Gear furniture gives a new meaning to the word “comfort.” They offer modern versions of the classic idea of bean bag chairs. These chairs come in many versions and sizes and are a smart alternative to upholstered furniture for dorm rooms, apartments, family rooms, and playrooms.

To Buy or Not to Buy… Check out Karen’s SUMO Omni Bean Bag Chair review.

Win! SUMO Omni Supersized Bean Bag Chair/Pillow (ARV $149).The winner will receive one a SUMO Omni Bean Bag Chair in the color of their choice. More about the Omni: 10 fashionable colors to choose from, 10 different positions, measures big at 4.5 feet by 5.5 feet, but weights only 18 pounds, space age rip-proof nylon stays new looking and is easy to clean, and filled with top quality sumo beads to stay fluffy.

BARBAR Hair Tools
BARBAR is based in Beverly Hills, CA and has been in operation since 2000. With over 20 years of experience as a former stylist, the company’s founder, Dominic Barbar, has applied his years of technical know-how to turn his passion into reality by creating a premium line of hair care products that simplify the hair stylist’s job.

Win! The Barbar 1900 Tourmaline Cordless Combo. The 1900 Tourmaline Cordless Combo includes both a tourmaline plate flat iron and curling iron. Go cord free in less than 3 minutes! Other features: tourmaline plate flat iron, tourmaline barrel curling, 356° fahrenheit, heats up in 2 to 3 minutes with 5 minute cordless usage time.

The Container Store
Back-to-school is the best time of year to visit The Container Store, whether you are a teacher reorganizing your classroom or a college bound student who needs to furnish a dorm room. In addition to their ever popular Elfa storage organization system, The Container Store is full of great storage solutions that are both practical and attractive.

Win! $40 in Gift Certificates to The Container Store. The winner will receive four $10 gift cards to The Container Store to spend on themselves or to share with a friend.

Adovia is a unique skin care line, combining natural ingredients with modern science to formulate an effective blend of minerals and the finest herbal ingredients nature has to offer. Its the first skin care line to combine Minerals with Herbal extracts to create a nutritious cocktail for your skin that keeps it healthy and beautiful from the inside out. Adovia mineral-based products work to restore your skin’s natural inner balance, allowing it to renew and rebuild itself to achieve visibly smoother, healthier and younger looking skin. Your skin cells are replenished with vital nutrients, resulting in a naturally smooth, rejuvenated and healthy complexion. Take your skin and soul on a journey to the world’s oldest and largest natural spa – The Dead Sea – with Adovia mineral skin care.

Win! Adovia Vanilla Bath Salts. Winner will receive TWO 15 ounce containers of Vanilla scented dead sea salts.

How to Enter- You MUST do ALL FOUR to be eligible to win this contest, but leave one entry for each to increase your chances.
1. Browse the selection of lounge furniture available on Sumolounge.com and tell me what other item you saw that you would love to own.
2. Visit Barbar Hair Tools and tell me another hair tool you’d love to own!
3. Browse the selection of items available on ContainerStore.com and then tell me what you would buy with your gift certificates if you win this contest.
4. Visit Adovia Spa and leave a comment on another bath or skin care product you’d love to pamper yourself with!

* Follow The Shopping Mama on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. You may do this EVERY DAY – just leave a link every time you tweet! “Win a prize package valued at over $350! Sumo bean bag, Barbar flat iron & The Container Store @TheShoppingMama http://bit.ly/MLnBn”
* Blog about this Get Cool for School giveaway including a link to this contest for TEN entries
* Be a Shopping Buddy: a.k.a. Follow The Shopping Mama in Google Friends Connect
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in Email
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in a Reader
* Fan The Shopping Mama on Facebook
* Favorite The Shopping Mama on Technorati

Get Cool for School Giveaway! To increase your chances of winning, visit and enter at all 8 participating blogs: Life Starring the Kids and Me, Momstart, Blessings Abound Mommy, Experimental Mommy, As They Grow Up, What Mommies Need, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires and The Shopping Mama.

*After you enter this giveaway, submit your entries for the Get Cool for School Grand Prize Giveaway! “I entered the College GCFS giveaway #22 at TSM.” *

The Fine Print: Entries accepted in the Google Document. Open to US mailing addresses. Giveaway ends August 31.

About The Juice
The Juice was created in support of Tropicana Trop50 – a new orange juice beverage with 50% less cal and 50% less sugar. The Juice lives on BlogHer and is a unique online community where women can exchange practical ideas and tips on how to get more of what they want and less of what they don’t. The Juice is all about the “good stuff.”

With topics ranging from organizing a Swap Party to Integrating Green Living in your life to this week’s topic Strengthen Your Core, The Juice features great discussions about taking small steps to improve your life.

Each week a short and informative video sparks the conversation and gets the ball rolling. My favorite thing about the videos is that they include short and simple tips to get you started. For example, one tip during this week’s video about strengthening your core is “Tighten your abs until you feel the washboard.” (Clearly that may be a while for some of us. LOL) Take a look at the Strengthen Your Core video to learn more about getting strong on the go.

Connect! Check out The Juice, by Tropicana Trop50 on Blogher.com for weekly discussions to help improve your life by getting more of what you want and less of what you don’t so you can focus on the “good stuff.”

Shop! You can get Tropicana Trop50 at your local grocery store. Click here for a $1.00 off coupon for Trop50!

Win! To celebrate this week’s theme – Strengthen Your Core – The Juice is offering one lucky winner a package of fitness equipment to help you strengthen your core. Valued at about $100, the prize package includes:
1) Workout Kit: The Step Body Fusion Workout System comes complete with a range of Step-centered workout gear to help you sculpt the best body of your life. Features a spacious, non-slip platform and includes a 65 cm stability ball with pump, vinyl-coated 3-lb dumbbells, a medium-weight resistance ball and a Body Fusion workout DVD, which shows you how to get the most out of all of them.
2) Yoga Kit: The FIRM Yoga Mat gives you comfortable cushioning and keeps your feet firmly planted. An easy-to-grasp foam brick supports your posture and stability as you learn different positions and the cotton stretching strap helps you to improve your flexibility simply, safely, and effectively. The exclusive, easy-to-follow FIRM Slim Solutions Yoga Beginners DVD workout will help you burn fat, tone muscles and find inner and outer peace.
3) Yoga Mat Bag

How to Enter:
Watch this week’s video and leave a comment here telling me what you do to get strong or a get fit goal for this fall. It’s that simple!

Bonus Entries:
* Tell me about your favorite exercise or work out routine to strengthen your core
* Help me celebrate the new “vanity address” The Shopping Mama’s Facebook Fan Page by becoming a Fan at www.facebook.com/TheShoppingMama
* Be a Shopping Buddy: a.k.a. Follow The Shopping Mama in Google Friends Connect
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in Email
* Subscribe to The Shopping Mama in a Reader

The fine print: Open to US residents only. Giveaway ends Thursday, August 20th at 11:59 PM. Please leave an email address so that I can contact you if you win. If you prefer, you may email me your contact information.