Welcome to “Tuesday Tours: What’s Happening on the Web” where I serve as your tour guide and showcase the best contests, freebies, deals, and reads for moms on the web…all in one convenient location.
Contests
Enter to win a $50 Target gift card at Busy Mom Reviews before Nov. 21.
Traveling Mom is giving away a fun travel package that includes luggage, a fashion wrap, a sinus mask, and more. Deadline: Nov. 24.
Marissa {Mama Sparkles} is giving away a $75 gift card to Beau-Coup (think: elegant party favors and gifts). Deadline: Nov. 24.
Got a baby and tennis shoes? Enter to win a Jeep Overland Jogging Stroller and you’ll be well on your way to getting fit. Deadline: Dec. 1.
I’m getting sleepy, very sleepy. It’s past 2am and I have to crawl under my sheets. Tomorrow, however, I’ll enter to win the Sleep Number p5 Bed that is up for grabs at Lizzy Dear’s Life. Deadline: Dec. 15.
Submit your family’s most memorable holiday moment for your chance to win a $5,000 vacation (and $5,000 to your local food bank). Five $100 gift cards will also be awarded to runner-ups. Enter before Dec. 24.
Announcements
Intuit invites you to nominate a small business (or your own small business) for a Love a Local Business grant. Eight $1,000 and two $5,000 grants will be awarded. The deadline is Dec. 31.
Good Reads
Rachel {No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane} is grateful for Tradition.
Kelby Carr shares why Mom Bloggers Deserve to Get Paid – and I appreciate her 4 tips to companies.
Pondering what to get your child’s teacher for Christmas? Read Darcie’s Five A+ Teacher Gifts (and Five Flunking Gifts).
Still serving up 1% or 2% milk? You may want to consider switching to whole milk (that’s the only kind we buy in our house). Read: Children who often drink full-fat milk weigh less {Physorg.com, 11-03-09}.
Miscellany
Looking for a creative gift for a friend who just had a baby? Set up a meal delivery schedule. Use Take Them A Meal to simplify the process.
Lately, I’ve been thinking that I might like to move to Rancho Sahuarita.
This layered alphabet top is a bit too pricey for my budget, but my 3-year-old would look A-MAZING in it.
Before you do your Christmas Shopping – Learn how purchasing fair trade products can help families around the world: Trade as One.
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*** If you have a contest or an announcement that you think might be a good fit for Tuesday Tours, e-mail me at stephanie@metropolitanmama.net.
another great list of posts – and I love that alphabet top too!
by the way – I like the “retweet” button you are using now!
Great ideas on this post! I am glad you posted the Trade as One link. It is such an amazing organization, and something I am becoming more and more passionate about. Our church hosted a Trade as One boutique on Sunday and it was amazing. It is a challenge and a blessing to know that we can make such a great difference in the world in such a tangible, easy way!
I hadn’t seen the Take Them a Meal site before. I may have to try it out with the next baby to be born. In our circle we’ve been using Care Calendar for awhile now. It’s pretty easy to use as well.
Love the Take Them a Meal idea! And thank you so much for including my contest!
Thanks again for all of your work in putting this together. I really love reading your Tuesday Web tours and I don’t tell you enough. In our house, Lily the 1 1/2 year old drinks whole milk and the rest of us drink skim milk.
Giveaways: Yay! Great ones this week. Thanks!
Darcie’s post: Excellent (and true).
Milk: Eh. I see what they’re saying, but it assumes a lot of things. My kids don’t drink whole milk anymore, but they also eat loads of fruit and veggies and mostly drink only milk or water. They’re not replacing the milk fat with donut fat or soda fat or anything, so I don’t buy it.
Props for reminding everyone to think about fair trade with the Trade as One link. Definitely a topic that deserves more attention especially with all the holiday shopping coming up.
How cool! I love the Take Them a Meal website. Now, if only most of the people who I would be coordinating for that purpose would get online.
I haven’t clicked over yet, but I’m curious about the milk thing. Our family recently switched over from nonfat to organic whole. And besides the sticker-shock, we’ve adjusted well. Actually, I should say *they’ve* adjusted well. Me? Not so much. I’m working on it though.
Thanks for the shout out Stephanie!
I did lots of research on the milk/diet thing when I weaned my little people. While I can see the point of whole milk here, I disagree. We have nothing but skim, but work very hard to ensure Vitamin D levels are high with fish. My oldest LOVES to see my fish marinating. It is quite honestly one of her favorites. We further have very limited saturated fatty snack foods here. We eat lots of polyunsaturated foods – cashews are a favorite of both of my little ones. I dehydrate LOTS – did bananas a few days ago and my kiddos act like dried bananas are candy! Personally, I believe that the levels of fat in milk for children is a parental choice, but those kids whose parents are researching, thinking about it, and working hard to ensure a well balanced diet while at the same time trying to foster healthy eating habits will develop children who learn to make wise food choices for themselves later in life. IMHO that is the real goal!
Rancho Sahuarita does look pretty cool, but I can’t say I’m a big fan of the HOA stuff anymore.
Thanks for the link!! :-)