Is It A Stroller? Is It A Pushcycle? Is It A Tricycle?

Its all of the above!

Unlike traditional children's vehicles, this versatile model grows with your child by easily converting from a secure, comfortable baby stroller to a parent-assisted three-wheeler to a fully independent tricycle. It has a removable sunshade, lockable steering wheel, and a foot brake behind the left rear wheel which can be easily applied to maintain control over your child's speed.

$199.95 at Hammacher Schlemmer.com
The 3-In-1 Stroller/Pushcycle/Tricycle

Recommended for ages 6 months to 5 years, with a weight limit of 88 lbs

Its A Boy!

Congratulations to our own Andi! She and her husband welcomed a baby boy into their family today. Both mom and baby are doing great and the baby is "perfect".
We love you Andi and cannot wait to meet your son!

Add Pizazz to Your Kids Bathroom

Never worry about having to remind your kids to wash their hands or brush their teeth again! This led faucet light will make it fun. It adds a bright blue light stream to your water faucet that is water pressure-activated.

$14.90 at amazon.com
FAUCET LIGHT by Hog Wild

Turn On Your Baby's Zen

There is no question that Kate Spade designs gorgeous handbags and accessories but her expanding baby line is equally remarkable. Log on to her website now to get many clearance items at near rock bottom prices, like this:

cotton willow moon dress
was $95.00 sale price $48.00
katespade.com

A Combination For Kids

Were you ever able to remember that silly combination to your school locker? How about the combination to your bicycle lock? Well, at least our kids won't have to worry.

Introducing WordLock. A combination lock that uses words instead of numbers...the easiest combination lock ever. Kids can choose from among 100,000 possible letter combinations and can even reset the combination at any time.

Just $5.98 at Staples

Tom & Jerry are quitting…

Yes, they are! Oh no, don’t worry: you will still see them on TV. They just quit smoking.

After the British media regulator Ofcom received a complaint from an offended viewer of Boomerang channel, mostly watched by children, Turner Broadcasting in Europe decided to dissect more than 1500 Tom & Jerry cartoons to cut out scenes where smoking appears to be cool or glamour.
It is not clear yet if Turner Broadcasting in USA will also follow that decision, but already some fans are expressing their anger about what they consider as a censure of an old classic cartoon.

This is not the first time that a famous cartoon hero quits smoking. In 1984 the Belgian Maurice de Bévère, alias Morris, conscious that times had changed, replaced the cigarette of his character, “lonesome cowboy” Lucky Luke, by a blade of grass (see "before and after"). Four years later, the cartoonist received an award from the World Health Organization.

So what do you think? Are classic cartoons untouchable?

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Receive $15 off a purchase of $45 or more with this coupon.

Expires August 27, 2006.

Brand New Learning Toy

Brand new to the specialty toy market . . . Dado combines art and science as you explore architectural principles . . . proportion, balance, structure and color. A new twist on classic building blocks, Dado engages your imagination as the slits on each cube are interlocked to create an unlimited number of three-dimensional structures. Constructed horizontally, vertically or nested together, Dado invites visual spatial development and problem solving through design-centered, attention-grabbing fun!
$24.95
age: 3+
fatbraintoys.com

Environmentally Friendly Blue Jeans?

Hug a Tree and Buy 100% Organic Cotton Jeans from Levi's!

"Levi's will be adding 100% organic cotton jeans to their fall 2006 product line. Levi's jeans made with organic cotton will be available in a range of popular fits and finishes and marked with a few subtle identifiers. Jeans made with all, or a significant percentage of, organic cotton will be signified as "Levi's Eco" and feature an embroidered lowercase "e" inside the front pocket, or at the bottom of the right leg of each jean. A natural colored canvas "Levi's" tab and "Two Horse Patch" made from 100% organic fabric as well as natural colored pocket stitching of the brand's arcuate will also indicate the jeans are made from organic cotton. Other eco-friendly elements include the use of recycled buttons, rivets and zippers, and natural indigo was used to dye some styles of jeans. All external packaging will be made from organic fabric or recycled paper and printed with soy-based ink." treehugger.com

The jeans will be available in November 2006 exclusively at Levi's U.S. stores.

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Kate Spade Reveals Her Favorites Picks for Fall

These are definitely some of our favorites too!


kristen
everyday sophistication.
· patent leather heel
· leather sole
· 3'' heel
· made in italy
$255.00 to $350.00





bennington tracy bucket
· tab and turnlock closure
· interior double slide pockets and zip pocket
· light gold plated hardware
· multi dot cotton twill lining
· imported
· 5.1" strap length
· 10.2"h x 9.1"w x 7.1"d
$345.00

http://www.katespade.com/

Back To School Freebie

Get a FREE lunchbox from Quaker!
Here are the details...

- Buy any four (4) boxes of Quaker® Snack Bars between7/25/06 and 11/30/06
- Send completed official mail-in request form, UPC codes from any four (4) boxes of Quaker® Snack Bars and original cash register receipt( dated between 7/25/06 and 11/30/06 with the applicable purchases circled)
- Mail to: Quaker Snack Bars Lunch Box OfferPO BOX 3382Young America, MN 55558-3382

Click here to visit their site

Happy Birthday Rocco John Ritchie!

It's great to be 6 today!
If we were invited to your birthday party, we would bring you...

McFarlane Cooperstown Series #3 Mickie Mantle Boxed Set
$14.99
etoys.com


DJ Scratch CD Mixer with Radio
$29.99
etoys.com

The "Eyes" Have It

Introducing...the cutest summer eyewear for babies!

Baby Banz were originally designed in Australia for one of the world’s toughest UV environments. Clinically tested by one of the world’s leading authorities on sunglasses, Baby Banz have passed the most stringent standards on sunglasses in the world. 100% UVA/ UVB protection with adjustable band. Available in 10 colors
$15.00
babybanz.com

Don't Let Rainy Days (And Mondays) Get You Down

Just when you thought you couldn't keep your tot's feet dry in style... never fear, Kamik's rain boots are here! Kamik rain boots are a favorite with celebrity moms, Courteney Cox, Reese Witherspoon and Kelly Ripa. Made with a new technology that results in clearer graphics with no distortion and eliminates the front and back seam that otherwise ruins the design of boots.
$25 - $50
Kid's SQUIGGLE
Kamik.com

One Little Two Little Three Little Indians

Your children will have fun painting and creating adventure in this wonderful hideaway!

A kid's play structure that inspires imagination and ongoing active and creative play! Ideal for fun as an indoor or outdoor playhouse. Imaginations revel in the incredible scale of this child's teepee by Melissa & Doug. 7 and 1/2 feet tall!

Paints, brush, and design ideas included
$159.95 with free ground shipping
Ages 3 and Up
fatbraintoys.com

Do As I Say, Not As I Do By Melanie Griffith & Heather Mills

Talk to your kids about smoking and please, please do not encourage them!

Actress Melanie Griffith, 48, helps her 17-year-old daughter, Dakota, light up outside the trendy Beverly Hills boutique Maxfield's. Yes, the smoking age in the U.S. is still 18. (photo: US Weekly)


Teach your kids that breaking and entering is wrong!

On Monday, Heather Mills McCartney, 38, was locked out of the former home she shared with Sir Paul McCartney in London. Accompanied by her two-year-old daughter, Beatrice, Mills had one of her security guards attempted to scale the garden wall. It had been widely reported that Sir Paul had changed the locks on the three-storey Regency house that has been his home for almost 40 years. Police were called by Sir Paul's staff and four officers arrived in a patrol car. (photo: mirror.co.uk)

Should Britney Spears Have Her Morning Cup o' Joe While Pregnant?

Coffee and Pregnancy: A Bad Mix?

According to Amos Grunebaum, MD of webmd.com, "Caffeine's effect on pregnancy is one of the most researched of all health subjects. Most studies have shown that it's safe to drink coffee during pregnancy as long as you're consuming less than three cups, or the equivalent of 300 milligrams of caffeine, a day."

"As far as its effect on pregnancy, several studies in humans have associated caffeine use of more than 300 mg per day with a decrease in fertility and an increase in the rate of miscarriage or low birth-weight babies. Most doctors therefore recommend that you not drink more than one to two cups of coffee a day when you're pregnant or trying to get pregnant or consider eliminating all caffeine from your diet."

Maybe Britney is only on her first cup or better yet...drinking decaf!
(photo: People)

Let The Sun Shine In

Winner of the

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award

This creative kit comes with six bottles of peel-off window colors and a 59-page, spiral-bound instruction book with more than one hundred ready-to-trace designs. Simply trace a design in black outline and squirt the window colors to fill it in. You can even blend the paints to make your own colors. Then peel off your design and stick it on any glass surface you like – a window, mirror, shower door – you name it! If you change your mind about where you want it, just peel and stick again and again. The finished designs won't fade, melt or mar windows in any way – so parents love them, too!

Klutz Window Art Kit
$19.95
Ages: 6 +
Discovery Store

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Celebrity Tots Footwear

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Amy Grant With Vince & Corrina Gill

I absolutely love Amy Grant's music!
She received her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Gospel Performance in 1982 and her won her 6th Grammy for Rock of Ages in 2005.

We anxiously await the release of her new CD, Time Again...Amy Grant Live, due out on September 26, 2006 .

Amy is shown here with husband Vince Gill and daughter Corrina
on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
(photo: justjared.com)

Added note: Amy Grant will be honored with
a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 19th.

Happy Birthday Maddox Jolie-Pitt!

It's great to be 5 today!
If we were invited to your birthday party, we would bring you...


Transformers Titanium: Unicron
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MiJam Guitar
$39.99 etoys.com



Camo-Tech Batman
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Kecci Diaper Bag Sale and $1 Shipping

Kecci Expedition Diaper Bag
$27.99
overstock.com
($1 shipping storewide August 4-6 only)

Perfect for both expectant and new fathers, the Kecci Expedition Bag combines a rugged design with the features of a modern children's diaper bag.

Is Your Tot the Next Great Automobile Engineer?

With names like the c9 Sports Coupe, the S9 Sedan and the X9 Sports Utility, you would never imagine that I was describing children's toy cars. But then again these are not your run of the mill toys. These cars are beautiful works of art!

Made with German beechwood, real rubber wheels and interlocking parts that can be exchanged with all other Automoblox models, these cars also teach your children skills in shape recognition and color. With Automoblox sets, your child plays and builds the design pictured in his or her mind.

Designed by Patrick Calello, Automoblox cars begs your child to "think outside the blocks". Automoblox has been named a 2006 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award Winner. The cars are available in 6 designs. Ages 3+
$35.00 Automoblox.com

Lilly Pulitzer Kidswear on Sale

Hampton Child is having a huge summer blowout sale. Up to 75% off! Check out their great items including these Lilly Pulitzer Boys Swim Trunks for just $27.60

Best Web Price - Sealy Baby Posturepedic Mattress

The Sealy Baby Posturepedic Crib Mattres is designed with patented innerspring coils used in Sealy's adult mattresses. These coils ensure that the mattress will hold its shape, providing proper head and back support for as long as you use it. The non-allergenic sleeping surface is incredibly soft for extra comfort and features a triple laminate fabric that provides an antibacterial and anti-static surface to protect against tears, wetness, mold, and mildew.

When you want high qualtity but don't want to pay the high price, here's how you can get Sealy's Baby Posturepedic Mattress for less. We've compared leading etailers and the top 5 with the lowest prices are Amazon.com, BabyCenter.com, LivingInComfort.com, Target.com and Walmart.com. Which is the best buy?

Amazon.com
$99.99 with no discount and $11.89 Shipping
$111.88

BabyCenter.com
$119.95 with10% discount (no coupon code needed) and Free Shipping on orders of $75
$107.96

LivingInComfort.com
$94.88 with no discount and $11.44 Shipping
$106.32

Target.com
$99.99 with10% discount (Coupon Code: TCKDSBAB Exp. 8/5/06) and $11.89 Shipping
$101.88

Walmart.com
$99.88 with a rollback price of $79.96 and $19.97 Shipping
$99.93

Baby Swimwear on Sale

Old Navy is having a HUGE summer clearance sale! Check out the cute swimwear, like this Tie-Dye Bikini for Baby, as low as $4.99

Baby's First Beach Toys

Baby Gund's Little Beach Baby Plush Toy Set features six soft, plush learning toys. Babies enjoy taking the soft plush accessories out of the soft bucket and putting them back in too! Babies love to discover all the great goodies hidden inside.
$18 at lullabyebaby.com

Little Beach Baby Plush Toy Set includes:
- Beach bucket (6" / 15cm)
- Crab that squeaks
- Clam with mirror and crinkle
- Lobster that jingles
- Starfish that rattles
- Shovel

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World Breastfeeding Week

Join us in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2006!

You're probably well aware that breast milk is best for your baby, but did you know that the benefits of breastfeeding extend well beyond basic nutrition? In addition to containing all the vitamins and nutrients your baby needs in the first six months of life, breast milk is packed with disease-fighting substances that protect your baby from illness. some of the most important benefits you and your baby may derive from breastfeeding:

• Breastfeeding protects your baby from gastrointestinal trouble, respiratory problems, and ear infections
• Breastfeeding can protect your baby from developing allergies.
• Breastfeeding may boost your child's intelligence
• Breastfeeding may protect against obesity later in life
• Breastfeeding may protect your baby from childhood leukemia
• Breastfeeding may protect your baby from developing type 1 diabetes
• Breastfeeding may protect preemies from infections and high blood pressure later in life
• Breastfeeding may lower your baby's risk of SIDS
• Breastfeeding helps you lose weight
• Breastfeeding can lower your stress levels and reduce postpartum bleeding
• Breastfeeding may reduce your risk of some types of cancer
• Breastfeeding may protect against osteoporosis later in life

(source: babycenter.com)

Happy Birthday MTV

Before the Laguna Beach, The Hills and Making The Band it was music videos on MTV, 24 hours a day!

The first video to debut was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles on August 1, 1981. However, only a few thousand people on a single cable system in northern New Jersey could see it. Sometimes the screen would go black when someone at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR. (cnn.com)

If you are too young to remember this "historical event", you can relive the famous first hour on MTV's website. Your kids will love seeing what MTV was like in the old days...

An Egg-zelent Project for Kids

How cute are these! These ceramic EGGLINGS look and feel just like real eggs. Just crack one open, add water, and you’ve created a little window garden. Each comes with a terra cotta tray and seed pack. Growing is EASY — plants thrive for months in their shell and can be replanted in soil.
Price $8.95
elsewares.com

How to Steal Pottery Barn's Style

Have you ever dreamed of having your home look just the rooms in magazines? Well, if you are not a set designer or professional decorator, chances are it may be next to impossible until now. Pottery Barn is revealing just what colors they use to paint the walls and how to lay out the rooms just identical their set designs, and the company is even being to sell fabric by the yard. Check out the Pottery Barn website for details and happy decorating to you!

The mustard yellow wall behind the black entertainment center is called
Chestertown Buff and is available from Benjamin Moore.