K'NEX Meets Sesame Street

What do you get when you combine popular, educational children's characters with a classic and fun construction toy?

You get the brand new, delightful and innovative Sesame Street-themed building sets from K'NEX! Specially designed for children ages two and older (the youngest audience yet for K'NEX), the new sets are filled with colorful KID K'NEX rods and connectors, as well as all-new KID K'NEX blocks. The blocks are designed to provide an easier building experience for younger children.

And to heighten the play experience, each set comes with engaging and interactive educational content such as tips for parents and fun activity cards for kids, as well as lots of building ideas.

We were able to try out the Ernie Building Set, which is packaged inside of an adorable, Ernie-shaped storage container:



The parts can be combined to make a variety of creations. Here are a few examples:







It even comes with Ernie's famous Rubber Duckie! How cute!

There are three other fun $10.99 sets that kids will have a blast with: Elmo and his goldfish Dorothy, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch with Slimey the Worm. Each 14-15 piece set also includes Sesame Street activity sheets and educational activities.

There are several other building sets in various price ranges and sizes. Click here to see the entire collection.

K'NEX has several specials going on, including free shipping on orders over $75. Click here to view all of the specials.

I know what I'll be giving to my little cousin this Christmas! These sets will be a sure hit with him!

One Click to Save Lives

With just a click, you could help save the lives of needy/hungry children around the world.

International Medical Corps has been matched to one of the Top 25 in American Express’ Members Projects, "Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children."

Chosen out of 1,190 projects, “Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children” is now eligible to receive up to $1.5 million in funding. The project with the most votes receives $1.5 million, 2nd receives $500,000, 3rd $300,000, and 4th and 5th $100,000. The funding – made possible by your votes – would bring a vital lifeline to hungry and malnourished children around the world.

They need your help between now and September 29th. Voting is easy and doesn’t cost a thing! In just a click, you can save the lives of thousands of malnourished children. Click here to vote.

And click here to learn more about this very important charity.

Dial Campaign for Clean Hands Giveaway

If there is one thing my kids will remember me for when they grow up, it will be my famous question, "Did you wash your hands?" I always have my kids wash their hands when coming back from being outside, after using the bathroom, etc.

And we do the 30-second rule too. "Warm water, wash for 30 seconds, then rinse."

As our pediatrician put it, "Would you rather puke, or wash your hands?" Which I make sure I ask my kids whenever they complain about having to wash up.

I had the opportunity to review Dial Complete and our whole family loves it! We tried their "Soothing White Tea" scent and it smells heavenly. It definitely gives me more incentive to wash my hands, just because I love the smell so much.

In addition to the delicious scent, the soap foams up nicely and contains lotion, something very important to me and my children as we all have sensitive/dry skin.

Dial Complete recognizes the importance of good hand washing and has put together a Campaign for Clean Hands. Based on findings from the Dial Complete® brand's Campaign for Clean Hands survey, moms are the top influence in teaching their children proper hand washing.

When asked, "When you were a child, who taught you proper hand washing?," 76 percent of the individuals surveyed answered their mother was responsible for teaching them to wash their hands. So I'm obviously not alone!



The Campaign for Clean Hands is a program designed to engage and educate families about the importance of proper hand-hygiene.

The campaign's Web site features:

• a video contest for kids
  
• an online "DC Germ Blaster" video game
  
• a variety of fun, educational hand washing materials parents can print and share with their children, including a home hand washing chart, coloring and activity sheets, bookmarks and a memory game.
  
• a sweepstakes visitors can enter to win a year's supply of Dial Complete foaming hand wash.

Head on over and take advantage of all the site has to offer!

Want to win a case of Dial Complete right here? Just leave a comment on this post. Bonus entry if you blog about this contest with a link to this post and to the Campaign for Clean Hands. (please leave a separate comment here with your link so I can give you credit for your entry).

Be sure there is an email I can find where you can be reached or your entry cannot be counted. Deadline to enter is 11:59 EST, Wednesday, October 1.

Disclaimers: Winner has two weeks from the time of notification to claim their prize or the prize will be forfeited. So a Blonde Walks Into a Review is not liable for any prizes not delivered by contest sponsors or prizes lost in the mail.

New Outfit

Notice anything different? :)

Many thanks to Lindsey from Mommy Chronicles for putting together this awesome look for me! She did a FABULOUS job!!

Sweet Life Winner

Congratulations to Lindsey from A Kindred Spirit's Thoughts! Lindsey's entry was chosen at random through Random.org as the winner of the Sweet Life gift basket giveaway!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and to author Mia King for sponsoring such a fabulous giveaway!

Stay tuned for more fun giveaways coming soon!