News and Announcements

We have a winner for the CD by Tim Cain, Miss Kitty, Cindy Cohen, Christopher Smith and the Dream Circle band, It's a Holiday! Congratulations to Michelle P. of Marin, who is our randomly chosen winner, and thanks again to Tim Cain for generously providing the CD to give away.

It's a Holiday! features an all-star lineup of local children's musicians performing songs for pretty much every winter holiday you can think of, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year. In case you missed it, you can read our review of It's a Holiday! here, and our recent interview with Tim Cain here.

Congratulations to Cheryl K., who won the 2008–2009 BusyBodyBook organizer! We hope you get some good use out of it. It's a great product. Thanks to About Your Time, LLC, publisher of the BusyBodyBook for sponsoring this giveaway.

School's about to start and getting organized both for yourself and the kids is a must. Our favorite organizer is the BusyBodyBook! The BusyBodyBook is a stylish and easy-to-use family organizer that allows you to keep track of the entire family's schedules, and it's something I can't live without. BusyBodyBooks are available for both 2008-2009 academic year (August '08–September '09) and traditional 2009 calendar year versions.

To help you get organized, we're giving away a free BusyBodyBook to a lucky Marin Mommies reader! Send an e-mail with BUSYBODYBOOK in the subject line to contests@marinmommies.com by midnight PST on Friday, August 15, 2008. One winner will be selected at random, and we'll announce the winner on Saturday. Good luck!

Can't make it to the Lullaby Exercises class at Lulu this Friday? We're giving away a free copy of the new Lullaby Exercises DVD, courtesy of Chicks-n-Chickens! Designed for new moms to share moments with their babies, put them to sleep, and feel good emotionally, this set includes a DVD and bonus CD with original music by singer/songwriter Lisa Phenix. It's worth $29.95, and you can win it by sending an email with "Lullaby Exercises" in the subject line to contests@marinmommies.com.

Giveaway entries must be received by midnight on Wednesday, July 2. We'll pick a winner at random on Thursday, July 3.

Congratulations to Bebe C., who wins a copy of Betsy Stern's new children's CD Foyo. Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing!

Today is Memorial Day, so take a few moments while barbecuing and picnicking with your family to remember those who fought and died to preserve our freedom. And of course, let's not forget the men and women risking their lives on a day to day basis in Iraq and Afghanistan. Regardless of your views on the conflicts (I'm not going to go into politics here), I think we can all agree that they deserve our thoughts and prayers.

For a list of local Memorial Day activities and programs, check out our article here.

Congratulations to Marin Mommies visitor Jennifer B. for winning the This Little Piggy double print gift certificate! For those who didn't win, we're also giving away a free 6-month subscription to What's Cooking Weekly. The winner will be selected on Thursday, May 1, so if you haven't already entered, send an email to contests@marinmommies.com with "What's Cooking" in the subject line.

Congratulations to Maria P. our Barefoot Books giveaway winner. Enjoy!