Fijian Beauty Competition Winner

Ok so I know the Win a Body Butter from Fijian Beauty competition closed on the weekend but with the silly season well and truly here things have been a little hectic at Mum e Assistant.

Firstly a big thank you to all that entered....we had a fantastic response. I have documented the whole process....well as much as I could considering 1 week before christmas my little happy snap camera has decided to pack it in! and a few of the pics I took didn't come out but did managed to save the important ones!

Step 1; Printed out all 325 entrant details (6 pages)
Step 2; I divided entries into blocks of 10

Step 3; Put all groups of 10 in a box

Step 4; My little man did a little mixing up and shaking

Step 5; He then pulled out a list of 10

Step 6; I got him to choose a number between 1-10 and he choose 4

So the winner is......S. Lewis from QLD...congratulations, your prize of a luxurious Body Butter will be on its way soon thanks to the wonderful Fijian Beauty.

Weekly Feature Gift Site is.....

Moobear Designs - Childrens clothing with a conscience.

Moobear Designs is a family run business where the kids design the clothes and the adults make the clothes! All Moobear designs are made from recycled fabric and the garments are all ethically made and environmentally friendly.

My son has his very own unique Moobear Design....and proudly tells everyone "my friend Steph made this just for me"

The range includes t-shirts and baby bodysuits, with a baby accessories range coming soon. Some designs inlcude; Moo's Earth (my son loves his!), Bear's Rar and Moo's Tree Hugger and they have just launched 3 fun new designs...

Moo's Galoomph , Bear's Spaceship and a yummy range of Triple Scoop 'MooBearilicious' Ice Creams .

So if you love handmade and unique clothing for your kids make sure you visit Moobear Designs today!

Meal Planner Recipe ...for the kids

This week I found a couple of great easy recipes for the kid friendly range of the DYO Magnetic Family Meal Planner on the http://www.taste.com.au/ newsletter.


Bean nachos and Stuffed jacket potatoes are two healthy, quick and easy meals that kids just love. The newsletter also offers recipe ideas for piklets, cookies and iceblocks.

Check out the recipes here... Cooking with Kids

Health & Happiness Journey

So I have decided to get my act together and go on a health kick...yes i do say this quite often but this time I will be holding myself accountable by making it a public thing!

This isn't some major weightloss exercise, although I do plan on losing a tad bit of weight and toning up alot! it is more about becoming the happiest /healthiest and best person I can be in 2010! So for the next 6 months, I will be posting every week or so my goals, progress, eating habits (good&bad), exercise routines, fitness tips (don't worry these will come from the experts!), recipes, fun, relaxation etc.

My health & happiness tools will include;

• Health & Well-Being Journal - a must have for every health & happiness journey
• DYO Magnetic Family Meal Planner - to keep evening family meals on track
• my.organiser - to schedule everything
• my trusty fitball - which doubles as my desk chair....great for posture and your abs.
• my beautiful new pink bike - which I just recently started riding....I had forgotten just how much fun bike riding is!
• treadmill - luckily the junk was taken off it recently so I can actually use it!
• yoga dvd
• pilates dvd and band
• hand weights

So if anyone wants to join me on their own health & happiness journey please do and feel free to leave any comments about your progress along the way.

Weekly Feature Gift Site....Loads of Fun for kids!

This week I have choosen Dress Ups as the Mum e Assistant Feature Gift Site.

Dress Ups is an online store providing quality dress ups and fancy dress costumes for boys and girls. Dress Ups is all about allowing children to play, engaging both mentally and physically in their fantasy world - and not just succumbing to that of the ever present technical age.

Costumes include classic favourites such as cowboy & indians, chefs, mermaids, builders, superheros and much more...my son has both the cowboy and indian and plans on taking the brochure with him to visit santa "so he will know what I want".

I love to encourage my son to use his imagination and engage in fantasy based play....I feel it helps his confidence, speech and general learning about life.

All of the beautiful costumes are lovingly handmade in Australia and are fantastic quality. Dress ups are a wonderful gift idea for birthdays and christmas so be sure to visit them today at http://www.dressupskids.com.au/

Dress-ups, dress-ups and make believe…..take me to the place where I can dream!

Yummy Handmade Chocolate!!!!

At 8:45am this morning there was a bang on our front door....it was the delivery man with my CHOCOLATE!!!

I was so excited to receive my beautifully packaged handmade Chocolate Bark from Coastal Chocolates which i received a gift voucher for from Bra Queen. After days of looking at the website trying to decided which 3 chocolate varieties I would order...finally decided on Peppermint, Rocky Road and Orange&Almond. So far I have tried the peppermint and the rocky road and they are both Divine! I'm having to exercise ALOT of will power today to stop myself from eating too much as I promised to share with a couple of people!

So if you are a bit of a chocoholic like myself you have to try this chocolate bark....or any of the many other options available on the Coastal Chocolates website. And what a fantastic Christmas gift idea for anyone really, which they will definately enjoy....mums, dads, brother, sisters, grandparents, friends.

www.coastalchocolates.com.au

Hey Mums - This ones for you !

If you haven't got yourself a set of Mums Cards yet....well now is a great time to do so. Mothers give so much to their children; often they take up all of your time, energy, emotion and money.

Well mums we now have a great new range of cards that you can completely justify buying for yourself. These Mums Cards let you create your own identity, with just a useful mention of your children. They are so handy for Mums, not just to give to old and new friends as you meet them, but also to hand to anyone that is looking after your children.

Prices start at just 50 cards for $19.95, giving you a pack of fully customised, beautifully designed, professionally printed Mums Cards.

We have a SPECIAL OFFER just for Mum e Assistant customers - anyone that purchases their Mums Cards before the end of November not only receives a FREE Mums Babysitter Pad but ALSO goes in the draw to win a Set of the beautiful Mums Card Xmas Gift Tags; perfect for every busy Mother in the lead up to Xmas! All you need to do is enter the code: MUMEA into the unique user section at the checkout.

Mums Card has been making life that little bit easier for families all over Australia. Forget the scraps of paper and lost information as Mums Card saves time and eases frustration by providing essential information on one neat stylish card.

MumsCards are helping families get organised! And a fantastic Christmas gift idea for the busy woman who has everything!!