Dora's Digital Story Book

Did you know Canada..  Nickelodeon has a fun new clothing line available at Walmart for Dora the Explorer that includes a code for Dora's Digital Story Book experience online!

As you know, we have boys, but we shared the shirt with a friend and tried out the code for ourself.  I appreciated the option to select your character as a boy or a girl, and you get to customize clothing, hair colour and more.

It also takes your little ones name, age and city and includes them in the story.

You great to drag all these characters onto each page and set up the picture how you want, my guy has tons of fun working on this.  Not only is he working on computer skills, eye/hand coordination, working on his reading, we're also creating and I love to see how proud my boys are when they've created something.

This would make a fantastic gift for a preschooler in your life, not only are you giving a cute outfit, you are also giving many hours of a fun online experience.

We have great news for our readers as well!  Enter below for yours chance to win an adorable Dora outfit (Tee Shirt and Leggings set SIZE 2T) complete with a unique PIN for you to also try out the Dora Digital Story Book!!!  Good luck!!

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Walmart Mom of the Year - Finalists #MOTY

Did you know Canada..  after 16,909 submissions, there are now just eight finalists for Walmart's Mom of the Year.  Don't worry if you didn't get a chance to nominate, it will be back next year and open for new nominations!

The eight finalists that were selected each receive $10,000 for personal use and $10,000 to the charity they have chosen.  Plus remember, the winner will get to donate $100,000 to the charity of her choice!

You can visit MomOfTheYear.ca to read all eight amazing stories.  I was really touched by Carol Westberg's story, she has Multiple Myeloma,an incurable cancer of the plasma cells and was given a prognosis of 3-5 years in 2004.  She co-founded the Southern Alberta Myeloma Patient Society,which has raised over $150,000 for research and advocates for drug coverage, was chosen in the top 50 volunteers from over 2000 nominations for Champions of Change, and more.

My own Mom has dealt with cancer numerous times and I know how hard it is to keep going when faced with cancer, a terrible prognosis and the thoughts of leaving your family behind.

This has been such a touching campaign to follow, learn about so many Moms and how they are doing so much good for their family and community.  It makes me want to be a better Mom and I really appreciate Walmart bring them to light.

Join the conversation on Twitter using the hastag #MOTY and be sure to follow Walmart Canada on Facebook as well!  We will see you there and look forward to celebrating the winning Mom!

Disclosure: I’m part of the Walmart program by Mom Central. I received compensation as a thank you for my participation. The opinions on this blog are my own. Mom of the Year Award: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY Internet access and valid email account required. Nominations open May 10, 2012 to July 8, 2012 for legal residents of Canada over the age of majority.  Entrants cannot nominate themselves. One (1) grand prize available to be won consisting of $10,000 cash, a $100,000 donation by Wal-mart Canada Corp. to charity/cause and a trip to Toronto (ARV $22,000). Seven (7) runner-up prizes available to be won consisting of $10,000 cash, a $10,000 donation to charity/cause and a trip to Toronto (ARV $22,000).  Charity/cause subject to verification and final approval by Wal-mart Canada Corp., at its sole discretion. Odds of winning depend on how the judging panel evaluates each entry according to the criteria. For Official Contest Rules and to nominate an entrant, visit [www.momoftheyear.ca].

A special Walmart run for #EqualCanada

Did you know Canada.. when my boys were very young I used to have a set shop day. Every Friday my Mom would come over and watch the boys while I ran to Walmart, grocery store and what ever else needed to be done. I swear it rained or snowed every. single. Friday.

Now that my boys are bigger I love to run to the store whenever we have time, the freedom is great, although I admit it doesn't always leave me time to prepare.

This Saturday after hockey felt like the perfect time to go to Walmart to grab a few things including Equal to make some sweet treats for the boys to take to school for Valentine's Day. In fact, be sure to check out Equal Canada on Facebook for some delicious recipes! We're going to be making their Chocolate Chip Cookies (and don't tell the kids, but these have 27% fewer calories than the traditional recipe!).

So we headed in and as usual, headed to the toys first..haha.. on our way back from the toys over to the food section what did we spy - the Equal in the Pharmacy section! Who knew!!

There was multiple ways to buy #EqualCanada, including the yellow canister that is on Rollback! That's right, we only paid $7.97 instead of the usual $9.97! I love this canister as it's big (equal to 5lbs of sugar) and easy to use. I find the canister much better, especially when cooking with the boys, bags always spill, rip and dump if you try to pour them.

I also had another reason to stop in the pharmacy section...

..that's right! In a few months we plan on TTC (trying to conceive) again! Very exciting news and fingers crossed it happens quickly and stress free.

SO, we had a great family adventure at Walmart, got our chocolate chip cookie supplies, and saved some money! Be sure to keep up with Equal on the web and Equal Canada on Twitter to stay in the know on their latest deals and recipes.

This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #CBias