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Aside from the awe-strikingly stylish aviator-goggled, scarf-wrapped chipmunk, Hipmunk makes searching for flights better. One of the best features – it lets you sort your search results by level of agony! Because, let’s face it, we all have travel stories that include the words flying and pain-in-the and we have all wished we could just get from point A to point B with our luggage and sanity intact. So, if you value your time and money and inner peace, give Hipmunk a try the next time your planning to travel the friendly skies!

Bellies: Nourish your well being and the bump with Maclaren Beginning organic-based and holistic personal care products. With a special blend of essential oils, the Alleviating Leg Lotion (Stephie swears by it!) gives instant relief to tired, achy legs and feet and the Supporting Belly Balm helps prevent stretch marks and promote cell regeneration and skin elasticity.

Bottoms: Nourish the planet with gDiapers – a happy collaboration between disposable and cloth that puts everything in it’s right place. The dirty biodegradable gRefill goes down the toilet and the cotton gPant goes in the washer to be cleaned. gDiapers offer the best of both worlds plus, they are quite stylish (much more practical than overpriced disposable denim).

Bottles: Nourish hungry babies and thirsty toddlers one bottle at a time of purified spring water by Nourish. For babies, the premeasured 8 oz bottles make fixing formula on the fly a sanitary cinch – just add formula, shake, sip and recycle. And toddlers can run free and keep hydrated or sit still and avoid a sugar rush with the 10 oz spill-proof sippy top version.

While some things separate the mommies from the aunties (like saying the word, “No.”), here is what brings us together: Whether we are running to a sample sale or running after a one year old, we are both on the go-go-go. Whether we are cooking for two or eating for two, we crave something satisfying yet healthy. And, whether we have a pod or not, we all want a tight bod.

Tight Bod with a Pod is perfect for the moms with pods, two pods, post-pods or aunts (like me) who have never had a pod but think that other peoples are adorable.

While TBwaP suits the mommy lifestyle, it is more than a mommy blog  and has a little something for everyone. There are yummy recipes for the whole family as well as great targeted workouts with short videos that are easy to follow. And if you have held any babies or picked up any 3 year olds lately, you know that having toned arms and a strong back is essential to giving good hugs and that cookies always come in handy.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation gives new meaning to making lemonade out of lemons. At four years old, Alexandra Scott turned this classic pastime into an inspirational venture. Her vision was to help sick children, like herself, fight and find a cure for childhood cancer. So, when you pass a lemonade stand near you, stop and buy a cuppa lemonade! It’s good for your thirst and your heart!

Could you imagine growing up without your favorite stuffie (Fluffy Bunny, Georgie the Frog, Rudy Reindeer…) or not have a blanket to cuddle with when you just needed a cuddle?

“One to Love, One to Give” is the philosophy of Happy Blankie.

These adorable blankets are sure to make your child (and you) smile big. Even better, they will make another child smile too. When you buy one blanket, you donate one to a child in need.

Je suis la jeune fille!

I took 4 years of French in high school, 2 semesters in college and even did a bit of shopping at the Galeries Lafayette. My mastery of the foreign language was never profound and probably beyond a little rusty, yet, I still remember the French phrase Muzzy said in a commercial decades ago. Oh, how I wanted Muzzy (along with a Barbie power wheels missing from my childhood…). I digress…

Do you remember Muzzy? The BBC Language Course for Children (apparently, #1 in the World). I was curious to see if he was still around – and he is! Speaking more languages than before, including Brazilian Portuguese which has recently been added to my list of things to do. (One minute, you are meeting friends from Brazil and the next thing you know, you are checking the box that says “Languages: Portuguese”)

Sophie Uliano has become a household name among eco-friendly lifestylers with her book (and blog) Gorgeously Green.

In her new book, Do It Gorgeously, she continues to share with us how to make less toxic, less expensive and more beautiful products.

10% of the profits of this book are donated to Canswerlink, an organization that provides a free non-toxic house cleaning service to cancer patients undergoing treatment.

I have a little (large) stash of extra buttons – the ones that come with clothes that have buttons just in case you lose one which, you hope never happens because it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the matching one.

While I have not found a use for the menage of buttons (and no longer have many of the garments to which they belong), I have found a use for the little plastic baggies they come in. I went on a trip and used the baggies to make my own daily packets of vitamins. It was perfect. In the past, I have put them in a small plastic bottle – but then they are too hard to get to. And usually, I dump a bunch of them in sandwich bag – but that is too big and hard to keep track of which is what. But plastic extra button bags are just right.

lululemon, notorious among yogis, a fashion meets function leader for runners too. Whether your practicing ashtanga or racing a 5k, you are going to sweat – but no one has to know (not even you).

Run: Team Spirit Crops (and Run: Like the Wind Pullover) are made of Luxtreme, a silky, lightweight, fast wicking fabric. If you pour water on it, you’ll see just how fast it sucks up the moisture and spreads it quickly throughout the fabric. The wicking is inherent in the yarn so it lasts for the life of the fabric – making it perfect for super sweaty exercise.

I Just Wanna Run Tech Top is lightweight, breathable and moisture wicking. But what makes it so special is something called Silverescent – an anti-bacterial, anti-stink, anti-static fabric infused with strands of X-Static silver yarn.  The silver virtually eliminates bacteria so it remains stink-free after you wash it.

And for boys…the WDW Boxer Brief is a hit (and a nice diversion from your absolutely necessary lululemon bill).

Be a Nature Groupie today! Nature Girl makes a line of organic and wildcrafted skincare products from California. The Nature Groupie is a light and gentle body wash made with organic aloe vera and mild sulfate-free soap derived from coconut oil. It is available in four scents (or “synergies”): rosemary mint, chamomile bergamot, rose ylang ylang, or lavender grapefruit. You can also “Shampoo with Green” – Nature Girl makes shampoos (all sulfate-free) derived from flowers and infused with essential oils to meet your lock-luster needs.

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