Powered by Mom Blog shares the newly released stars from MGA Entertainment Canada it’s the Novi Stars!

Novi Stars were released just before Christmas 2012 and they’ve quickly risen to stardom among young girls everywhere!

Novi Stars are the cool cosmic dolls that are a ton of fun, spacey and they each have their own unique talents along with their cute pets that come with them. My daughter received some Novi Stars for Christmas and she loves them. At 11 years of age my daughter has outgrown Barbies and other dolls but she loves the Novi Stars. For her the Novi Stars are cool enough for this tween and she enjoys setting them up on their glow in the dark stands on her bedroom dress so she can get the cosmic feel when she turns off the lights and goes to bed. I didn’t even realize she was keeping up with the new releases of the Novi Stars as she specifically asked me for the Nov Star who has cosmic goo! That would be Tula Toned by the way who has the goo one leg has pink goo and the other one has purple goo, what fun! Her cute pet is named Vortex and each Novi Star has their own unique pet.  [Read more...]

Powered by Mom Blog & Daughter review some more fun stuff from Melissa & Doug!

Just in time for summer we received some more cool stuff from Melissa and Doug to keep me busy I mean my daughter busy during the Summer. We received some cool craft stuff for those days where the weather is not so great or we just feel like hanging out!

My daughter absolutely loves the scratch glitter paper from Melissa and Doug so this time we got a few different ones, we have silver, pink and gold! If you don’t know what that paper is you’re missing out it’s tons of of fun. The paper is black but when you take a pencil and start to draw or write on the paper it reveals your creating in the glitter color that’s underneath so much fun!

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Do you like having fresh herbs, flowers and/or vegetables all year long?

With an Aerogarden you can!

Grow more vegetables and herbs with an AeroGarden and grow the quickly compared to traditional gardening!

Powered by Mom was lucky enough to receive an Aerogarden Elite of her very own to review! Let me tell you were are loving it too as I LOVE fresh herbs. Herbs provide not only a wonderful fragrance in the home but as many of you know they enhance the flavor of foods. Before when I remembered I would buy fresh basil and oregano two of my favorite herbs so that I could cook with them. There’s no better taste to food than fresh herbs, once you’ve had it you can’t go back to anything else. Spaghetii is a favorite dish in our home because of my spaghetii sauce where I use you guessed it fresh basil and oregano among a few other spices . [Read more...]

Powered by Mom Blog thinks all Mommies Deserve a Time Out and that’s a good thing!

Mommy Time-Out Means Mommy Can Mommy Time-Out Means Mommy Can  is a photo-driven book that is a must have (in this mom’s opinion) for overwhelmed mothers (in other words all moms) for fun and relaxing ideas of things to do and easy-to-use forms to help make sure their Time-Out happens.

Sponsored by the Mommy Time-Out Movement and Hosted by Powered by Mom and some fabulous blogger friends!

Mommy Time-Out is a picture book for moms!  More pictures, less words because moms are too busy already that we don’t take the time out for ourselves and sometimes we really need a time out! GO HERE to enter the giveaway!

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I know I’m as guilty as the next mom for not taking some time for myself out of my crazy schedule, after all we think of ourselves last don’t we? The Mommy Time-Out Means Mommy Can…book is a fun and helpful reminder that we need to do just that, take some time for ourselves! If we take that time we can recharge, relax and make those crazy times feel more manageable because we’ve had “me” time.

My favorite Mommy Time-out guideline is:

Be consistent: Take a Time-Out one to two times a week. They don’t all have to be two hours long. A movie on Sunday can easily be followed by a half hour candle lit bubble bath on Wednesday.

When you think about it a 30 minute time-out twice a week is not much at all but it can go a long way. It reminds me that when I started to work from home about a year ago I started trying to do just that. In fact I was trying to take 30 minutes a day as all too often I find myself working non-stop on my computer, trying to tidy up the house and more. Working from home I tend to forget to take the break and keep going not just on my “work” but also the house and family stuff as it stares me in the face. It is the challenge of working from home, it’s hard to ignore the household stuff unlike when you’re away from the house working in an office for example. My friends used to chuckle when I said I’m taking my 30 minutes and if it as a nice day I would go outside and sit in the backyard and read a book for 30 minutes. Even in the Mommy Time-Out book  it reminds us to get our Vitamin D get some sun (remember the sunscreen) and lie back in that lounger and just enjoy the sun and relaxation.

It’s amazing how much a 30 minute break can recharge and relax you at the same time. It’s also too easy to forget to do it as we moms tend to put ourselves last. This book is a nice, easy read for mommy to get gentle and useful reminders while enjoying the book as well. I love that all the women pictured in the books are real moms, no unrealistic supermodels in this book. One of my favorite Mommy-Time Out quotes is Mommy Can shop until she drops lol. I love to shop, it is fun but it’s definitely more fun if you don’t have that little voice asking is it time go to yet, can we go to the toy store etc.. ore reading that book with sentences longer than give words and no pop-ups love it!

I can wholeheartedly say I enjoyed this book and I think it’s a great gift for any mom any time of the year and if you want don’t wait treat yourself and by it for yourself!

Connect with MTO!

• the link to where the book can be purchased (www.mommytimeout.com/Products)
• website address (www.mommytimeout.com)
• Facebook address (www.facebook.com/mommytimeout1)
• Twitter address @Mommy_Time_Out
• Be sure to check out the Free resources page too (http://www.mommytimeout.com/resources)

Don’t forget to enter our giveaway for this wonderful and funny book HERE!