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What Gets In The Way of Your Perfect Smile? #SwitchandSave

May 18, 2012 By

The perfect smile.

When I think of the perfect smile I think: gorgeous, white teeth. Add in that daily dose of coffee, tea or wine and you’ve got yourself a constant battle {at least I do!} between wanting to keep your teeth white and drinking your favorite beverages.

Here’s my beautiful, must-need coffee this morning:

My morning cup of coffee may look and taste good, but it’s making it hard for me to have those pearly whites.

As a Mom, it’s important for me to keep up my appearance, but I’m just not going to spend money on expensive beauty products and appointments like I did pre-kids. So… without the thousands of dollars spent on professional whitening, how can we achieve whiter teeth at home using regular, affordable products?

That is the question I’d like answered, so I am taking the challenge to #SwitchandSave my toothpaste to ARM & HAMMER® Advance White® Toothpaste with Stain Defense because my regular toothpaste isn’t giving me a noticeably whiter smile.

This “Extreme Whitening” toothpaste is formulated with baking soda and peroxide for a noticeably brighter, whiter smile. The Baking Soda gently removes plaque and surface stains while the Peroxide targets tough, set-in stains. The new Stain Defense technology helps prevent new stains {like from my coffee} from setting in.

The maker of ARM & HAMMER® products challenged me to switch to ARM & HAMMER Advance White Toothpaste with Stain Defense and this summer, they are giving away $12,000 in the ARM & HAMMER Switch & Save Challenge Sweepstakes. To be entered to win one (1) of twelve (12) $1,000 prizes, simply reply to the question below!

Remember to join other ARM & HAMMER Switch & Save conversations for even more chances to win!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Arm & Hammer. The opinions and text are all mine. Official Sweepstakes Rules.

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Everyday Special Touches {Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe}

May 16, 2012 By

A few weeks ago I posted How To Add Special Touches to Store-Bought Desserts and today I wanted to share my everyday special touches. As Moms we know everything about our children. We know their favorite things, their dislikes, when they are lying {usually} and what makes them happy.

You probably don’t even realize all of the special touches you do for your family everyday! Whether it’s serving your family’s favorite meal, surprising them with a fun activity or making their favorite dessert.

At our house, ever since we put up our outside dining set, Colton requests to eat dinner outside rain or shine. When it’s a nice day out I usually set dinner up outside and it makes his day!

It’s also the little things that make my husband happy. The way to his heart is through his favorite foods {easy enough, right?!} During the summer months I like to make his favorite ice cream cake and watch his face light up like a little kid. I’m sure your family will appreciate this simple summer ice cream treat as well!

OREO Ice Cream Cake

(1) 15.5 oz package of OREOS
(1) 12 oz jar of Hot Fudge
About 1.5 quarts Vanilla Ice Cream {or try different flavors!}
(1) 8 oz container of COOL WHIP
Drizzle of Chocolate Syrup
Sprinkles

  1. Place the OREOS in a ziploc bag and crush with a rolling pin or mallet. Layer them in a 13x9x2 inch pan and press down.
  2. Warm up a jar of hot fudge (you can do low cal or reduced fat) as per jar instructions and spread over OREOS.
  3. Spoon and smooth your ice cream down for the next layer.
  4. Spread COOL WHIP over the ice cream and drizzle about 3 Tbls chocolate syrup over the top. Top with sprinkles.
  5. Freeze overnight. Enjoy!

If you haven’t yet, check out the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple or Everyday Food for my COOL WHIP ad! To see behind-the-scenes video of our photo shoot for the ad and for more recipes visit COOL WHIP’s facebook page.

I am working in partnership with the COOL WHIP brand and I am receiving compensation for my participation in this campaign. All thoughts/opinions are 100% my own.

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Avery Give Back To Schools

May 11, 2012 By

Education and community involvement is very important to me, so I’m delighted to be working with Avery office supplies on their Give Back to Schools campaign.

This program is Avery’s third annual Give Back to Schools™ promotion in which you can win cash and prizes for your favorite school! They will be giving away a total of 500,000 Box Tops for Education® coupons, $50,000 worth of durable Avery school supplies and $5,000 in gift cards! All you have to do is submit your school and get your family, friends and teachers to vote daily. This year’s voting is open from May 7th – September 14th, and anyone 18 years or older can vote online once per day.

Part of my partnership with Avery includes a $1,000 donation of school supplies to a local school of my choice. This donation includes a variety of school supplies including binders, glue sticks, hi-liters, sticky notes and other vital products for learning in the classroom!

I am proudly donating these school supplies to Holy Family school in Des Moines. Holy Family is an inner-city school that provides a Catholic education to a wonderful group of children with a rich mixture of cultures, many from immigrant/refugee families. The majority of these children are challenged by the English language and living in poverty. I hope these school supplies will be put to great use! :)

In addition to the amazing school donation Avery has offered, two readers of Busy Mommy will have the opportunity to win 1,250 bonus Box Tops! {This is worth $125 for the school of your choice!}

All you have to do to enter is tell us what school you would donate to if you won! The giveaway ends May 21st and is open to the US only.

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