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Huddy Buddy (the company) was created by a mom who spent eight long years “workin’ for the man“. With the arrival of her son Huddy, she decided to call it quits with corporate life. She and her husband quickly noticed that little Huddy was dressed just like every other kidlet on the playground. That is when they decided to create some fun and unique tees for Huddy and his friends to wear. Huddy Buddy offers a new line of casual apparel for all the cool kids in the neighborhood. With the arrival of Huddy’s “buddy” (a baby sister), Huddy Buddy (the company) added girly-tees and comfy pants to the line to ensure that infants and toddlers never get stuck having nothing to wear.

Jayden is wearing an I like my milk fresh from the source. onesie from Huddy Buddy’s Little Chatterbox line. This onesie is a must-have for all the little boobie men out there! I also love, love, love the Mama’s Boy and I’m just like my dad designs. In Jayden and Daddy’s case, they’re both full of gas, lol! I don’t know who farts more!

Huddy Buddy (the company and kid) want you to feel good about your purchase. A percentage of every sale is donated to the Huddy Buddy Fund (#8100) supporting The Hospital for Sick Children. Until June 30th, part of every Huddy Buddy purchase will support the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation. Use MDB10 for 10% off all orders at Huddy Buddy!

I told myself that when I became a Mom, I would change my wardrobe a bit. I would shop for more chic apparel and get rid of all my screen tees. Well, I lied about getting rid of all my screen tees. I absolutely love vintage screen tees especially when they are made with bright colors. I even wore Yoshi and Mario tees while pregnant, lol. Now that there are vintage screen tees that celebrate motherhood, I’m definitely not giving them up!

The increasingly popular PeaceLoveMom is a store that sells some of my favorite vintage screen tees that celebrate motherhood. Over at PeaceLoveMom motherhood is defined in hip attire. Jayden and I can’t get enough of PeaceLoveMom!

Here we are wearing our Lucky Mom Cantaloupe Soft Tee at 36 weeks pregnant and PeaceLoveBaby Tee at 1 week after birth!

Here are some of my favorites from PeaceLoveMom aside from the Lucky Mom Cantaloupe Soft Tee and PeaceLoveBaby Tee! It’s really hard to narrow down my favs. If I could, I’d buy one of everything!

If you don’t win this time around, Camp Mom tank tops are 20% with Camp Mom discount code! Be sure to pick up a Powerful Mom Soft Cantaloupe Tee as $3 from each tee will be donated to CARE to help advance their work to empower women all over the world.

Last month, I won a Mama Mio The Smoothie Spa-at-Home Kit from one of Due Maternity’s weekly giveaways! I meant to blog about it but had a bajillion other things on my plate. Although I’m late, I still want to share my prize as well as encourage you all to enter Due Maternity’s giveaways. You can win! The Moisturizing Shower Cream is lightly scented and leaves my skin feeling soft. The Supersmooth Body Buff helps keep my skin exfoliated. I use this in areas where I broke out during the pregnancy, my back in particular. I had some major bacne going on. The O-Mega Body Oil is aromatherapy to my nose. I rubbed this on my belly during the pregnancy and I still continue to do so. The picture to the left is of me at 36 weeks pregnant posing with my Mama Mio The Smoothie Spa-at-Home Kit. I was holding it backwards and didn’t realize it! I got a good laugh at myself. I can’t believe I did that! I’m wearing a Spring Baby tee, which is one of my favorite maternity tees. Hopefully I’ll get to wear it again. See, Daddy and I were both cursed with winter birthdays, so we want our kids to be able to enjoy their birthdays in warm weather. That way we can all go out and celebrate outside instead of hiding in from the cold.

Due Maternity is having a Memorial Day Weekend Sale! If you’re shopping around for Maternity Clothes, now is the chance to take advantage! I miss wearing maternity wear! *cries*

Note: Discount coupons of any kind are not valid for items in the Due Outlet section. Check out Look Who’s Preggo where you can create little preggy dolls with your face on them. See how you, your friends, or family members would look preggy! Try your luck at winning a Skip Hop diaper bag from Due Maternity, there is hope!

Spring is here and it’s about time to start shopping for for the warmer days ahead. San Diego Hat Co. should be one of the stores on your shopping list! San Diego Hat Co. specializes in unique adult and children’s hats and accessories for all seasons that are sure to turn heads when worn! Take the children’s hats for example, you will find yourself wanting them all!

Isn’t this the cutest little crocheted train hat? It was hand crocheted by Linda Day of DayLee Designs. She works a small bead into her pattern in honor of her mother who taught her how to crochet. She is truly a talented designer. I love crocheted hats and I truly appreciate handmade items. DayLee Designs are exclusively available to San Diego Hat Co.. Jayden will be rocking his little train hat next Spring or sooner if we go on a warm vacation. He is going to be a little hottie! It’s mother’s instinct ;-).

GIVEAWAY!: You can win this cute sunflower hat for an infant GIRL in a size 6-12 Months! Just visit San Diego Hat Co. and comment here telling me what your favorite product is. Those who don’t follow the rules will be disqualified. A winner will be chosen using random.org on April 10th, 2008 5PM CST.

Comments are now closed and winners have been announced! Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter!

This post has been featured at The So Called Me.

Growing up I went to predominantly African American schools. I wasn’t taught much about diversity and different cultures, just racism and segregation year after year. Of course this had some effect on how I perceived other races. I developed schemas based on textbooks, television, and my surroundings. Although we were taught Martin Luther King’s dream multiple times in school, it didn’t have much affect on me because there was no uniting races when the school made up one race. I wasn’t exposed to diversity early on so I didn’t know how to interact once exposed later in life. Of course I was always taught to treat others with respect but the subject of diversity never really popped up. I remember entering high school, it was a predominantly African American high school but there was a noticeable percentage of Caucasian students as well. At first interacting with each other was a little awkward, making sure we didn’t say anything to offend each other. I remember at a band gathering having a conversation with a group of people of different races; “no offense” was used quite a few times. Nothing said was offensive, “no offense” was just said to be courteous just in case someone did take offense, I suppose. It just tickles me now thinking about it because we didn’t know how to act around each other. This was due to the lack of exposure and proper knowledge of other races and cultures.

It is important to start teaching children early about diversity. While it is important to teach your children to embrace their culture it is also important to teach them about the cultures of other people. It will help them better understand why some people do the things that he or she may not do, why, and to certainly not be afraid of them because of it. The key is to help your children become well rounded individuals because the real world is one gigantic melting pot.

There are a handful of stores that are devoted to promoting multicultural products for children. Regionz Kidz is a great place to pick up products to help teach your children diversity and unity. At Regionz Kidz you can find SUPER CUTE culturally diverse t-shirts for infants, toddlers, and mommies! Regionz Kidz’s t-shirts feature amazing sketches of babies in different regions all over the world. There are over 104 designs to choose from. You can even have a custom sketch of your child designed! In addition to t-shirts, Regionz Kidz offers books and games as well! Some useful articles and resources can be found on the Regionz Kidz blog and free coloring sheets can be found here! Regionz Kidz was founded last year and has gotten off to a great start! I look forward to seeing what the future brings!