Happy Cinco de Mayo from IZEA!, originally uploaded by lalagirl.

I was surprised to get this bright green box in the mail yesterday. It had a bunch of little goodies inside, including a strand of chili pepper beads, miniature pinata and a maraca, and a shotglass and pen that look like a cactus.There was also a bunch of candy, but my rotten children got into the box and ate it before I even saw what it was. Hopefully it really was candy!

Anyway, thanks IZEA! And, Happy Cinco de Mayo to you, too!

Are your kids yogurt freaks like mine? We go through a whole lot of yogurt over here at the Casa de Chaos. And their favorite yogurt, of course, is the pricey kind with Dora and Blues Clues on it. Yoplait Kids! They love it, so I buy it. You can get a coupon for a free sample of Yoplait Kids yogurt right here. And you know what I always say!

Found at BuyMeBlog

The other day, Retta from Stitching the Night Away posted about some really cute autism awareness bracelets. My daughter Kayley actually made autism bracelets for awhile a year or so ago, but hers weren’t quite as cute as these. (Shhhh!)

I got in touch with Jen, the lady who makes the bracelets and it turns out we have something in common: we both have darling little 4-year-old boys who have autism. She uses the proceeds from the sale of her beautiful bracelets to provide therapies and treatment for her little guy.

I LOVE these bracelets! I love that they’re different from the typical red/yellow/blue color combination you always see on everything related to autism awareness. Aren’t they pretty?

You can win one of these gorgeous bracelets by simply leaving a comment on this post. Bonus points for mentioning this contest on your own blog. The winner will be announced here on Mother’s Day. Entries accepted through Saturday, May10th. This is open to US residents only.

Feel free to grab the button below to link here!

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I can’t believe I just noticed this today – but there’s a post about the Sony event I went to in LaJolla on the Sony blog, and it mentions all of us by name – and I’m in one of the pictures! Woohoo! Well, my side is in one of the pictures, anyway. But you can see my cute shoes I mentioned earlier! Check it out: The Mother of All Bloggers. Neato!

Thanks again for picking me, Sony! I felt like a super star.