a dash of sassitude

Are you a baby wearer? Then you have to check out this awesome giveaway:
Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap).
The deadline is July 31, 2008.

I had so much fun reading the comments you all left or should I say your cats left. Thanks to all of you for making this giveaway fun! Now on to our winner:

The Violets are Blue Random Generator says -

The randomly picked number is: 9

The winner is Cindi!

Cindi’s owner said: Hello, What a wonderful gift for my pet! She so loves to garden and dig in the dirt. She doesn’t enjoy getting dirt under her fingernails, either!
Flowers are her hobby and her pride and joy. My pet and her family call me
Nikky, but my actual name on my tag is Nicole. Please enter me pet in your contest drawing. She does well by me. Thanks, N.

Congratulations, Cindi (and Nicole)!

Cindi, please send me your snail mail address by using the contact me link at the top of the page. Thanks everyone for playing. Stay tuned for more giveaway fun from Lady Muse.

Kailani over on An Island Life is having a Summer Giveaway event! Check out her fantabulous giveaways and enter to win for yourself or for someone you know:

1. Bugalug Hair Accessories These have a lot of sassitude. Deadline to enter is June 30th and the winner will be announced on July 1st. Click here to enter.

2. Secure2Me Blankets One smart idea! Deadline to enter is July 1st and winner will be announced on July 2nd. Click here to enter.

3. Parking Pal Magnet A cute safety idea. Deadline to enter is July 2nd and winner will be announced on July 3rd. Click here to enter.

4. Early Start Reading Educational and fun. Deadline to enter is July 3rd and winner will be announced on July 4th. Click here to enter.

5. Sara Rose Tutus So pretty and sassy. Deadline to enter is July 4th and winner will be announced on July 5th. Click here to enter.

What do you do when you have six kids with birthdays in January, February, March, April, May, and July? (We may have to have another baby to fill in June hehe.) You can only invite friends over so many months in a row before they wave the white flag. Who do you choose to have the party that year? My kids haven’t had birthday parties in years except for our immediate family and any relatives who happened to be visiting that month.

This past winter, a friend and I were chatting about birthday party dilemas. She mentioned the idea of having one celebration in the summer for all three of her kids. A lightbulb went on. Why not host one big birthday bash for all the kids! It could be a yearly event!

My mind started ticking at the possibilities. We could have it in June since that month isn’t currently occupied by a birthday. It could be a potluck. Guests wouldn’t even need to bring gifts. We’d have it at the park. No need to limit how many guests to invite. Oh the possibilities…

This June, the first annual Silva Summer Birthday Bash was born. We had our first celebration on the 14th. Twenty-seven guests showed up! Not bad for the first year eh? Some guests brought gifts anyway, everyone pitched in with food, drinks, cups, plates, etc., and I bought a big cake.

(Notice the finger prints above the h and d in birthday? Hmmm – they seem to be the same size as Little Miss Princess’ fingers.)

We had some games, but the biggest draw were the waterguns.

(Bob decided to come after me, so I grabbed the Super Soaker and ran!)

(Don’t worry, I got him back).

Some of the guys played Frisbee Golf, the ladies chatted, and the kids played. The weather felt custom ordered with sunshine warm enough for water play, but cool enough for spectators sitting in the shade. It was a beautiful day and the kids loved every minute of it.

(Don’t worry, they weren’t burnt, just hot from playing hard.)

I’m thinking we need to have a theme next year. Maybe Hawaiian. Hula skirt anyone?

The Silva Summer Birthday Bash Works For Me. Check out my Wordfilled Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday, and Wordless Wednesday posts, too! I also have giveaways here and here.

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Lady Muse has decided to take over the giveaways. She doesn’t think I’m doing enough of them or doing it right or something. She’s a bit of a control freak like that. So who is this mysterious Lady Muse? She’s my kitty and the perfect blend of sweetness and er spice. Kinda like her owner. I’ll let her take it from here:

Lady Muse here, your new Giveaway Host for a dash of sassitude. First, I’d like to give a shout out to all my feline friends and their pets! For those humans who have yet to get a feline owner, what are you waiting for? We love our pets, but we don’t lavish our love on them lest they forget their place.

This week’s giveaway: For my first giveaway, I think we’ll let our pets get down and dirty. As in down in the dirt, planting some pretty flowers. The seeds in these two packets will attract hummingbirds and butterflies purrfect for chasing er I mean watching them with your pets.

I’ve also included some sassy green gloves to keep your pets hands clean. We wouldn’t want dirt mussing up our beautiful fur coats now would we? Well, when we dain to let them pet us anyway.

Here’s a picture of these fantabulous items:

Win it:

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me if you have a feline owner. Feel free to drop names and expound on how wonderful he or she is in your comment. If you’re comment doesn’t fit this criteria, you won’t be entered in the drawing.

Extra entries:

1. Subscribe to this blog and leave another comment telling me you subscribed for one extra entry. I’ll be hosting more giveaways, so this will let you know when I do.

2. Add my button to your sidebar or links page. If you have my old button, switch it out for this new one. It’s sassier and has the correct url on it. Leave another comment on this post telling me you did this and if I find it on there, you’ll get another entry.

3. Blog about this giveaway and use my button in the post for another chance to win. Leave a comment with the url directly to the post about my giveaway for another entry. I’d love help spreading the word.

You have up to four possible entries, but you have to leave a separate comment for each thing you do so you have the extra entries. I let the random generator pick a number and then I find that number in the comments.

You have until Friday, June 27th to enter. I’ll announce the winners on Saturday, June 28th.

If you haven’t claimed your prize within three days, I’ll have to choose another winner.

Check out my other giveaway on Penning Prose with Audra Silva!