Who Makes You Smile?

Here is a chance to win a grand prize trip to New York City and many other fabulous prizes, all for just submitting a photo of smiling people. TopDentists.com is sponsoring this new competition, all to encourage people to take better care of their teeth. To enter, simply visit this link and submit your photo: http://www.topdentists.com/smile/

The grand prize winner gets an all-expense paid trip to New York City, $1000 spending money, and a professional photo shoot for you and a friend in the Big Apple. Entering is simple. Upload a picture, write something short about it, and then ask everyone to vote for you.

The top five submissions who have the most votes will be eligible to win the grand prize. The top three voted submissions within 100 miles of Beverly Hills, CA; Troy, MI; Austin, TX; Philadelphia, PA; and Aventura, FL will also be judged for prizes in their regions.

The contest is running now through February 24th, so find a great smile photo and share it!

PLEASE vote for me to win a trip to Jade Mountain!

I have entered a giveaway to win a trip to Jade Mountain in St. Lucia that is sponsored by Baby to Be TV. Since January 1 will mark ten years of marriage for my husband and me and we could REALLY use a break from the two sets of twins and our two start-up companies, I entered in hopes of possibly winning the trip as a 10-year anniversary trip for us.

So, the link you need to place your vote for me is HERE. You can vote DAILY until October 15 and they will announce the winners on October 18.

Thank you so much for your help! Please pass this along to anyone who might be sympathetic for a mom of two sets of twins who really needs a break. :o)

Business Baby Shower Contest

Here is a fabulous new contest for mom entrepreneurs. Baby Dipper is a sponsor for the contest and I am also going to enter the contest, too. This is a great way to help all mom entrepreneurs gain attention for our accomplishments. Please pass the word along via your blog, Facebook, and/or Twitter. You can follow the Business Baby Shower on Twitter at @BusinessBShower or on Facebook. Here is the first part of the press release from January 1 announcing the contest:

Business Baby Shower Launches: Contest celebrates entrepreneurial moms and all they do to birth and grow a business

January 1, 2010 – Barrington, NH: The Business Baby Shower, a new contest celebrating entrepreneurial moms and all they do to birth and grow a successful company while balancing family life, was recently launched as a partnership between The Mom Entrepreneur and Corporate Mom DropOuts.

The contest, which runs from January 1 – April 30, 2010, will create awareness of mom entrepreneur companies and their products and services. Participants will complete an application process as well as submit a two minute video of their business for consideration by a panel of judges.

“As a mom entrepreneur myself, I’ve found that starting and growing my own business was very similar to the process of birthing and raising my children. There’s a lot of love, dedication, commitment, hard work – and occasional frustrations – that go into both,” said Lucinda Cross, of Corporate Mom DropOuts, co-founder of the Contest. “We’ve created a forum that recognizes and honors the unique challenges that go into simultaneously raising children and ‘birthing’ a business.”

Um, Greta....

OK, so now I'm going to post a picture of Greta from July 4th eating a cupcake to celebrate the birthday of the USA. The reason for posting it is actually to enter in a contest to win a $500 gift card from Prego on the 5 Minutes for Mom blog. So, here is Greta (with all of us in the background saying, "Um, Greta, do you realize that you have a TINY bit of red icing on your face?"):