Relax! Its Fleurs de Bach

Stress.

I see most adults have this. I don't really know what it is, but I hear the word often enough to know it exists.

Mami definitely has lots of it and when she does, she looks something like this:

I'm a pretty relaxed tot - I sleep, eat, play, drink (lots) of milk and poo. That shouldn't cause stress, right?

Well, someone realised mami has been a little bit stressed and they sent her some stuff from Les Fleurs de Bach Organic Anti-Stress Skincare Range to help her relax. Boy was she happy! (and papi too)

Mami had used Les Fleur de Bach before but didn't know about the Anti-Stress Bodyscrub, Anti-Stress Body Lotion and the Anti-Stress Treating Fragrance.

She absolutely loves the smell and because it is so smooth, it gives her a calm feeling. Even papi agreed that the smell is "not overwhelming" and "bearable". I agree. And her favourite? The bodyscrub!

Now, since so many of you grown ups have this stress issue, I am going to give one lucky winner the same set that mami has! It includes the lotion, bodyscrub and the spray (by the way, 95% of the ingredients are of natural origin)

I have a feeling you are going to like them just as much as mami does.

So get entering! Here are the rules:

Follow our blog on Google Connect

Follow @verybusymama on twitter

Like Les Fleur de Bach on their Facebook page

Leave us a comment you have done these & your contact details

For an extra entry you can tweet:

I wanna be stress free with Les Fleur de Bach and @verybusymama http://bit.ly/i0TAGL

UK Only

One entry and tweet per person

Closes 22 December 2010

Winner selected at random

And between today and the 22nd of December you can get a 10% off discount when you buy on their site via Facebook, just use the code LittleM (all together)

Good luck, and RELAX!

ABC Arbonne Baby Care

Remember mami's vlog talking about Arbonne? Well, this is about Arbonne, but this time its for us kids!

I'm not much for lotions and stuff, but when mami got the chance to try the ABC Arbonne Baby Care range, I agreed for her to try out the nappy cream, the bodywash and lotion on me. After all, I am the only toddler in the family.

I've never had senstive skin. Or so mami thought.

Recently she noticed that my skin was really dry and flaky and had some red and rash like patches. She thought  maybe the body wash we use now was doing it or the cold weather so she switched over to test out the Arbonne baby range to see if it made a difference.

And guess what? The dry patches are getting better!

So what exactly did we try?

First, mami changed my regular hair and bodywash for the Arbonne Baby Hair and Body Wash. It makes lots of bubbles and you only need just a little bit.

I'm getting bigger now so I like to help mami and wash my own hair (even though I can't get all of the soap off!) It does not have a strong smell, it doesn't make me cry and it has been really good on my dry skin.

After my baths, mami has been using the ABC Arbonne Baby Care Body Lotion. I never like the slimy feeling from lotions, but now mami puts some lotion on my hands and I rub it on my legs and arms all by myself. Easy!

Those are the parts that are the most dry on my skin and even papi noticed that my skin was smoother and that the redness and irritation is going away. Good, because I work very hard at getting it all over.

I know no one likes to talk about caca (poo) or rashes, but nappy rash happens. Fact. Sometimes its worse than other times and when it gets bad I cry when mami changes me.

I had a bit of a tummy bug and was pooing all the time. That made the rash even worse, so mami used the Arbonne Baby Care Herbal Nappy Cream. She noticed that you did not need as much as the other cream and that the rash healed a lot faster than before.

Arbonne is a special range and mami and I hare happy that it is working on me. Its hard work having to test these out you know. After all, I am the one being lathered in it! But I don't mind, that way we can tell you about new things.

Oh, and the best part - Diane has given us a Hair and Bodywash and the Body Lotion to give away to one lucky winner!

So get entering - here are the rules:

Follow @dianeellisstyle on Twitter

Follow @verybusymama on Twitter (that's mami)

Follow our blog with Google Friend Connect
Leave comment saying you have done these

For one (1) extra entry you can tweet:

No more dry baby skin! I want to win Arbonne Baby Care with @dianeellisstyle and @verybusymama http://bit.ly/hO14j0

UK Only

Closes Monday 27 December 2010

One entry per person plus one extra entry with tweet

Winner selected at random

Good luck!

Some cool reviews

How is everyone doing?? I really don't feel like sleeping and I cried so loud mami is letting me stay up a little later tonight. Yessss!

This past week mami and I have took a little break from the computer and have been keeping busy doing other stuff (and papi has been away, so its just been the two of us).

But we are back and we have some really cool stuff to tell you about this week. We've got music, books and a grooming kit!

Cbeebies: Song Time

Some of you know how much mami and I love singing and dancing. Very happy to know we are expanding our music collection. We received the new Cbeebies Song Time CD to listen to. And boy does it have a lot of songs! Fifty songs to be exact.

Some of them I don't know but they are all from the TV shows. Mami likes to turn some music on during our tidy up time and right before I go to bed.

My favourite song is Honk your Horns (Chuggington) and mami's favourite song is Time to go to sleep from In the Night Garden.

Lots to listen to and lots of fun. Add it to your collection!

50 Ideas for a Wonderful Winter

Now while mami may come up with silly games for us to play, she does run out of ideas. (A walk in the park, again?? Come on mami!!)

So when mami's friend Becky Goddard-Hill sent us her new E-Book (that means its online) called 50 Ideas for a Wonderful Winter I happily accepted it so that we can do some new stuff.

Mami was impressed with all the ideas and we have even tried some - although we may have to try again. She took all my old crayons, placed them in muffin tins and baked them! Then I had one round crayon with lots of colours!

You too can get some fresh ideas! The book only costs £1.50 and worth every penny!

Thanks Becky!

Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Health Care Kit

Each morning I watch papi comb his hair and brush his teeth. I never like mami trying to chase me around the house to brush my teeth, but when I got my very own kit, I thought "now we're talking".

Tommee Tippee sent me their Closer to Nature Health Care and Grooming Kit and it has everything a boy like me needs to keep well groomed (mami's words there).

The kit has everything parents need for us kids from the early baby days including: nail clippers, (they scare me!) comb, toothbrush, hair brush, a snot sucker (I REFUSE to let mami use that on me) and a a little white stick called a thermometer to see if I'm hot or not.

Usually mami uses it when I don't feel very well.

Great kit to have!

Hope you enjoyed reading about these, and go and check them out. I'll be back this week, got lots more to tell you.
Enjoy!

I miss you papi!!

Mami says "I'm a hand full" I don't know what that means but I think it's a good thing!

Papi has been away this week. I woke up one morning and he was gone. I think he is working far away again. He does that sometimes.

So it's just been me and mami. And she seems even more tired than usual. Not sure why, we've been having so much fun!

We go out to play and watch movies. And today I got to watch a very special movie my grandma sent me.

It's all about dogs! And I love dogs! It's called Snow Buddies. Lots of doggies playing in the snow, and you know how much I love that!

That's me watching the movie and relaxing, but we really should get blogging soon. I should catch up tomorrow, just been so busy!

And papi, if you are reading this, I miss you and can't wait to see you soon. I rearranged your sock drawer for you all by myself. Mami didn't help me at all. I hope you like it!

More snow please!

Last week daddy pulled back the curtain and I saw little pieces of white stuff falling from the sky.

I yelled out "agua, agua" (water) but it didn't look like the normal rain.

Mami and papi said "no, es nieve" or something called snow. I remember seeing these white pieces last year when we were visiting abuelita, but I wasn't walking then so I wasn't able to go out and touch it. 

So the best part about all this snow business was actaully getting to to out and play in it!  And wow! Best feeling ever!

When papi opened the door, I looked out and saw that everything was white. It had fallen from the sky and stuck to the ground!

I had on my boots and I stepped out the door. The ground made a funny crunch sound and my foot sunk in a little. I took another step very carefully, but when I felt it was okay, I took off running!

I couldn't run as fast as I normally do, but I liked the feeling underneath my feet. I went over the the bushes and touched the snow. I stood very still because it was very cold on my hands.

It was like nothing I had ever touched before.

Now I know why mami insisted I cover up my hands. After trying to pick up more snow my hands got very wet and I asked for my gloves. This snow stuff really is cold!

After that I had to go to nursery. But guess what? I think papi liked playing in the snow with me so much that he picked me up early.

I ran over to the window to see the snow again the next day, but it was all gone. Where did it go?

I really hope it snows again, it felt like magic!

Mami doesn't drink milk??

Hang on one minute! You mean to tell me adults don't drink milk? What??!!

I only just discovered this two weeks ago when Make Mine Milk, the UK version of the Got Milk campaign invited mami to a coffee morning at the London School of Coffee.

But here's the twist, I knew it was all about milk, but they told mami it was all about coffee so that she would go!

Make Mine Milk is all about getting more people drinking low fat milk (which is only less than 2% fat by the way) and to let everyone know of all the health benefits from it.

So why then am I the only one in the family drinking this stuff? Okay, so mami and papi have some milk, but only in their coffee or tea, but no where near as much as I drink. What's going on here?

Apparently adults have stopped drinking milk because they think its for babies, they don't like the taste of it and its just not "cool". Well, I'm not a baby and I'm a proud milk drinker!

This is going to have to change, even celebrities are drinking more milk! I think I'm going to tell mami that Justin Bieber drinks milk that why she will want to too!

Take it from me, milk is good for you, it tastes so yummy first thing in the morning and everyone knows it makes you big and strong. Just look at me!

So do you drink milk? No?? Well, YOU SHOULD!

Besides, when you drink milk you get a milk tash - check ours out! How cool is that?

¡Somos una familia bilingue! We are a bilingual family!

It's been a while. Actually a very long while. But as most of you know, in our home we speak English and Spanish.

Sadly our monthly Bilingual Corner posts disappeared. Sorry!! But we are going to bring them back!

To help us out, our friend Rebecca at two become four made us this really pretty badge to show that we speak more than one language and how proud we are of that.

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Mami and I are going to start up our monthy Bilingual Corner posts and invite you to submit your funny stories relating to being bilingual (or even multiligual!)

This months topic:

How do you celebrate Christmas in your language? (Does speaking another language mean different customs? Past Christmas experiences, etc)  Mami and I are going to tell you about our Chilean/German/American traditions during Christmas.

How it works:

Write about Christmas as a bilingual/multilingual family and your traditions.

Mention Little M's Bilingual Corner and link to our blog

Come back on Wednesday the 15th of December and add your link to the linky tools which will be up.

In the meantime, please take the badge and show everyone that you too are a bilingual family!

Keep warm!

¡chao!