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Bony Pony Ranch in Malibu is a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Frank Ryan to help underprivileged and at-risk youth excel beyond their current situations.The Foundation has created an atmosphere where young people can maximize their talents and achieve new goals in life by being exposed to new role models and mentors who can provide a positive influence. www.BonyPonyRanch.com The Bony Pony blog was just started. In honor of this fabulous occasion, they want to "thank" all their fabulous supporters by doing a little giveaway. Does this tempt you to play along? Click here to check them out! You can win your own camp beauty bag! We at Passion Parent want to thank Bony Pony for providing a safe environment where our children can grow, thrive and become the best they can be! Here's to being a Passion Parent! Christine Hiebel www.PassionParent.com "Where a Parent can be a Parent!"

A friend of mine sent me an email with a list of common sayings where they asked half of it to a fist grade class and had the six year old children finish the sentence. She said she would be interested to hear what my three year old said, so I did it and what a hoot!

The answers from the first graders is in italics and my three year, Mckenna' answers are in bold underneath. I did not read her their answers, some are very close~ interesting! InJoy!

1. Don't change horses until they stop running.
Cuz there’s only one.

2. Strike while the bug is close.
butt.

3. It's always darkest before Daylight Saving Time.
The earth.

4. Never underestimate the power of termites.
cinnamon.

5. You can lead a horse to water but How?
only when he wants to be fed.

6. Don't bite the hand that looks dirty.
Eats you

7. No news is Impossible
camel.

8. A miss is as good as a Mr.
A horse

9. You can't teach an old dog new Math
Laying in the sand

10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll stink in the morning.
Get fleas

11. Love all, trust Me.
A bee

12. The pen is mightier than the pigs.
cockroach.

13. An idle mind is the best way to relax.
A beetle

14. Where there's smoke there's pollution.
Dust

15. Happy the bride who gets all the presents.
Was. (Thought of you Robin!)

16. A penny saved is not much.
Life. (McKenna LOVES to find pennies on the ground and put them in her Hello Kitty Bank!)

17. Two's company, three's the Musketeers.
The four.

18. Don't put off till tomorrow what you put on to go to bed.
You eat (that's my girl!)

19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and You have to blow your nose.

20. There are none so blind as Stevie Wonder.
I don't know (that is a good sign, right!?)

21. Children should be seen and not spanked or grounded.
Catapillars (She has a point there!)

22. If at first you don't succeed get new batteries.
You beat a horse (where did that come from?).

23. You get out of something only what you See in the picture on the box
Want (so true!)

24. When the blind lead the blind get out of the way.
They shook.

25. A bird in the hand is going to poop on you.
Feeds

Did I mention that I love being a mom?! We have so much fun!

Just Parenting About!
Christine

So, have you been wondering what the buzzzzz is about this twitter? Did you get a twitter account (www.twitter.com) but don't know how anyone can make sense of all those tweets? Who has time to keep up with it all?

Tweetdeck is the answer! It is the only sane way to help you look at the tweets you really want and then if there is extra time, look at those that may interest you.

You can download Tweetdeck and then take a tour with a 5 minute video I made just for this community. Hope you In Joy and would love to hear what you think!

Don't forget to add me to your group of BraveHeart TwitterSistas! I am @PassionParent

Looking forward to connecting with you on Twitter!

Just Parenting About!

Christine Hiebel

Passion Parent Community

If you live anywhere near a FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's), you can stop by tomorrow (March 10) with a paper or CD copy of your resume and get 25 copies printed for free.

According to a press release, anyone stopping by (in person) at one of the roughly 1,600 FedEx Office Print and Ship Centers in the U.S.—which you can find at their store locator—will get the goods: This offer is good for 25 black-and-white resume copies per customer and is only valid for orders placed and picked up in-store. Customers may place orders by submitting their resume in printed format or as a digital file, and the copies will be printed single-sided on resume-quality paper.

Just Parenting About!

Christine Hiebel

I have posted the details on how you can get FREE COFFEE and help celebrate Seattle's Best Coffee (SBC and my favorits coffee) 39th birthday in the Passion Parent Community Discussion Board! I have a section there on freebies and great deals... there are already some great things... like free movie rentals!!!

Come to the Passion Parent Community to get these great deals and I would love it if you left a track back to other great deals!!! Give a little, get a lot at Passion Parent Community..... there is a PARTY going on in there!

Just Parenting About!
Christine Hiebel
Passion Parent Community

We are going to continue to see more examples of government using various forms of social media to communicate with the public. (CNN) -- When a report of a possible explosive device on the roof of a city parking garage came in to the Lakeland, Florida, Police Department, public safety officials there sprang into action. Read the CNN story by clicking here.

Now imagine you are at work and your child's school can tweet you about your sick child, school closing or other import events! How about the coach of your child's team tweeting you that the T-Ball game has been rescheduled? Your child is on her first date and can tweet you from her phone things are going OK without giving away she is in communication with her, UGH! Parents!

Thought Twitter was for the social addict? Think again! Two days ago I was trying to get in on a killer deal. The deal was so good, it took the servers down. I immediately thought to get on twitter and see if any of the near 500 people following me were trying to get in as well. Someone opened a room so we could all monitor it together. When the servers momentarily came up, someone notified me via twitter.... and boom I was in! At the same time, the company had sent out an email notifying people they would launch the next day.... bet they wish they had Twitter on their side.

Do you know where your kid's Twitter is? Get in the game!

Just Parenting About,

Christine Hiebel

From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music," comes the first of many "songs around the world" being released independently. This amazing version of “Stand by Me” brought a smile to my face, and I hope it will do the same for you.

Watch it from beginning to end—you won't regret it. This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world!



It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician named Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added metal percussions.

From there, it just gets better and better: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals, which were assembled into this final final version -- all done with a simple laptop and some microphones. Amazing!

Thank you Dr.Mercola for bringing this awesome video to my attention!
Christine

Passion Parent Community

Still not sure what to get that special child in your life for Christmas? Have you looked high and low for that perfect gift that would bring hours of fun and entertainment? Want something that doesn't involve a tv and your youngster won't get bored with after 10 minutes of play? And if it wasn't hard enough to find all of that but to find it on this year's Christmas budget?



I am looking at all I have to be thankful for this year and feeling in the Christmas Spirit! I want to include all my BraveHeart sisters who have children, or know other women with children to participate in the chance to win a Bounce House for Christmas!!!



Passion Parent and Bouncers Bounce House Inflatables has a gift for you! We've teamed up to play Santa and will be giving away a FREE BOUNCE HOUSE to one of our lucky readers this holiday season, guaranteed to be delivered in time to sneak under the tree! (free shipping is only available in the Continental United States-will ship elsewhere if you are willing to pick up shipping costs).





An Inflatable Bounce House makes the perfect gift for all children ages 2 and up depending on the model! For the shy child or one full of imagination, children with special needs or just a child with a little too much energy, have one child or 5 children - then an Inflatable Bounce House will meet your child's needs! They offer variety, exercise and hours of non-stop fun! Inflatable Bounce Houses are the safer version of the beloved "Tree House" of our youth. Our children can build there own little worlds and play till their hearts content, all in a safe and inflatable environment. And the best part - it's exercise too! Do you have one of those children who you have to fuss with to go play, to put down the video games and get outside and play? Get them an Inflatable Bounce House and watch the transition take place. Whether it's raining, snowing or a perfect sunny day, there's no other childrens' toy that will offer such variety of healthy entertainment. And let's not forget portability and ease of set up.



WIN A BOUNCE HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS!



Passion Parent and Bouncers Bounce House Inflatables are so excited to announce that we're playing Santa and giving away - COMPLETELY FREE, 1 Little Einstein Bounce House!!!! We'll be selecting one of our readers as the lucky winner on December 19th, 2009. That way we can ensure it gets shipped and under your tree in time to be unwrapped.



Passion Parent would like to thank Bouncer's Bounce House Inflatables for providing us with the Little Einstein bounce house to be randomly given away to one of our readers!!! There are a number ways you can enter to win this fabulous bounce house! Pick one entry method or choose them all... The more you do, the better your odds are of winning!



For each activity, you receive one entry (just leave a comment on this post each time you complete an activity)



* Place a blog post on your site letting your readers know about this give away! You must also add a link back to www.zerovib.com Bouncer's prefer you use the anchor text with this code: Bouncers Bounce House Inflatables

* Tweet this give away and leave a link back to www.passionparent.com

* Tweet this give away and leave a link back to www.zerovib.com/blog

* Become a fan of Bouncer's Bounce House on FaceBook

* Add www.BouncersBounceHouseBlog.com to your blogroll



Good LUCK!



Christine Hiebel

www.PassionParent.com

Where a Parent can be a Parent!