Cabbage Patch Kids are back!

Written by Elizabeth on September 17, 2008 – 10:44 am -

It’s the 25th Anniversary of the original release of Cabbage Patch Kids, and to celebrate, Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Cabbage Patch Kids are available, but only for a limited time. The special 25th Anniversary Kids are remakes of the original Kids, and they come packaged with a silver anniversary baby spoon and a special 25th Anniversary Birth Certificate with “Adoption Papers”.

Thanks to Team Mom, we received our Kid to much excitement. I was in High School in 1983, although I do remember the stories in the paper and on the news about people fighting over the last CK Kid on toy store shelves. Cabbage Patch Kids set off a frenzy among toy and doll collectors, and they were scooping up dolls, clothes, and accessories as fast as they could. I haven’t read or seen anything about any mania at stores this time around, so you should be able to get one without incident.

As you may know, Cabbage Patch Kids come with a birth certificate and a paper your child can sign to officially adopt their kid. But I have a confession to make- I can’t find the birth certificate! So, I can tell you that this is Mayme Lucille, but I can’t tell you when her “birthday” is.

Isn’t she cute? Kaitlyn likes playing “baby” with her, lying her down on a nest of blankets and covering her up for a “nap”. It’s been bugging me that the doll’s name is spelled “Mayme” and not “Mamie”, so I finally googled “cabbage patch kid mayme” and got a very interesting possible answer. It seems that Woody Kling, a very famous and highly acclaimed television writer who was the head writer for The Carol Burnett Show and All In The Family, also wrote the Cabbage Patch Kids Christmas Special for TV in 1983. His mother’s name was Mayme. Coincidence?

Check out the Cabbage Patch Kids website for information about the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition dolls, plus games and a lot more info. Thanks again to Team Mom for including me in this fun campaign!

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Win One of Five Fancy Nancy Dolls!

Written by Elizabeth on June 26, 2008 – 12:46 am -

This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winners:

#4 Kristinia Clos

#45 April (That Crazy Mom)

#25 Nichole (Big Family Buzz)

#14 Angela at Mommy Bytes

#8 Heather

And thank you so much everyone who entered!

I am so excited about this giveaway! My daughter isn’t quite old enough for the Fancy Nancy books, but she saw the dolls and accessories at Target and practically knocked me over to get to them. So imagine my surprise when I got an email from Janis at Jakks Pacific asking if I would like to review and giveaway something from their exclusive Fancy Nancy line of dolls, dress up clothes, and accessories! When the box arrived, Kaitlyn and I sat on my bed and took a close look at Fancy Nancy, and let me tell you, she is FANCY!

From her purple-streaked hair tied with ribbons and heart-shaped hair clips that come off to be worn by the lucky girl, to her strand of beads, spotted leotard, ruffled poodle skirt, socks with tiny hearts and shoes with pompoms, this Fancy Nancy doll is sure to be a delightful gift for any little girl. The age recommendation is 4-7, but Kaitlyn is 2.5 and I make sure she is very careful with the doll. These photos will show you just how special this doll is:

Checking her out in the box, which is almost too nice not to keep!

Closeup of her hair with the streaks, ribbons, and hair clips-

Skirt and shoes details, both of which are so cute!

Kaitlyn gave Fancy Nancy a big hug!

I encourage you to visit a Target store or Target’s website and see all the wonderful items in the Jakks Exclusive Fancy Nancy line:

The Fancy Nancy Dress Assortment features her precious signature Fancy Nancy Poodle Dress and Fancy Nancy Posh Party Dress so every girl can be just like Nancy. $24.99

The Fancy Nancy Frilly Tutu Assortment is perfectly feminine and frilly for an every day occasion in the world of Fancy Nancy, as it is all about the attitude! $12.99

Every girl can be queen “just because” with the Tiara and Crown Assortment which includes a royal fluttering tiara and a royal ruby crown. $9.99

The Fancy Nancy Hat is vibrantly colored, frilly, exquisite and will compliment every one of her amazing outfits, even her pajamas – why not! $9.99

The Fabulous Fancy Nancy 18” Doll is a beautifully charming life-like doll which truly emulates Fancy Nancy’s character in that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy! $39.99

The Fabulous Fancy Nancy 18” Doll Dress Up features 4 spectacularly different outfits for creating fancy fun. Designed around her favorite color fuchsia (fancy for purple), they include 2 lavishly unique dress sets, 1 lovely robe and pajama set and a satiny tutu and leotard set. $19.99

The Fancy Nancy Posh Frenchy Puppy Plush is the most adorable La Salle Spaniel - a funny, playful, smart and cuddly dog and the ultimate accessory for every little girl. $19.99

The Fancy Nancy Glamorous Purse and Sunglasses Assortment allows girls to awesomely accessorize everything to the max! $9.99

The Fancy Nancy Dress Up Shoe Assortment features 4 different magically designed shoe sets including rouge heeled shoes, fuchsia heeled shoes, exquisite pin ballet slippers with leg warmers, and red ballet slippers with tie-up ribbons. $9.99

Janis from Jakks also very kindly sent Kaitlyn the Frenchy Posh Puppy, which is incredible soft and comes with a collar and leash. She took those off pretty much right away though, and now the puppy sleeps in her crib with her and her other pile of special toys!

GIVEAWAY: This is SO generous-I have FIVE Fancy Nancy dolls to give away to you lucky readers! Please read the rules carefully before entering:

*One entry per person, open to U.S. only. For a valid entry, please use your real first name or blog alias and a VALID email address when leaving your comment.

*For one entry, in your comment, please tell me who you will be giving the doll to if you win-daughter, niece, granddaughter, cousin, special friend-I just think it’s only fair that the dolls go to someone who will actually play with them. If your comment only says “thanks” or “great giveaway”, I won’t be able to count it as a valid entry.

*I will give two entries to anyone who does the following in addition to leaving the information about who they will give the doll to-subscribe to this blog’s feed either in a reader or by email, add this blog to their Technorati favorites, or mention the giveaway on their blog with a link back. Don’t have a blog? Email your friends! Let me know in your comment which one you did.

*I will give three entries to anyone who does the following in addition to leaving the information about who they will give the doll to-stumble this post by clicking the title to view the page for the post itself and clicking thumbs up on the stumble toolbar. If you are the first one to do this you’ll need to write a short description of the post. Or, submit it to digg or Kirtsy. Links are at the end of the post, let me know in your comment which site you submitted to.

Enter by Thursday, July 10th at 9:00 AM EST. Good luck everyone! I know the five winners will LOVE the dolls!


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