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Making snacks for your trip…

I am a huge fan of any of those products that you see on infomercials. I have bought a number of them and for the most part they have worked very well for me. One of the products that I like is called the Magic Bullet. I even got my wife to register for it for our wedding. We’ve also given it as gifts to our friends.

We’ve used it a few times to make different dishes and I think we will use it even more to great easy nutritious things to eat on the go or on the water. Sometimes those as seen on tv products are some of the most useful gadgets.

With the Magic Bullet we can make things like guacamole or hummus for dips for when our friends come over. Rather than paying for expensive dips and whatnot and spending hours preparing those dips we can chop up everything and toss it into the Magic Bullet and after a few seconds we’ll have great tasting home made dips and guacamole. I’d also like to make some salsa as well.

The iCrib and Zen Stone…

My little Eva is going to be a little spoiled by her daddy. Case in point, her music. I wanted Eva to have a wide range of music available to her but I didn’t want to go switching out CD’s each night. The solution, the iCrib from Munchkin, Inc. This device straps to the crib and can connect to any MP3 player that is on the market.

But Eva didn’t have an MP3 player so daddy got her her first one. A cute little pink 1GB Zen Stone (I wasn’t going to spoil her that much and I hadn’t heard about the Warriors in Pink Zune yet). I connected it to the iCrib and each time I go in to change Eva’s diapers I make sure I turn on the music so I can sing to her and she can relax and calm down. Diaper changes are about the fussiest we have seen Eva.

Eventually when she starts sleeping in the crib in her room, in about a week, we can turn the iCrib and Zen Stone on and set it to play for 15, 30 or 60 minutes. So far she likes Jack Johnson and some Bare Naked Ladies and Antje Duvekot. Yesterday we ordered Ellis Paul’s latest CD called The Dragonfly Races. It is his children’s album. We got the CD rather than just the MP3 album because we want to get his autograph for Eva at the next show we attend.

The iCrib also has the option for a light that is low and diffused and changes colors. This is a nice feature as well. It gives us light when we go in to check on Eva as well as provides her with a little light when she wakes up at night.

I would also like to mention that you can get two free Mozart albums for download with the iCrib. Just go to the Munchkin site for more details.