It's been said that 2010 is the year of increased awareness for health and environment. Everywhere you turn there are all-natural, eco-friendly, environmentally safe, organic products. The accessiblity and affordablility of these products has greatly improved in the past few years.

Why not let 2010 be your year to experiment with a product here and there or completely jump on the all-natural, eco-friendly bandwagon......there is quite a spectrum for which this {somewhat} daunting task may be accomplished; it's a personal choice to each his/her own.

I have dabbled within the "green" and "organic" variety of products since the turn of the new year; products from milk, yogurt, and butter to laundry detergent, household cleaning products, and personal toiletry items....most recently Ecostore USA's Aloe Vera Shampoo and Conditioner.


Ecostore USA offers a wide variety of eco-friendly, nontoxic, plant and mineral based products that are super concentrated. This translates into "more bang for your buck" for the consumer......that's YOU!!! They also offer Free Shipping for orders over $25.00 (US dollars).







BUY IT: Ecostore USA products can be purchased at all Meijer locations throughout the Midwest or by visiting there website......www.ecostoreusa.com.

WIN IT: Ecostore USA is offering a generous giveaway for Peanut Butter and Pickles Reviews followers. Visit the Ecostore USA website and return here to this post leaving a comment telling me what Ecostore USA product you are most interested in trying and you'll be entered into the giveaway for a $25.00 gift certificate to Ecostore USA to be used on the products of your choice.

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Music and kids go together like peanut butter and jelly (or peanut butter and pickles!).  I was really pumped to get this DVD from Juno Baby in the mail for my daughter to watch.  We've watched our Baby Einstein DVD's to death, and I was looking forward to trying something new.

The DVD comes in this really cute book-like case, and inside the cover is the DVD and a spot to put another CD you make yourself with a free music download code from their site.  A great bonus, if your kids like to listen to music in the car.

My daughter (she's three) LOVED the Juno's Rhythm Adventure DVD that we were given.  She wanted to watch it again right away and did not budge off of my lap the whole time.  We talked about if afterward and her favorite characters were Juno, and the "silly pink bunny".

I liked the use of puppets instead of animation, and the use of original music from creator and composer Belinda Takahashi.  The segments were short enough to keep my daughter's attention, and were colorful and whimsical.  The songs promoted positive things such as walking and running and enjoying your friends. I also like that the DVD is also playable in French and Spanish.  Watching something simple like this is a great way to expose a young child to foreign languages.  The main focus of the DVD was finding rhythm in every day things, but I wouldn't have picked up on that theme if I hadn't known the title of the DVD.

In addition to giving you quality musical engagement for your child, Juno Baby is giving back to the community.  They are very proud of their One for All project.  For every Juno Baby DVD, CD or book purchased, they donate one item to a child less fortunate.  Their goal for 2010 is to give away 1 million items!!!

BUY IT:  Help them out with their goal, and purchase a book, CD or DVD for your little music lover.  Juno Baby products are available at www.junobaby.com 

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It has always been very important for my husband and I to introduce our children to scripture at an early age. But WOW, what a huge responsibility! The Bible is difficult for even the most educated adults to fully comprehend....let alone trying to explain it to 2 and 5 year olds. What I need to remember is that they're not necessarily "memorizing" the scripture at this age, but instead committing the stories and lessons to their hearts. Tyndale Kids does an absolutely fantastic job taking the big concepts of the Bible and watering them down so to speak so that even children can understand them.

Tyndale has been gracious enough to send us other products in the past. This time they sent us a copy of their One Year Devotions for Preschoolers 2. This wonderful devotional is 365 days worth of small bite size pieces of scripture complete with a lesson and question. That sounds like a lot, but each devotion is only 1 page in length. It's straight forward and to the point without being too complex.

Written by Carla Barnhill, The One Year Devotions for Preschoolers 2 includes 365 fun, easy-to-understand devotions for children ages three through six. Each reading pairs Elena Kucharik's lovable illustrations with a short Bible verse and devotional throught that will spark conversation between parents and children about these simple truths of scripture.

Each day of the year, parents and their preschoolers can learn how to walk with God in everything they do. The devotions include rhyming questions and answers about the Bible, and each concludes with a rhyming prayer. The One Year Devotions for Preschoolers 2  provides a simple way to begin building the habit of daily devotions into a child's life.