We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land

Have you heard of Munchkin? Not the singing people who Dorothy found at one end of the yellow brick road, but the maker of unique baby products. Munchkin has over 150 clever products that make life as a parent easier and more exciting.

We were super excited to try out the Deluxe Bottle Brush and the Mighty Grip® Flip Straw Cup. I know what you're thinking-- you're excited about a bottle brush? Well yes! Our first bottle brush we had ended up snapping in half, um not good and the second one the bristles flattened and was useless shortly after starting to use it.

The Deluxe Bottle Brush stands upright with a strong suction base. The unique textured scrubber reaches hard-to-clean areas where germs like to hide and inside the handle is a nipple brush, so it’s always close at hand. You can suction it to the bottom of the sink or counter for one-handed cleaning and germ-free drying.

The brush is just awesome. It cleans bottles quickly and effectively and shows no signs of breaking or faltering anytime soon. Anyone with a baby knows that sometimes you have to wash a bottle while holding a baby so the one-handed cleaning the suction cup allows is perfect. It is a slight annoyance to unscrew the nipple brush from the handle, but it's not difficult to do nor does it take long. I'd rather have the suction cup than the nipple brush on the other end.

The Mighty Grip® 10 oz. Flip Straw Cup has a contoured shape a lever that flips up to put the straw in perfect sipping position and to close it securely. Whatever position the straw is in, it’ll never leak or leave you to wipe up a mess.

As a Mom I think this cup is brilliant because so many sippy cups spill and leak in diaper bags which is just annoying and messy. I have lots of friends back home that swear by straw cups so I was excited to try one. Blondie Boy loved the cup, but I can't get him to grasp the idea of a straw. He happily toted it around and gnawed on the straw, but he couldn't actually drink water out of it. So while in theory I can recommend it, in practice I can't.

Does anyone have any tips for teaching a baby how to drink out of a straw?

Transatlantic Blonde was provided these products to review.

Yon Bonnie Banks

Holy cow it's only been what 10 million years (6 months in the real world) since my last Gallery post? The them this week is Seasons and I was inspired on our walk at Drumpellier Country Park. This is what November looks like walking around Lochend Loch.

Sexy Mother Pucker

I'm a lipgloss kind of girl and to be honest I'm a lipgloss (and makeup for that matter) snob. I like a product that has quality, style and to be honest I'm a sucker for a super cute name. Soap and Glory's Super Colour Sexy Mother Pucker ticked all my boxes!

Super Colour Sexy Mother™ Pucker Lip Gloss is Soap and Glory's best selling extreme plumping gloss with superfill® microspheres now in seductive colours and fabulous flavours.

The extreme formula lip plumping gloss, with scientifically-proven plumping microspheres that explode in volume up to 10x when they come in contact with water. (They’re like tiny, dehydrated little sponges that expand when you apply them onto your lips. We’ve also formulated Sexy Mother™ Pucker with a rare circulation enhancing ingredient that gives your lips a little ‘electric’ buzz, to move more blood around the area, creating a swelling effect).

I've had problems with lip plumping glosses in the past and wound up with hives and a red face trying to explain to an Italian pharmacist in Milan that I needed hydrocortisone--not fun. So I was a bit trepidatious to try Sexy Mother Pucker but my fears were unfounded. Not only did I not have an allergic reaction, but I loved the gloss.

Super Colour Sexy Mother Pucker is super glossy, super tasty and creates a super pucker. All you do is apply the gloss and press your lips together and soon you'll feel a tingling sensation which is more tickly and nice than strange.

NotBlondeHusband said he thought my lips looked nice but he wasn't sure if they were plumper. Personally I think they looked more plump than with normal lipgloss and I loved the colour and it's staying power. The gloss stayed on after going out for coffee and I only had to reapply once all day.

The lovely people at Soap and Glory are going to give you a chance to get a sexy mother pucker of your own! I have a Super Coulour Sexy Mother Pucker in Half Naked to give away to one lucky reader.

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I've checked out shipping prices and this giveaway is open to all readers worldwide. A winner will be drawn at random on November 15th at 12:00 GMT. Winners must contact me within 48 hours or another winner will be drawn. GOOD LUCK!COMPETITION NOW CLOSED.

Transatlantic Blonde was provided this product to review/giveaway, but postage is paid by Transatlantic Blonde.

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Happy Birthday Bessala!

A very happy 88th birthday to my Grandma and Blondie Boy's GG Bess!

We love you and miss you very much!

Vote for Blondie Boy!

I never, ever do these things, but can y'all please help?

I submitted Blondie Boy's costume to the American Apparel Halloween Costume Contest.

Voting closes 11:59pm PT on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 will you please rank him a 5?

Click on the link below or here to vote and please tell your friends!

http://www.americanapparel.net/storefront/UGCStyle/Halloween10/View.asp?e=9175

VOTE!

My fellow Americans please don't forget to get out and vote today!

I've only voted in an actual polling station once in 2002; every other time I've voted by absentee ballot because I was going to unversity in DC or because I was living here in Scotland.

I can remember being so excited when I turned 18 and was able to vote. I don't understand people who don't vote to be honest and if you don't vote you don't get to complain. You totally want to complain, right?