When my oldest son was born, one of the first things he learned to do as he grew from an infant to a toddler was make the “vroom” noise of a car. At ten months old, Zackary couldn’t say “Momma,” but he could push around the Hot Wheels Twin Mill car that Santa had put in his stocking that year yelling “VROOOM! VROOM!” as he did. And so began my son’s love of cars, a love that he still has six years later.
At two years old, Zackary’s collection of Hot Wheels had grown to over 100 cars and not only could he tell interested parties the name of every single one, he could also tell people how the car had joined his collection. I have to admit, I didn’t even really know Hot Wheels cars had names until my son first asked me “What’s this one called?” and I turned it over to discover the tiny writing on the bottom.
The Kinder Mom program is back once more and for the third time, I’ve been lucky enough to have been chosen to share my love of chocolate and playtime with my readers with all kinds of great 
I have to confess that the collectibles are what I love most about Kinder Surprise; they bring back such fun memories of my childhood when I just HAD to have every little hippo or comical elephant. And now there’s a brand new collectible for Madagascar fans of all ages! Inside specially marked packages of Kinder Surprise are pieces to build different train cars featuring the cast of Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. Put them all together to build an amazing Madagascar 3 circus train!
As if that wasn’t enough, @KinderCanada and @KinderCanadaFR are also hosting a #KinderMad3 Twitter party tomorrow at 8:30 pm EST and six lucky partygoers will also win Cineplex Family Passes! There’s never been so many chances to win a fun-filled family evening at the movies!
It’s almost Easter and while my children’s heads are full of thoughts of the Easter Bunny and chocolate eggs, my thoughts are more of how lucky I am to have my two happy, healthy boys. I know not everyone is so lucky and that’s why I wanted to think of a way that I could share a little joy with someone that needed it. Finally I decided to take a case of Kinder eggs to the hospital emergency room just before Easter. My boys have been there on one or two occasions and I learned that a little treat really made the experience less scary, so I wanted to make sure other sick or hurt kids could have a better experience too!
Here in small-town Saskatchewan, March break is actually in February and runs through the week of Family Day, which means that Friday was the official start of “March break” for our household. I’m so excited to enjoy a week of fun with my boys and to get ready for the adventure, we spent the day stocking up on craft supplies so that we could enjoy plenty of creative playtime together over the next few days.
For example, when Zackary is having a hard time settling down before bed, we play a game called Find the Penny. I simply take a few pennies and toss them onto the rumpled covers of his bed. Then he has to scramble around to find them as fast as he can.
And because Kinder Canada believes so strongly in the importance of playtime, they are holding an incredible contest on their Facebook page that will definitely result in some very happy and playful kids. Ten lucky readers will win a Kinder Surprise gift basket worth $200! Visit the 
