Life has been ultra crazy, productive, inspiring, challenging, and fulfilling lately and I owe it all to this wonderful world of mom blogging. I get to create content I love, with people who get me and share my passions (you!), and I can be a happy, albeit a bit frazzled, mom and wife who can be an active part of her family’s life. Aside from that, I get to attend amazing blogging and social media conferences where not only I get to hone my craft, but also meet other mom bloggers who are confident enough to share with me their know-how and a helping hand.
I’m on my way to one of those conferences—Mom 2.0 Summit in Key Biscayne, FL. I get to go there thanks to the sponsorship from the Microsoft Windows team who have been nothing short of supportive of all we do. And, as working moms who are putting everything into this labor of love blog, we need this support from brands that get us and you.
I’ll be capturing all the Mom 2.0 Summit action on my stylish and lightweight Lenovo IdeaPad U300 and using my Windows Live Suite to blog with Live Writer, jot notes and action steps with OneNote, edit my pics with Live Photo Gallery and keep it all safe in Sky Drive.
But since we hate to brag and be all me-me-me, we’ve hooked up a second Lenovo IdeaPad to give away to one ultra lucky SpanglishBaby amiga in celebration of mamás!
A busy mom like you who’s on an important mission of raising bilingual and bicultural kids needs to stay super connected to technology that can help you access the best online tools for learning and interacting.
Check out HERE all the cool features the ultraportable and fast Lenovo IdeaPad U300 has so you can get ridiculously excited…it’s ok…I’m excited too!
Also, just in time for Mother’s Day, we wanted to share some great tools for you to connect with the mujer (madre, abuela, tía!) you love!
· Tip #1: Use Windows Live Messenger (Window’s free video chat service) to say ‘Te quiero’ to Mom!
· Tip #2: Create a custom Mother’s Day card in Microsoft Paint, a feature in Windows that you can use to draw, color, and edit pictures.
· Tip #3: Show her the latest and greatest in your life by sharing your photos with friends and family via Windows Live Photo Gallery and SkyDrive
· Tip #4: Share images on your Pinterest boards using the Windows Mother’s Day photos. If you’re on Pinterest, you can also enter the Say Thanks to Mom contest where you could win an Acer Aspire S3 laptop. More info here.
The Giveaway!
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner: Stacy !
We’re giving away one Lenovo IdeaPad U300 to a lucky winner!!
To enter, all you have to do is tell us who this laptop will be for and which of the Windows Live Suite products you love the most.
That’s all you have to do to enter this giveaway. If you want to up your chances at winning, then this is how you can get additional entries (only after you’ve completed the step above):
**Please leave a separate comment for each so we can count them and avoid mistakes.
1. Subscribe to receive blog updates and subscriber-only content via email and leave us an extra comment letting us know you did so or that you’re already a subscriber. Make sure to leave the comment using the same email you subscribed with.
2. Follow us on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway including a link to the post, @SpanglishBaby and #WindowsChampions hashtag. Copy the link to the tweet in an additional comment on the giveaway’s post.
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3. Like SpanglishBaby on Facebook and join a thriving community of parents.
This giveaway ends Sunday, May 13, at midnight PST and is open to everyone over 18 years of age in the continental U.S. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary. Check out the Giveaway Rules.
THe paint program sounds awesome!
I like Spanglish Baby on Facebook.
This lap top would be for my daughter Makayla. she is 10 years old and a budding artisit! I have just recently purchased her a drawing tablet and it would be amazing if she had her own space to get creative <3
Hello,
My favorite windows live feature is of course my hotmail, it’s been my #1 since i was in highschool so over 10 years., I also use messenger to communicate with all the familia around the world, and i’ve used skydrive once in a while because it’s just easier than carrying a usb stick that i know i’ll loose in the purse…. i follow you on twitter, & facebook! and always forward most of the articles to family & friends… thank you!
oops i forgot to mention that i would love to give this laptop to my fiancee/babydaddy/soon to be husband who I’ve been patiently been teaching how to use my own laptop in order for him to switch his current customer billing from the staples bought notepad to a nice spreadsheet invoice, that will help him track everything… not to mention all the other cool stuff he can learn to do =)
thank you
It would be all for ME
. I love hotmail.
Love all the products! My post is above, I forgot to add this part.
This lap top would be for my daughter Makayla. she is 10 years old and a budding artisit! I have just recently purchased her a drawing tablet and it would be amazing if she had her own space to get creative <3 Love all the products!
I love the Live feature! Being able to chat live, online is so much fun. As much as I’d want to keep it for myself, it would be a Father’s Day present for my amazing Esposo.
I like you on FB!
I’d keep it for myself! And my favorite would be Messenger.
I like you on FB.
The laptop would be for me
and I really like Live Photo Gallery…
Oh, and I already follow you on facebook and get the rss feed thru Pulse (an app on my phone)
I would LOVE this Ideapad to use for the entire family for all the functionality it posses!
My favorite feature would be the Windows Live Messenger! It would be a great way for my kiddo to keep in touch with grandma and grandpa via messenger, and keep the bond tight between them. (They live out of state so every little bit helps to keep my kiddo and her grandparents connected.)
I have “Liked” Spanglish baby on Facebook. ( for some time now I might add!
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I have also subscribed to receiving the Spanglish Baby in my inbox daily! (I look forward to receiving it, you give allot of helpful information on your website, I can only imagine what you send out daily!)
This lap top would be for me because i’ve earned it!
I have to give myself props, hahahaha. After getting laid off last year from my “9 to 5″ job. I decided that working the long hours and missing many of my older son’s school activities and some bedtimes would not be acceptable anymore. Not to mention, I recently had my second son. I made it my mission to figure out a way to make it work monetarily and be a stay-at-home mom. It’s been challenging and the pay cut has hit us hard, but perseverance has thankfully made it happen. I now run two businesses, one teaching parents and children Spanish through music and movement, I also help families calm and soothe their newborns and help their babies become better sleepers. Both of my businesses require that I be online quite a bit but we don’t have the monetary means to purchase a new laptop so I can run my businesses effectively. Having a new lap top, instead of my 8 year old lap top, which is the only computer we have, would be an incredible gift for me this Mother’s Day. It would mean, I could be more efficient and spend more time with with my boys because my business time would be more efficient instead of waiting forever for the internet or documents to load. I wish I could say what Windows LIVE products I love using but given my current old laptop situation, I am not able to test anything new out because it takes so much processing time. If I win this laptop, I would be more than happy to give feedback on the Windows Live products that I am finally able to try out.
I already subscribe to your Spanglish Baby Daily and I love it!! It’s wonderful to be a supported bilingual parent.
I’m already a huge fan on Facebook via my personal FB account and my Spanish Music Movement account
I’m already a follower on Twitter as well but will make sure to tweet the above anyway
https://twitter.com/#!/Sirenz_Song
It would be for me!!!
I like you on FB!
I already subscribe to your newsletter!
This laptop giveaway would be for my mom, who at the age of 60 has learned to use a touch screen phone, text and email. This would broaden her tech learning experience even further by having acess to all the Lenovo IdeaPad features.
I personally like the Windows Live photo Gallery because it is so easy to organize and share pictures.
This computer will be for my sister, Diana. I have four sisters que MAS que se merecen a new laptop. But, Diana needs it the most with 6 children between the ages of 4 and 16 yo. For the last month, she was been dealing with Sears to get her refrigerator fixed…the frustration and impotencia have had her crying to me on the phone. I think this would REALLY lift her spirits and show her that even mom’s tienen angelitos cuidandolas.
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This computer will be for my sister, Diana. I have four sisters que MAS que se merecen a new laptop. But, Diana needs it the most with 6 children between the ages of 4 and 16 yo. For the last month, she was been dealing with Sears to get her refrigerator fixed…the frustration and impotencia have had her crying to me on the phone. I think this would REALLY lift her spirits and show her that even mom’s tienen angelitos cuidandolas. Perfect Mother’s Day gift!!!
I LIKE the photo gallery feature and know my sister would get great use out of it!
I am a subscriber
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I sure can use a new laptop! The one I have is dying on me! The screen is flickering and my batteries are don’t fully charge anymore!
Whoops, forgot to mention that I love the live photo gallery! My siblings, cousins and close friends use it to keep each other up to date! And especially now that most of us have little ones and live in various parts of the US, its great seeing how the kids(& adults) are growing.
I’ve subscribed to spanglishbaby emails.
I’m following spanglishbaby on twitter and tweeted.
https://twitter.com/#!/melt003/status/199949185603211265
I like spanglishbaby on fb.
Additional Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/growwithstacy/status/199950911949381632 (not sure if it counts for an extra entry)
Windows Live Photo Gallery is GREAT!
We would use it as a family computer since we only have a desktop now.
What a great prize! If I win I will give this laptop to my daughters!
My favorite Windows Live Suite product is Windows Live Messenger
SpanglishBaby is one of my favorite Facebook “friends”. I “liked” it a while back!
proud to be a subscriber all over the place
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This laptop would be for my mom because her’s is really old and slow.
& i love the Windows Live photo gallery.
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I’m subscribed to you via email.
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I follow you on Twitter (@collifornia)
& tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/collifornia/status/199979711403794432
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I like you on FB (colleen boudreau)
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this would be for our family! Microsoft movie sounds cool!
If I win, the laptop will be for myself because my laptop is on its last leg and I have one more semester of school to finish up. Thanks for doing this giveaway! I also love the hotmail!
The laptop would be for my parents. They have an ancient desktop. I’d love for them to have an amazing new computer. They’d love the photo gallery
This laptop would be for me but I would share it with my parents. I keep trying to get my father to use the internet. He never has
I love the Windows Live Photo Gallery!
I’m an email subscriber
following you on twitter @aes529 and tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/aes529/status/200029061517541376
It would be for me for Nursing School.
I like you on fb as Amanda Sakovitz
I’d love to try the live chat. I’d like to say I’d give it to my wife, but I really do need it for school.
I like you on FB.
This laptop would be for my mom. My family and I share pictures with sky drive
I like spanglish baby on fb
I subscribe to receive emails from spanglish baby
The laptop would be for me, my laptop just broke down. I love the Windows Live Photo Gallery.
I’m a Twitter follower and I tweeted.
I’m an email subscriber.
The laptop would be for me. I left my husband in charge of the twins while I went to my moms house to prepare things for the baby shower we were hosting for my sister in law. Turns out he feel asleep using my laptop and the twins got it and poured a whole bottle of Windex over it. I saved money for a whole year to buy me that $300 laptop and I only had it for 3 months. I had to borrow my brothers old desktop so I can log in. Thank you very much for the opportunity!!
My favorite Windows product would be the live messenger. I get to talk to family that lives far away.
I subscribed to your email =]
I follow via twitter (@YamiYali)
tweeted…
https://twitter.com/#!/YamiYali/status/200078571434291201
I follow via facebook (Kenia G)
It would be for myself and I would like to try out the photo gallery
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https://twitter.com/#!/ChelleB36/status/200264988277997569
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like on facebook (michelle b)
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This would be for my husband. I like Windows Live Photo Gallery.
I subscribe to your newsletter
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I like you on Facebook as Elena Istomina
Follow you on Twitter and tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/ElenaIstomina/status/200301878700019713
This would be for me to use since the kids hog the desktop computer. Microsoft Paint looks like a fun program!
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it will be for me! and I like the photo software best
If I won I would give the laptop to my husband for the Video messaging! He has some travel coming up with his work and it would be fun to be able to chat live with him so my kids could see him!
I subscribe by email! sethandshannon1 at yahoo dot com
I follow you on twitter @SweepsMama and I tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/SweepsMama/status/200334537195143168
I’m a Facebook fan and I love your cover image! So cute!
This will be for my daughter. I also love the Windows 7 Ultimate and the Live Photo Gallery!
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Following you on Twitter @hle123.
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my laptop JUST crashed today, I think it is finally toast, sigh. I would need this for ME!! Also, I like the Windows Photo management. I have SO many photos that I need to organize! Thanks for the chance!
I follow you on Twitter and Tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/shopwithmemama/status/200395388098854912
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I would love this for my husband his just died! I love the Windows Live Photo Gallery! So much Fun to play with!
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If I won this laptop would be for me and my favourite is the windows messenger
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me
and i would like the windows live gallery the most
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This Lenovo IdeaPad will be for my family. It will be very useful with all the homework for both my kids and myself. I love the InstantResume and Windows Live Photo Gallery.
This is a wonderful mother’s day gift for myself. I personally like the Windows Live photo Gallery because it is so easy to use.
This laptop would be for my husband- he is wedding DJ and his laptop makes me nervous everytime we use it at a wedding and it hiccups or starts to freeze! It is definitely time for a new one for our business! And we use windows live hotmail for all our email communications with clients!
Also subscribed to blog up dates!
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