It's time, once again, for our Cookie Bake-Off Bonanza!

Don't forget that November 1st is the last day to enter The Meaning of Motherhood contest! Just email a 300-word essay plus an original photo that illustrates your essay's theme to scrapbook@parenting.com. If you're our winner, your essay and photo will appear in the March 2010 issue of Parenting, and you'll be offered a one-week guest-blogging gig on Parenting.com. But that's not all -- you'll also receive a huge haul of Baby Björn gear, worth more than $1000! (See the rules.) 

Got a family of snow bunnies? You'll definitely want to check out 60 Days of Giveaways sponsored by our sister sites Ski and Skiing.  You could win one of sixty prizes, including skis, free lift tickets, resort accommodations, and more. All you have to do is check out this page and accept the daily "challenge" by answering a trivia question or performing a Facebook task.

Today's prize is 2 nights at Grand Summit and 3 days of skiing for 2 guests at The Canyons Resort in Utah. It would make a great kids-free long weekend (or bring the kids and sign them up for ski school!).  Plus, you'll be automatically entered to win the grand prize, a 4-day trip to Snowbird Resort.

Good luck! 

p.s.: Don't forget about all the great giveaways we have going on at Parenting.com:

Win all of our Early Years Toys of the Year (enter daily!)

Win all of our School Years Toys of the Year (enter daily!)

Enter the 2009 Homemade Halloween Costume Contest 

We all know that BabyBjorn makes cool kid products that many of us couldn’t do without. So it made perfect sense to me when I found out that they’d teamed up with the producers of the new movie, Motherhood, (opening in select theaters in October). With Eliza (Uma Thurman), the heroine, trying to do a zillion things at once, including plan her daughter’s birthday party and write an essay on what motherhood means to her, it becomes obvious how important anything that makes life easier really is.

Here’s the part about what you can WIN! Go to www.Babybjornmotherhood.com to enter your story on what motherhood means to YOU...you could win a trip to the premiere in New York City, or a BabyBjorn Baby Carrier Synergy. Submit your entry on the Babybjorn site, or tweet about it on Twitter.com. You can also take a fun quiz to find out your motherhood identity, for a chance to snag BabyBjorn loot. Deadline: September 20.

And as if all that wasn’t enough, we’re offering you another chance to score, right here at Parenting.com with The Meaning of Motherhood contest. Submit one photo that captures what motherhood means you (along with a 300-word essay); the winning mom will receive $1000 worth of Babybjorn merchandise (!), have their photo published in the March 2010 issue of Parenting, and take over a weeklong “guest blogger” spot on Parenting.com. Deadline: November 1.

Being a Parenting intern has its perks. Last week, our intern Teresa hit Manhattan’s Fancy Food Show for me, scouring the booths for the latest and greatest in snack foods for moms. While there, she dropped my business card into a drawing for Toblerone chocolate—and this ginormous monster appeared at my desk this week.

“It’s heavy!” complained the mail guy. No kidding: It’s about 10 lbs., and for a size comparison we shot my two-year-old, Diego (himself a big kid) next to it. Teresa gets to keep the monster (the chocolate bar, that is, not D).

Hot chocolate party at her place, y’all!