Mommyfest 2008 intro | Play-Activities.com

May 11th, 2008

Mommyfest Blog Party – My Intro

Posted by Melitsa in Good reads, play activities, Roundups, Sites to visit

As part of Mommyfest 2008, I’m posting a little intro about me for all the new people ( wave) …so we can get to know each other better. Don’t be shy now and leave a comment .

Hi there!

This is Melitsa Avila from Colorado. I’m a miltary wife and mother of two boys and one little person on the way. I work from home raising two smiley active boys. Originally from the UK, we’ve also lived in Italy for 5 years before stopping here in the US; hence the British English that pops up.

Play-activities started whilst I was in a small Italian village with one then two small children. To find out more about why I started this look here. Play-activities officially launched a year ago this month. Happy Birthday to Play-activities!

Play-activities is a weekly email of educational and fun play-activities for your under 5 child. The idea is to use everyday items from around the home and try a variety of activities not just crafts to have fun with your child. You can sign up or see a sample in the top right hand corner.

When I’m not busy playing around. I can be found listening to podcasts. I produce a roundup of parenting podcasts biweekly- or fortnightly as we say in the UK. There are so many podcasts out there that are unheard of but great. I hope you can dip in and find something you like, spread the word and please, please recommend to me.

I love reading and especially love multicultural children’s books and Barefoot books is a perfect fit for the kids and I. If you’re looking for good children’s stories and beautiful illustrations look no further.

I’m excited to be a part of Mommyfest 2008 and the chance to meet so many talented mommy bloggers.

First book giveaway tomorrow…………..

Melitsa Avila is a former teacher, mother of three boys and military wife who talks about living an intentional play lifestyle using practical and everyday play activities to do with the under 5s. She publishes related ebooks & newsletters. Melitsa is the host and producer of a weekly Early Childhood radio show: Raising Playful Tots bringing parents and carers together with Early childhood practitioners. Thanks for reading!

Melitsa

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http://lyricandariasmom.blogspot.com/ Gina

Nice to meet you!!! Play-activities sounds VERY interesting.

Hope you had a great Mother’s Day, and enjoy the blog party!
http://sevenshadesofred.blogspot.com Joy

What a wonderful idea! I can definitely “hear” your accent in your post!!!
http://mommymeryl.blogspot.com Meryl

Love your site!! I have a 5 1/2 year old daughter and am always looking for creative things to do with her!
http://www.momiespace.com/ milet

interesting ideas! happy mommyfest.

if you have time go drop by my blog http://www.momiespace.com/

thanks
http://chrysanthemoms.com Crystal

I can’t wait to see what you have coming up:) I hope you have a blast at Mommy Fest! Come check out our scavenger hunt today!

Crystal
http://chrysanthemoms.com
http://notesfrommynest.blogspot.com Notes From My Nest

Just dropping in from Mommyfest! It’s nice to meet you! If you have time this week, check out the MOTHER’S DAY BLOG BASH GIVEAWAY going on at notesfrommynest.blogspot.com…GIVEAWAYS from Serena & Lily, Hand Picked Pumpkin, Modern June, Silly Jilly Bean, Pink Lemonade Bags, My Pink Zebra Boutique, Kenarie’s and many more!

I’m also about to begin a new feature called “Coffee with…” that will put the spotlight on a new mom blogger each week. If you’re interested in being featured, check it out!
http://momsoapbox.com Mom Soap Box

Hi Melitsa – thanks for joining us at Mommyfest. Thanks also for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment. It’s fun getting to know you a bit more – did I already tell you that I really love your accent. I’m sure others will enjoy listening to our audio together at Mommyfest.
http://mummifiedtimesfive.net Tina

Hi, it’s nice to meet you! My name is Tina aka mummifiedx5. I also joined the MommyFest blog party and I hope to see you at my Mummified Times Five blog!
http://littleladybugdesigns.blogspot.com Kim

Hi, It’s so nice to meet you. I hope you come visit my blog and don’t forget to enter my contest. Happy Blog Partying!
http://www.smellgoodspa.com Itiel

Happy Birthday to Play-Activities! Keep moving forward! Congratulations on that new life coming soon.

Thank you for visiting me today Melitsa! Yes, my work is Smelly Fun!
http://thesocalledme.net Jenny

Howdy from Mommyfest. I’m Jenny. Great to meet you! I’m just dropping by to say hello. Great site you have here. Hope to see you stop by my site, The So Called Me sometime. I’d love to have you!
http://www.listmamablog.com Jennifer Tankersley

I am bookmarking your site. My website (ListPlanIt.com) is also celebrating its 1-year anniversary this month. My blog has not been around quite as long. Also, we are military though my husband is getting out of the Navy this summer. Back to civilian life. Great to meet you!
http://angierambles.blogspot.com Angie

Hi Melitsa,
Coming by from the Mommy Fest blog party. Nice to meet you and congrats on one year with Play Activities.
http://shaycv.blogspot.com Shannon

HI Melissa! It is great to meet you. I don’t play Eve but my fiancee’ does!
http://spinninglovelydays.blogspot.com Ivy

Hi, Melitsa. Thanks for stopping by. It’s nice to meet you. I gotta say, your blog is a real find. I’m signing up for the weekly email as soon as I’m done with this comment. Hope you’re having fun at the party.
http://www.Organizedfamilies.com Organized Families

Thank you for sharing your blog
I am really enjoying this blog fest !
Stop By the Almost Always Organized Mom’s blog (Organizedfamilies.com) and win some free advertising and a free featured listing on Herblogdirectory.com
~k
The almost always organized mom
http://www.babyblogaddict.com Jennifer @ BABY BLOG ADDICT

Thanks for stopping by BabyBlogAddict.com and leaving a comment. Great to meet you through MommyFest!
michelle rosborough

Having fun at the party
http://shestonguetied.org Sara

I’ll have to listen to some of your podcasts sometimes. That seems like a lot of fun! Just stopping in from mommyfest! hope to see you around.
http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com Heather Quarnstrom

It’s so great to meet you in the Mommyfest Blog Party!

I hope to see you at my blog also. (I was a little late putting my site in the links, but you can go to The “Official” Heather Quarnstrom Blog.) Don’t forget to enter the contests while you’re there.

I hope you had a great Mother’s Day!
http://www.mommybytes.com Angela at mommy bytes

Nice to meet you!! I love podcasts as well, but most of the parenting ones fell off the playlist because I get enough parenting at home. Mostly I listen to NPR and a some comedy/variety shows. I’ll check out your list too. Thanks for visiting at Mommyfest!
http://shawnsbidness.com/blog Connie

Great looking blog. I’ll be sure to come back for a longer visit. Happy to meet you. Off to party some more. Hope you’ll join in my party too.

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