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Take One Minute and Do Something Meaningful!

November 5, 2008 By

Beginning November 7th, McDonald’s will not only be putting Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa toys into Happy Meals, they will also be launching “One Minute to Move It” — a global children’s well-being program designed to encourage kids to see what a difference a minute can make. It is all about inspiring kids to take one minute and make it even more meaningful. The Mom Salon asked, what can your family do in one minute that makes a difference?

My son Nathan and I sat and talked about it for a minute, and we came up with something pretty terrific. See, our next-door neighbor Steve is blind. And his Mother lives in the house on the other side of us, so he regularly walks down the sidewalk between his house and hers. Our idea for a meaningful minute is to spend a minute sweeping leaves off his sidewalk, or shoveling snow or sprinkling a little salt on ice, anything we can do to make it safer for him to walk down the sidewalk. Plus, the act of sweeping or shoveling is a minute of physical activity, and any time we can get off the couch and move, even for just a minute, that’s definitely a good thing!

Starting this Friday, visit http://www.happymeal.com/ to find suggestions for online and offline activities, track your family’s “minutes moved”, and enter special codes found on McDonald’s lowfat Milk Jugs and Apple Dippers to enrich the activities on the site. The site also features an inspirational 30-second video with Olympian Shawn Johnson, which airs this weekend through November 16 on Nickelodeon, Nick.com and Nicktoons. Visit happymeal.com next week to see the video. And ask your family, what can you do in a minute that is meaningful?

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We’re Going To The Circus!

September 20, 2008 By

Me, to my husband: “I’m so excited for the kids and you to be going to your first circus.”
My husband, to me: “How will it be any different than a normal day at our house?”

haha, he’s a funny guy. People, we are going to the CIRCUS tonight!! Thanks to the beautiful, wonderful, amazing ladies at MomCentral, our family is going to the Ringling Bros. Circus show at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids tonight! Not only have my kids never been to a circus, but neither has my husband! I went to the Barnum and Bailey circus when I was in elementary school, I can’t remember exactly what year, but I know we were living in Bloomfield Hills and we went to the Pontiac Silverdome for the show. I remember elephants, and a lady standing up riding a horse.

For this MomCentral blog tour, we’re also spreading the word about a great deal on tickets to see the Ringling Bros. Circus. With Discount Code MCC, you’ll save 20% on $24, $19, and $13 tickets to the following shows in the following cities- check the Ringling website for information about the circus itself:

> Denver, CO – Oct. 2-13, 2008
> Boston, MA- Oct. 8-13 2008
> Cleveland, OH – Oct. 24 – Nov. 2
> Chicago, IL – Nov. 6 – 30, 2008
> St. Louis, MO – Nov. 6-9, 2008
> Auburn Hills, MI – Nov. 12 – 16, 2008
> Highland Heights, KY – Feb 27 – Mar. 1, 2009
> Cincinnati, OH – Mar. 4 – 8, 2009

Feel free to share the MCC 20% off Discount code around with friends and family near those cities. They can order tickets online at www.ringling.com and use the Discount code at checkout. What a great deal! I had no idea that tickets to the circus were so reasonable. I can’t wait to see my kids’ reactions to the show! The one we are going to is called “Bellobration”, it’s a celebration of a Ringling clown named Bello. From the photos on the website, it looks like quite a show! I’ll be posting a recap and some photos if I’m allowed to take any while we are there.

And if a discount code isn’t awesome enough, the Ringling Bros. Circus has a wonderful program called Baby’s First Circus for children under 12 months old. You fill out a registration form and in return, are mailed a Free Ticket Voucher that is good for a free ticket to any Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey performance, anytime, anywhere. No expiration date! See the link for eligibility requirements.

What about you? Have you been to the circus? Looking at that list of tour dates, do you think you will go?

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Super-huge Suave giveaway, five winners get six products each!!

June 27, 2008 By

This giveaway is closed, congratulations to the five winners chosen by random.org:

SUAVE WINNERS

129 Stephanie Jackson Mississippi Songbird
36 Susan Varney
167 Beverly Paquin
18 Anna! Beth & Cory’s Mom
21 Kim What’s That Smell?

You will be receiving an email from me requesting your mailing address so the excellent prize pack can be mailed out to you. Congratulations!

A super big thank you to Rebecca from Weber Shandwick, one of the PR firms that really understands how to approach bloggers, for sponsoring this wicked awesome giveaway. Not only did Rebecca approach me about giving products away to my readers, she also sent me a huge box of Suave products including some of the brand new products for 2008. I’ve been using Suave products for years, because Suave does such a great job of making their products look, feel, smell, and work like they should be so much more expensive! If you’ve never tried a Suave product, the next time you are buying something like shampoo, lotion, or deodorant, look to see if there’s a Suave version and try it. I bet you’ll find it is just as good but costs much less!

You can win a terrific prize pack with six Suave products to use! Here is what the five winners of this giveaway will receive:

For Hair:
Suave Professionals Extreme Strength Shampoo, Conditioner and Daily Leave-In Treatment

For Skin:
Suave Professionals Daily Exfoliating Body Wash

For Kids:
Suave Kids 2 in 1 Swim and Sport Shampoo
Suave 24-Hour Protection Deodorant in Tropical Paradise

People, this is a seriously awesome giveaway! All you need to do to enter is leave a comment on this post with your real first name or blog alias and a valid email address. Open to U.S. only, one entry per person, enter by July 11th at 9:00 AM EST when I will choose the five winners at random. Winners are contacted by email for their mailing addresses, products will be shipped directly by Weber Shandwick, all information is kept strictly confidential.

Everyone needs shampoo, body wash, and deodorant, so tell your friends! Mention the giveaway on your blog or website, email your friends, submit it to digg or delicious or kirtsy or stumble! I’ll give you an extra entry in the giveaway and a big virtual smooch :) Just let me know in your comment which one you did. Good luck everybody!

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