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Im Your Bus Book Review and Gymboree Giveaway

August 4, 2009 by Jennifer 49 Comments

School is about to start here in our neck of the woods. Both of my girls are going to school this year and I am mixed with all kinds of emotions. To help my youngest with this whole new school routine, we were sent the book I’m Your Bus by Marilyn Singer.

L my youngest was very intrigued with the illustration in the book. The book gets you ready for a rip-roaring, rhyming ride that celebrates all things drivin’ with a special spotlight on a kid’s four-wheeled best buddy–his school bus! When you’re a kid, your school bus can be your very best friend. Morning, noon, and nighttime, too, that golden buddy is at your service. Ready to drive you and your friends to and from school!

I definitely recommend it for the 4 to 7 age group of children just entering into the all new elementary school world. I have two excerpts from the book so you can see for yourself too 🙂

If you would like to purchase this book for the special child in your life, just go here :). Also, to help you get excited about “Back to School” we are offering some giveaways!

One (1) Grand Prize winner receives a Back to School Prize Pack including:

* $50 Gymboree Gift Card
* Copy of I’m Your Bus Picture Book

Three (3) runner-up winners receive a copy of the new book

* I’m Your Bus Picture Book

All you need to do is leave us a comment below on how you would use this giveaway. To have extra entries in the contest:

1) Tweet about this contest
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3) Post on Facebook

Make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. This contest will close August 18, 2009 at 11:59pm EST. I will announce the winner on Saturday! The winners will be picked randomly.

Online Poster Printing Canvas Print Giveaway

July 31, 2009 by Jennifer 16 Comments

Can you believe summer is half way through? For us here in the mountains, it means School is starting back. Also, only two and half more months and we will probably start getting our first snows of the season. This has been a super busy summer for us and there is one picture that started us out this Summer, that I want etched in my mind forever. What better way, than to have it printed on canvas so I can see it everyday in my living room.

They truly melt my hearts and I am so proud of them.

About Online Poster Printing
Online Poster Printing specializes in printing high-quality posters using premium materials. We offer a money back guarantee on all our products, such as photo canvas prints, vinyl banners, wall stickers, and rolled or mounted poster prints.

Online Poster Printing has offered to print this on canvas for us and would like to offer one of you the chance to do the same for your favorite summer picture.

All you need to do is leave us a comment below on what summer picture you would have printed. To have extra entries in the contest:

1) Tweet about this contest
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3) Post on Facebook

Make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. This contest will close August 7, 2009 at 11:59pm EST. I will announce the winner on Saturday!

Congrats to Comment #1 for being randomly selected using Random.org as our winner. Look for your email Megan.

Kick the Summer I Am Bored Comments

July 17, 2009 by Jennifer 10 Comments

So we are into July now of Summer vacation! The first couple of weeks was fun, games, and just all excited about being on summer vacation right? Then comes the “Mommy, I’m bored”, “Mommy, I need something to do”, or “Mommy, I don’t want to play that again.

We were contacted about the Summer Bridge Activities books.

My oldest M, has had a very busy summer, but she is really missing school. She definitely takes after her mom as being a book worm. She was very sad school was letting out for so long over the summer. When I showed her this book, she immediately jumped up and down. She said “Mommy, this is my very own homework for summer?” Yes, my dear! There is a page for everyday or you can even do two or more pages a day. M and I have had a really great time working on this book together. It is preparing her for the first grade with reading, writing, math, and language skills. When she completes a day all on her own, she gets the biggest smile on her face. I really think this is going to push her confidence and self-esteem levels even higher for this next school year.

Also, there are awards in the book you can give your child for their accomplishments. Any child loves awards and I have been pairing them up with my own. We have been doing TCBY days on Wednesday for her very own special reward for doing a great job.

I really love how this workbook let’s them still have a great summer vacation from all the school work, but it is just enough to keep their wheels turning in their mind so they don’t completely forget about all the skills they have learned.

I am going to give away a Summer Bridge Activities Book to one of my fellow readers. Just let me know in the comments below of what Summer Activity you all have been doing to keep the “I am bored” comments away. I will run this giveaway till Sunday night July 19, 11:59pm EST. So you can get your book next week to get started. You will be able to pick any grade.

Thomas and Friends Live on Stage

July 6, 2009 by Jennifer 16 Comments

We have had an extremely busy summer and I am going to write a post each week of our busy time. First up.. thanks to Mom Central, we were given the chance to go see Thomas and Friends Live on Stage when they were near our town recently.

The girls had a total blast along with my BFF’s adorable cutie baby boy. The show was really interactive and captivated the children’s attention throughout the whole show. They did divide the show up into two 45 minute increments just to allow the kids a time to take a break and get up and get all the jiggles out :).

It was a really cute show and showed when one person (Thomas) makes a mistake, how everyone can work together to create the best possible outcome. It really focused on friendships and cooperation with others. A great moral lesson for all the children. Here are some picts of our morning out with Thomas:

To sum up our great trip… I would like to offer one of my readers a Thomas the Train T-Shirt. The size is 4t!

If you or you know of someone that would love this, leave me a comment below. Twitter this giveaway and subscribe to our feed to get extra entries. Leave a new comment for each entry!!

TurboTax Giveaway

March 18, 2009 by Jennifer 14 Comments

Winter is almost done…how about your taxes? With the first day of spring coming this Friday, there are only a few more days of winter left, and you know what that means. April 15th is right around the corner.

TurboTax wants to help you get the biggest refund possible. You know how the economy is right now and everyone can use a big refund to get them through this time. TurboTax will help you maximize your refund with their software that includes all the possible deductions one can take.

It is easy and simple process that helps walk you through each step.

TurboTax is offering you the chance to win TurboTax for FREE! We have two web cards with a prepaid access code (includes one free federal + state preparation +e-files) for TurboTax Deluxe Online (Approx an $65 each).

To Enter: Just leave a comment below on what you and your family are going to do in these last days of winter.

For Extra Entries:

1) Tweet this contest and leave a comment letting me know.
2) Subscribe to our feed and leave another comment letting me know.

I will leave this contest open until March 22nd 11:59pm EST so we can hurry and get your web cards mailed out to you.

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