Yummy Yummy Wiggles Ticket Giveaway!

June 12, 2012 By 19 Comments

The Wiggles have a special place in my heart.   I was sad to learn that after 21 years of performing together, Red Wiggle Murray Cook, Yellow Wiggle Greg Page and Purple Wiggle Jeff Fatt have decided to stop performing with the group.  This year’s summer tour will be the last opportunity for families in LA to see the four original Wiggles on stage together.

There are only two shows here in LA – at The Wiltern on Sunday, July 15th – 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM.

Ticket Giveaway:

I have four tickets to giveaway for the LA show on the 15th at 11:30 am.  Woo hoo!

The Rules:

To enter to win, please leave a comment here within the blog about why you want to win the four tickets.

If you’d like get an extra entry, Tweet this message:  I just entered to win @MBMomBlogger @TheWiggles ticket giveaway and you should too: http://wp.me/p1rGlf-LC.  For each Tweet, you’ll get one extra entry.

Winners will be chosen using Random.org on Wednesday, June 27th at 5:00.

Good luck!!!

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Peppa Pig Free Movie Tickets and Prize Pack Giveaway!

April 20, 2012 By 18 Comments

Kidtoons, which distributes family-friendly animated movies in theaters on weekends, wants to introduce LA families to a big-screen experience with characters kids love and prices that parents appreciate.  Throughout the month of April, Kidtoons will be screening stories from one of the world’s most beloved pigs – Peppa Pig.

Peppa is a loveable, cheeky little piggy who lives with her little brother George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig. Peppa’s favourite things include playing games, dressing up, days out and jumping in muddy puddles. Her adventures always end happily with loud snorts of laughter.

The Peppa Pig films can be seen here:

The Rave – Howard Hughes Center: Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 a.m
UltraLuxe Anaheim 14 : Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Muvico –Thousand Oaks 14: Saturdays and Sundays at 11:45 a.m.

Download one free children’s movie ticket here to see Peppa the Pig!

Thanks to the generosity of Kidtoon Films, I have a Peppa Pig prize pack to giveaway, filled with exclusive merchandise only available in the UK!

Prize Pack includes:

Peppa Pig Official Magazine – one copy

Peppa Pig Book – “Peppa’s First Sleepover”

Peppa Pig Colouring Set

Peppa Pig Beanie Babie (adorable!)

Peppa Pig “Muddy Puddles” DVD

Peppa Pig Family Print in a Matte Frame (love this!)

If you’d like to win this wonderful prize packet, please do the following:

Tweet this message:  @MBMomBlogger is giving away @PeppaPigLive Prize Pack, and movie tickets! You should enter too: http://wp.me/p1rGlf-Kf

Then, leave a comment here on the blog about why you want to win?  Don’t you just love Peppa?  Who’s the Peppa fan in your household?

One random winner (woo-hoo) will be chosen on Sunday morning, April 22nd at 10:00 am.  We’ll use Random.org to pick the lucky winner.

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Snoopy!

February 7, 2012 By 13 Comments

Celebrate Valentine’s Day, PEANUTS-style!

First, ‘Like’ Snoopy on Facebook  then share your favorite PEANUTS love story with me here, by commenting on the blog.

Once you do that, you will have the opportunity to win this special Valentine-themed prize package.  There will be two winners picked on Wednesday, tomorrow evening, at 5:00 pm PST, using Random.org.

Then,  join us tomorrow, Wednesday,  February 8 at 9:00PM EST/6:00PM PST for a #snoopyvalentine Twitter party co-hosted by Snoopy and Charlie Brown’s favorite little red-haired girl, singer-actress Ariana Grande, star of Nickelodeon’s “Victorious.”  (My kids are going to be so excited! “Victorious” is their favorite show!)

The prize package includes:

•             “A Charlie Brown Valentine” DVD from Warner Home Video
•             Dancin’ cupid Snoopy from Hallmark
•             Be My Valentine Book from Running Press
•             Be My Valentine Sticker Book from Running Press
•             Whitman’s chocolates

Good luck!

*Update – our two winners are…. Christina Simon & Guadalupe Corona!  Please email your addresses to:  dlagoldberg@mac.com and the PR firm will ship off your goodies lickety-split!

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A Charlie Brown Christmas Giveaway & Twitter Party

December 12, 2011 By 7 Comments

Happiness is a Charlie Brown Christmas! Which means there will be a lot of happiness in the home of the lucky winners of this holiday-themed PEANUTS package, featuring Warner Home Video’s all new DVD, entitled “Snow Days,” including the newly re-mastered classic TV special, “She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown” and Publications International’s fun-filled “Look and Find” version of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” book. Enter to win this package on my blog today by 10:00 pm PST. Then join me tomorrow for a Twitter party, co-hosted by Snoopy and Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Kyle Richards, to celebrate the launch of the adorable “A Charlie Brown Christmas” app—named Apple’s iPhone and iPad App of the Week!

How to enter the contest:  Leave a comment here by tonight at 10:00 pm PST.   For one extra entry, follow me on Twitter @MBMomBlogger and tweet the following message:  I entered the @MBMomBlogger Charlie Brown giveaway & Twitter party #CharlieBrownChristmas, you should too: http://wp.me/p1rGlf-yX

Twitter Party Details: Tuesday, 12/13 11:00AM to 1:00PM PST                                    Follow:  Hashtag #CharlieBrownChristmas

Hope to see you online tomorrow for the Twitter party!

* I was not compensated for this giveaway.

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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Giveaway

October 15, 2011 By 20 Comments

 

Happiness is… a Peanuts Halloween!

Can you believe that it’s been 45 years since Linus first sat patiently in the pumpkin patch awaiting a visit from the Great Pumpkin?  (Wow, I’m old!)

Halloween wouldn’t be the same without watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!  The Peanuts Gang always makes me smile.

I hope this giveaway makes you, smile, too!  Check this out:

The prize package features an adorable Snoopy sock puppet from Hallmark Gold Crown Stores: a DVD from Warner Home Video of the beloved TV special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; a men’s and kids tee from Logotel; two books from Publishing International; a mini-globe from Running Press; a coloring book and crayons from Dalmation Press; and assorted candy (not shown).

Woo hoo, right?  If you’d like to enter to win, leave a comment here and tell me which Peanuts character you love the most, and why. 

Me?  I’ll always have a thing for Snoopy & Woodstock.  Those two are a dynamic duo!

Winner will be chosen using Random.org on Saturday, October 22nd at 5 pm. 

Good luck!

* I was not compensated for this post.

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PBS Kids Sprout Gift Basket Giveaway

August 23, 2011 By 32 Comments

I’m going to get back to writing this week.  Did you know I let my son jump off a 25 foot cliff?  I did.  Begrudgingly.  I’ve been called overprotective in the past, especially by people who commented on this post:  Never Second Guess Your Gut Instinct.   It seems there comes a time when you a parent that you must let go, literally.

Before that post is published, I’m hosting one more fun giveaway, thanks to Sprout!  I really enjoy writing about quality children’s television, so I stopped by the PBS Kids Sprout booth at BlogHer 2011.  They were giving away this cool basket full of Sprout goodies and I won!

It contains:

*  2 Sprout plates, one featuring Rick, Patty and Curtis E. Owl                                                  from The Sprout Sharing Show, & the other features Star, from The Good Night Show

* DVD:  Lend a Helping Hand:  Learn How Working Together is Fun                                    with Kelly and Chica from Sprout!

* Cookie Monster stuffed animal (adorable!)

* Chica Puppet

* Wags the Dog from the Wiggles stuffed animal

* The Good Night Show Puzzle

* Sprout Insulated Coffee Cup

* Sprout pencil & Sprout six-sided multi-color crayon

* Two Sprout Coloring & Activity Books

* Two different Sprout Note Pads

If you’d like to enter to win, please do the following:

* Leave a comment here on this post.

* For an extra entry tweet this message:  I entered 2 win @MBMomBlogger @SproutTV Gift Basket Giveaway: http://bit.ly/qUHmsV  U should too!

* If you tweet the message, leave me a comment here noting that you sent the tweet for an extra entry.

* A winner will be chosen on Friday 8/26 at 5:00 pm pst using Random.org.   The winner will be notified via email.

* You must live within the continental US to enter to win this contest!

Good luck, and thanks for entering!

And, thanks for the people from PBS Kids Sprout for sending me the basket!

* I was not compensated for this post.

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Children’s Television: Everybody Loves Elmo! (Pt.2)

August 4, 2011 By 2 Comments

He’s red.  He’s furry.  He’s a loveable monster.  And that’s why we all love Elmo.  He’s an international icon, thanks to the man behind the monster, Kevin Clash.

I recently wrote about the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship Fund, which celebrates Mister Rogers positive influence on children’s media.  That tradition continues today, thanks to PBS Kids, and the many amazing programs that the networks produces.

Kevin Clash’s life as the man behind Elmo is captured in a new documentary titled Being Elmo:  A Puppeteers Journey.  Directed by Constance Marks, the film will premiere on Independant Lens in April of 2012.

During the press tour, Kevin brought out Elmo so the journalists and bloggers could take pictures with the pair.  Below, Elmo held on to a pregnant woman’s belly and exclaimed “See you soon!”

Clash is an Emmy Award winning master puppeteer who has given life to Elmo and many other Sesame Street characters.  It was amazing (and chilling, in a good way) to watch him “be” Elmo.

Kevin Clash is a gentle and sweet man and you can clearly see his personality reflected in Elmo.  At the end of a question and answer session, Elmo sang us a song.

And, finally, Elmo created a special message for my children, Nathan and Ryann.  For one day, I was the perfect mom in my home thanks to Elmo!

* I was not compensated for this post.

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Children’s Television: The Legacy of Mister Rogers, Pt. 1

August 3, 2011 By 2 Comments

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”
— Fred Rogers

Sunday was all about children’s television for our family.  We were invited to attend an event at the Television Academy Foundation honoring four recipients of the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship.  The scholarship is a tribute to the legacy of Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers Neighborhood), and celebrates his positive influence on children’s media.

I grew up watching Mister Rogers, and so did my kids.  We often watched the show in reruns during lazy rainy days at home.  Mister Rogers laid the ground work for shows like the “Electric Company” and “Sesame Street.”  (More about Sesame Street in part two of this post!)

Ernst & Young finances the scholarship fund, which is incredibly generous of them.

Fred Roger’s widow, Joanne, was on hand to present the awards to the winners.

She is as lovely as you’d expect someone to be who was married to Mister Rogers!

Remember this guy?

David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely on the Mister Roger’s show, hosted the event.

Allison Ashley Arm ("So Random," Disney Channel), Kelsey Chow ("Pair of Kings," Disney XD), Bradley Steven Perry ("Good Luck Charlie," Disney Channel), Ryan Ochoa ("Pair of Kings," Disney XD)

Four Disney stars were also there to present the awards to the winners:  Seth Ring, Montana State University; Daniel Flannery, Tufts University; Christina Farrell, NYU; Aubry Alvarez, Northwestern University.

Congratulations to the winners.  I expect big things from you in the future!

In part 2 of this post, I’m going to give you an insiders look at the genius behind everyone’s favorite red monster:  ELMO!

(I was not compensated for this post.  I was invited to attend the event with my children and we were treated to ice cream & cookies!)

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