Make the Holidays Perfect for the Ultimate Harry Potter Fan!
We did a Similar Contest not long ago…and response was tremendous!
NEW FROM J.K. ROWLING!
The Tales of Beedle the Bard features five classic-wizarding tales written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling. A must have for every Harry Potter Fan! Available December 4, 2008!
This purchase also represents another very important form of giving: From every sale of this book, Scholastic will give its net proceeds to The Children’s High Level Group, a charity co-founded in 2005 by J. K. Rowling and Emma Nicholson MEP to make life better for vulnerable children.
One (1) Grand Prize
Complete Hard Cover Box Set Books #1 - #7 (THIS IS AMAZING!!!!)
Copy of THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
Four ( 4 ) Runners Up
Copy of THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD
Post here and tell us why you deserve to win~
Contest Runs until December 15th. Good luck and Thanks for entering!
ExtraordinaryMommy.com is not responsible for prizes that are shipped from outside vendors or sponsors. All entries will be pooled together and five (5) winners will be drawn at random. The winners will have two calendar days to reply via email. Unclaimed prizes will be placed for availability to newly chosen winners after that time. Contest is open to all U.S. residents only, must be at least 18 years old to enter. One entry per person, entries accepted through December 15th, 2008 ending at exactly 12:00 midnight EST .
Fantastic Christmas Presents for your Kids!
A special Christmas DVD set could be under your tree.
Five (5) Lucky Winners will receive a CHRISTMAS DVD BUNDLE filled with the following titles:
The Happy Elf
Santa Claus the Movie
Eloise ‘Little Miss Christmas’
Thomas & Friends ‘Ultimate Christmas’
Give your child the ultimate Christmas gift with this collection of holiday favorites – Thomas & Friends: Ultimate Christmas, The Happy Elf, Santa Claus: The Movie and Eloise: Little Miss Christmas.
In Thomas & Friends: Ultimate Christmas , you’ll experience first hand the joy and magic the holiday season brings to Thomas and his friends.
Santa Claus: The Movie is the delightful story of Santa’s greatest adventure of all – to save Christmas for the children of the world!
In Eloise: Little Miss Christmas , it’s almost Christmas Eve for Eloise, the Plaza’s most famous six-year old. Don’t miss the fun when she and her friends decide to put on a holiday show like no other!
Kids will love The Happy Elf, narrated by Harry Connick, Jr. It’s the fun-filled story of Eubie, the happy little elf out to save Christmas!
Enter by posting on this blog. Tell us why this Special set would be an ideal gift for your family.
Contest Runs until December 15th. Good luck and Thanks for entering!
ExtraordinaryMommy.com is not responsible for prizes that are shipped from outside vendors or sponsors. All entries will be pooled together and five (5) winners will be drawn at random. The winners will have two calendar days to reply via email. Unclaimed prizes will be placed for availability to newly chosen winners after that time. Contest is open to all U.S. residents only, must be at least 18 years old to enter. One entry per person, entries accepted through December 15th, 2008 ending at exactly 12:00 midnight EST .
If you are wanting to feel insignificant in your child’s life…let them in on the secret that ’someone’ is coming for a visit today.
For us…it was PaPa. From the moment I mentioned it, I may as well have melted into a big puddle of nothingness in the middle of the kitchen floor. (unless I was required to answer the repetitive: “When is PaPa coming?” and “Why is he so late?”) (he wasn’t, but to a little one….minutes = hours).
And good heavens - when PaPa did arrive - he received nothing short of a Rock Star greeting: yelling, screaming, tackling. Have I mentioned that PaPa lives only a few minutes away and usually sees the kids once a week or, at worst, every 14 days?
But still…PaPa is coming = Mommy, are you leaving yet???
And I did get some beautiful, peaceful, kid free time to focus.
Because I have recently reconnected with so many high school friends (yes, I might have a slight addiction to Facebook) I felt compelled to share this picture.
This was our Senior Prom. It may be hard, but DO NOT be jealous of my turqoise dress…or my friend Shellee’s ruffled sleeves.
We looked hot that night…(if looking 14 can be considered hot) and that is all that matters. (until, of course, my husband sees these pictures and can’t stop laughing)
What? I don’t understand…what is unfashionable about our attire. I know you can’t see my gloves, but, never fear….I have them on.
It could be the fighting. It could be they are closer to me than my shadow at all times. In could be repetition: “Mommy, can I have a piece of candy?” - “Of course….as soon as you finish your lunch.” followed by, “Mommy, can I have a piece of candy? Mommy, can I have a piece of candy?” Over and over again.
It could be that I am fairly certain only the neighborhood dogs can hear me when I speak - since clearly my children can’t hear me. It could be the sick-fever-sick-cough stuff that is already beginning and we’ve barely scratched the surface of cold weather (I do recognize this isn’t their fault, per se). It could be that the little one has chosen to color on my walls with marker.
Whatever the reason, I find myself a little impatient with them.
But, if I watch carefully, there will ALWAYS be a silver lining:
She is learning to read and spell. She sounded it out….spelled MOM and was so proud.
While watching the Today Show this morning, Al Roker was showing us the amazing landscape of Iceland.
So, I’m thinking….as Al says that it is 42 degrees in ICELAND, that maybe, just maybe, it shouldn’t be COLDER than that here in the Midwest. Right? Low 30’s, wind chill in the 20’s where I am.
I mean, they actually say ICE in their country name…that implies frigid, no? Yet, Midwest almost has a balmy ring to it….and yet…. I remind you, 42 in ICE-LAND today. Low 30’s in the Midwest.
I don’t know if you love monogrammed stuff like I do..but there is a certain MonogramChick that I love to visit. I wish I could order from her weekly…
But I thought you might like to know…she is celebrating her 100th post with a fantastic little contest. Stop by, enter…and if you do…tell her ExtraordinaryMommy sent you
I love knowing my daughter is learning at school. I love being surprised when she breaks into song..or in this case, recites a beautiful Bible verse. I imagine her little voice is much what I would hear if an angel were to speak to me….
So….maybe I’m a little cautious…I follow the ’sick rules’ at Delaney’s school. She has to be fever free for 24 hours before she heads back to class.
So….at 101 degrees last night, I knew she was destined to stay with me today. She cried when I told her she couldn’t go to school. Yes, you read that right. She cried because she COULDN’T go to school. Impressed. I was.
However, when she wakes up this morning - fever free and sassy as always, I wonder. Do you think she can magically raise her own body temperature at will? Just to keep me guessing? I bet she would do it if she could.
I digress. She is acting fine. Coop, runny nose and all, is fine enough to participate in the fights that have broken out this morning. It is noon. I have made pancakes with sprinkles for breakfast and grilled cheese and strawberries for lunch. We have colored, we have had a visit from Parents As Teachers to assess Coop’s development (and she was too nice to comment on the fact that we were all still in PJs), we have played Play-Doh - a disaster if ever there was one. We have read books, played school, practiced our letter writing and made animal masks. I have changed multiple diapers and wiped too many runny noses (including my own).
And yet, it is still only noon.
Sick days are supposed to including resting, laying around, true laziness, right? Notsomuch in my house.
But I’d really like to rest…just a little. Do you think taking a direct hit on the nose (twice) from your son’s big noggin can make you predisposed to a sinus infection? In my mind’s eye, the hits caused a flow of blood equal to nothing I have experienced..and left me with 2 black eyes. At least then my pain would be visible to my family..and maybe they would be a bit more gentle with me. But no. No blood. No black eyes. Just face pain. And sick kids.
