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Contests and monthly group writing projects from MamaBlogga: mom’s search for meaning.

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Thanksgiving Point GIVEAWAY

Our grand finale of giveaways is a full year family membership to Thanksgiving Point, a $175 value!

Thanksgiving Point is . . . man, I don’t know how to describe it. They have a kids’ dinosaur museum with an IMAX theater. They have a regular movie theater. They have a barnyard. They have shopping. They have restaurants. They have gardens. They have cooking classes. They have places for conferences and conventions and dinners and weddings.

Hayden and Rebecca enjoyed the light and rainbows exhibit at the museum in August (it’s dark in the room, and this was a cell phone camera):

Thanksgiving Point generously invited me along with a bunch of other bloggers in Utah to a holiday preview. We got to taste some amazing shrimp nachos and butternut squash soup with pepitas (and curry and ginger). Both were fantastic!

Then they showed us some inexpensive neighbor gifts: forced bulbs. We put pea gravel in the bottom of a used tin can, then potting soil to about 1″ from the top. We took paperwhite bulbs and put them basically on top of the soil, then tucked sphagnum (peat) moss around them. Then we decorated the cans with a burlap ribbon and floral embellishments. Neighbor gifts for <$2—and flowers in December!

As you can see, mine has grown well over the last two weeks (haven’t killed it yet!):

We also got to learn about how they stock their Emporium store for Christmas (which is a year-long endeavor) and stay on top of trends. We got to see their basement stock room, too.

Then we got to take a trolley ride through Thanksgiving Point’s holiday lights (with hot chocolate!). I really liked the lights, and the nativity paintings at the end. I think my kids would be completely enthralled. (You can take trolley [or wagon or carriage] rides or drive through with your own car.)

Thanksgiving Point members can get into the holiday lights display for half off—and a whole lot of other stuff:

  • Free Admission to Thanksgiving Point Gardens, Museum of Ancient Life and Farm Country
  • 10% Discount on Retail & Food Property Wide
  • Monthly Thanksgiving Point Gazette
  • E-Mail Blast
  • Personalized Membership Card
  • 50% off Admissions for accompanied guests
  • Early Admission to Thanksgiving Point Gardens
  • Mammoth Screen Movies $5 per person/per movie

And now you can get all that for a year, for free!

How to enter
There are several ways to enter:

  • Leave a comment on this post
  • Comment on another post from this week
  • Subscribe to my blog! In the feed, there’s a secret code with instructions at the bottom of this post
  • Tweet about this contest (post the direct link to your tweet in the comments; only one tweet per day will count)
  • Post about this contest on Facebook (post the direct link to your tweet in the comments; only one post per day will count)

Do any/all of the above through Friday, December 17.

How to win
One winner will be selected at random on Saturday, December 18 and posted on this blog.

Thanksgiving Point also gave me a free full year membership. Thank you, Thanksgiving Point!

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Winners!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Macy’s First Impressions and Kidz Bop Christmas Party giveaways! The lucky winners are:

Macy’s First Impressions:

Kidz Bop Christmas Party:

Email your mailing addresses to me at blog (at) mamablogga (dot) com and I’ll get these in the mail to you!

Stay tuned for one more GINORMOUS (local) giveaway!

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Christmas Music GIVEAWAY

I love listening to Christmas music during the holidays. The other day, I realized that I’d learned a lot of (secular) Christmas songs in school, and that my children probably won’t. I think my kids enjoy Christmas music (any music, really) more if they hear kids singing it. They’re more likely to learn and sing along, I think.

So today, we have up to three Christmas music CDs to give away! Win a copy of Kidz Bop Christmas Party!

The CD includes, among other Christmas favorites:

  • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
  • Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
  • Silver Bells
  • White Christmas
  • Winter Wonderland
  • And, according to the press release, “fun ‘Sounds of Christmas!’ music which provides ideal background for baking cookies, decorating the tree, wrapping presents or simply staying warm inside!” And I’m down with all that.

I’ll be receiving a review copy as well, and I’ll let you know what we think!

To win, all you have to do is comment on this post any time through Sunday, December 12. Winners will be chosen at random. Really want to win? Tweet about the contest or mention it on Facebook, and leave me a link in the comments so I can see it for another entry!

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Heber Valley Railroad North Pole Express DISCOUNT

Our next treat is a local one for Utahns. The Heber Valley Railroad runs a special Christmas ride in December called the North Pole Express—and you can ride for $5 off each ticket (and kids under 3 are free. If you want to skip hearing about our trip, here’s how to get the discount)!

We got to ride the train last night (for free, thank you, HVRR) and we had a great time!


Hayden’s excited


And Rebecca’s willingly smiling!

The interior of the train was decorated for Christmas with garlands, lights and ornaments. It was still a little light when we left, but we still got to enjoy some Christmas lights on houses on the trip.

And the HVRR worked hard to make the trip fun! In addition to Christmas jokes and songs, they provided jingle bells, which I didn’t find nearly as annoying as I thought I would. Then they brought around cookies and (VERY) hot cocoa. I was sharing a seat with Rebecca, and she managed to drop her cookie, her bell, my bell and her cocoa (and that one got in my lap, too 😀 ).

We also had some special visitors: Mrs. Claus came in on the way there, and the conductor came in on the way back. But most importantly, when we reached our destination, we picked up some bearded homeless man Santa Claus! (Who did not at all look homeless, I’m just being a goof.)


Hayden meeting Santa. At my suggestion, he asked for a bike


Rebecca meeting Santa. He’s giving her a wooden top.

The ride is almost 45 minutes each way, plus some time to move the engine from one end of the train to the other. (And you don’t get out while they’re doing this; you’re in the train the whole time.)

I was surprised at 1.) how fun this really was, and 2.) how well it went for my kids (I thought they’d get bored or scared of the train or Santa). I think Rebecca’s favorite part was getting her “sea legs” by walking between our seats.

Sitting right behind us was a person that looked really familiar—in fact, she looked like someone I tweeted with a lot when we were working on NaNoWriMo. So I just asked her—and it was Debbie of Cranberry Fries (She has lots more pictures of the train here, too.)

If you want to go
Get a discount! For $5 off coach tickets on December 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16, call the train directly at 435-654-5601 and ask for the “Utah Blogger” discount. Be prepared to tell the train of the name the blog that referred you—it’s MamaBlogga 😉 .

And if you want more information about the train, the North Pole Express site is here.

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Macy’s First Impressions GIVEAWAY

I’m kicking off a set of awesome giveaways and deals this week with some very cute clothes from Macy’s. Despite the expression on her face, Rebecca looks adorable in the dress that came with our set:

This dress comes from Macy’s Satin Hanger collection. The other sets, including boys’ suits, are adorable, too!

We also received a cute layette set which is still a little big for Rachel, and a very soft teddy bear, which Rachel likes eating playing with.

I like that, aside from the “plastic tags, packaging, and cords,” the bear’s not a choking hazard. Baby safe toys FTW!

I have FIVE gift sets valued at $50 to give away. They include an 18mo-size outfit from the Satin Hanger collection (Rebecca is wearing ours above; she’s on the small side for a two year old), a 6-9mo layette set (onesie, pants, sleeper and bib), and a stuffed animal.
To enter:
Comment here by Sunday, December 12! For a second entry, post about the giveaway on Twitter or Facebook, and leave a link to the post in the comment thread (limit: two entries total and one gift set per person). The winners will be drawn at random from the comments.

Winners will be notified and announced Monday, December 13.

(We received this gift set for free from Macy’s. You can, too!)

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Fulfillment Contests

Final week for GWP!

It’s the last week to enter the Group Writing Project!

Remember, to enter, all you have to do is blog or post about Feeling Fulfilled Fridays by doing any one of these things:

  • A blog post on things that make you feel accomplished (especially as a mother)
  • Your full “feeling accomplished” list
  • A Feeling Fulfilled Friday report
  • Spread the word about FFF or the GWP on Twitter, Facebook or another social network (your privacy settings must be such that I can see the post so I can count it!)

Each post is an entry into the random drawing for the prize—but you must use the form to submit each entry (it’s too easy for me to miss them otherwise!).

That’s right, you can have multiple entries!

The Prize
A $30 Amazon gift card.

(If we get a lot of entries, I’ll give away more than one gift card!)

So hurry and enter!