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Rafflecopter Giveaway: Winners Choice from Rock ‘N Learn!!

Rock ‘N Learn – Rocks our Socks!

About a month ago, our family got the chance to review the new “Sight Words” DVD from Rock ‘N Learn. I was super excited to share it with the kids- The youngest little guy in my house just started Kindergarten, and is really struggling. I figured that this had the potential to be a BIG help!

A little about Sight Words:

Sight words are the most popular words in the English language- words like come and go, in and out, up and down, and you and me. The idea is that kids should learn to recognize these words on sight – helping to build a great base for their beginning reading skills!

The DVD is from the great people at RockNLearn.com– where you can find tons of other great DVD Videos, Audio CDs and iPad apps to “Capture Kids’ Attention and Get Results.”

I’d read great things about them, but this is the first time we’ve gotten to experience it for ourselves. I’m very happy to tell you- this video totally lived up to the positive reviews that I’ve read!

See it in action:

The Reaction in My House:

Abby: Abby is 14 month months, which is a bit too young for this video {it’s meant for Pre-K and up}- but she LOVES her Baby Signing Time videos, so I thought she might like these too. I was SO right! She giggles and claps, and dances along to the songs. It’s never too early to start learning to recognize words, right?
Little Guy: He’s the perfect age for this, and since he’s struggling with school so far, I was really hoping he’d like these. He was totally engaged with the video the whole time! And, even after a month of watching this a few times a week- he still loves it! He says, “Reading is ROCK AND ROLL!!” {Translation- his dad is in a rock band. He thinks that rock music is the coolest thing ever. So, if he says that something is rock and roll, that’s his highest compliment.} He seems to be really starting to grasp the words and their meanings, and is getting better with his skills when doing schoolwork too. So grateful that Rock ‘N Learn contacted us to try this out!
Big Guy: The older little guy in my house is 8, and is starting to become “too cool” for some of the things that interest his brother- making it a challenge to keep them both entertained. But- he really enjoys this video too! He is a really advanced reader, so he doesn’t really need to learn these sight words- he knows them. But he gets a big kick out of helping his brother learn them- and I think it really helps reinforce the meanings of words that he already knows. I love the way the words are taught in context- the character goes up when showing the word UP, then back down to show the word DOWN.
Me: These don’t drive me crazy, like many kids video’s do – which means that I love them! They’re really cute, the songs are catchy, and the educational value of them is very obvious. They keep all three kids entertained and engaged after school, they’re teaching the kids some wonderful reading skills, and they’re totally pleasant to listen to- I give Rock ‘N Learn – Sight Words a rating of 5 Suns out of 5!! {Remember, I don’t do “star” ratings, I do suns :)}

You can purchase your own copy of Sight Words on Rock ‘N Learn for $19.99. And bonus- use this special coupon code- JQ7711 – at check out, to save an additional 25% off of any purchase at Rock ‘N Learn!!

Win It!

One lucky Sunshine and Sippy CupsA fan is going to WIN their choice of DVD or CD from Rock ‘N Learn!! Use the easy peasy Rafflecopter form to enter to win! Good luck!!

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Swag Code Extravaganza – Coming Monday! Get Free Codes Here!!

BIG Swag Bucks Event Coming Soon…

This Monday is the newest Swag Bucks Extravaganza! What does that mean? It means that SEVEN different codes all throughout the day, and a total of 60 Swag Bucks in codes being given out!!

Not using SwagBucks yet to earn FREE stuff like Amazon Gift Cards, PayPal cash, or other great prizes? Sign Up Today!!

What is SwagBucks?

SwagBucks is a super fun way to earn free stuff. Seriously, it is one of the EASIEST ways I’ve ever found to earn freebies – use the toolbar to search instead of using Google or Yahoo, and you randomly earn “SwagBucks” for your searches. That’s just about the only thing I do, and I earn enough points for at least one new $5 Amazon Gift Card every single week. I earn that totally free for searches I’d be doing anyway!!

You can really boost your points and get free stuff quicker by doing surveys, games, shopping, and more – there are loads of ways to earn!

Sign Up Today and Get a BONUS!!

Use the sign up code BIGTIMEBUCKS – it’s worth and additional 70 Swag Bucks!! – meaning that you’ll get to start your account with 100 points instead of the usual 30. It only takes 450 points for your first Amazon Gift Card! So this is a HUGE reason to finally get started if you haven’t already!

Use Code BIGTIMEBUCKS when you sign up for Swagbucks today for BONUS points!!

Stay tuned on Monday for the Swag Bucks Extravaganza — I’ll share more tips when it starts! Feel free to use the share buttons to post this to your own Facebook and Twitter, to pass the bonus code onto your friends too!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on September 30, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

HUGE Event Ends Tonight – Win a Mommy Goodie Bag – Over $100 Value!! #giveaway #mom #baby

Have you entered to WIN yet?

One lucky winner is going to get a Mommy Goodie Bag STUFFED FULL of great prizes- you can see some of it here, but there’s MUCH more that didn’t fit in the photo!

This goodie bag has a value of over $200!!! The coupons included are worth almost $100 in savings- plus…

Some of the other GREAT GOODIES included:

Full size make-up set from Sephora- one of my favorites!
Green products for your home!
Tons of deluxe-size samples of natural and organic baby products!
Bunches of great make-up, fragrance, and beauty samples for mom!
A $50 Visa Gift Card!!!!

Amazing right?

Enter to WIN a Mommy Goodie Bag – including a $50 Visa Gift Card today!!!

Get your entries in right away- this HUGE giveaway event ends tonight at midnight!!!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on September 30, 2011 Filed Under: Giveaways, Contests, Freebies | No Comments

The Most Adorable Argument of All Time….

How cute is this??

I love it, absolutely love it. I like when she loses track of the argument, and switches to no. Then he gets mad- “I said no first!” And I love when she brings age into the whole thing… “I’m FOUR. You’re NOT four.”

I’ve had one heck of a bad day – and this totally cracked me up and brightened my mood, so I figured I should share. I found it on a new Facebook friends page, Angies Angel Help Network– Feel free to use my share buttons to post it on your wall too!

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on September 28, 2011 Filed Under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Enter to Win a $175 Visa Gift Card! #Rafflecopter #Giveaway

Enter to Win!

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I don’t know about you, but I am loving the idea of earning extra money each month just by making my purchases online and sharing this great site with my family and friends. Thank you to zuuzs for offering this $175 VISA Giftcard for us to share with one of our lucky followers. Let us know if you are one of the lucky ones that win the Shopping Spreestakes from zuuzs also!

*Just a note-With the new changes on Facebook, make sure to create a new List for all of the pages that you like. When you do this, all you have to do is click on the list that you make to see the posts from the pages you like. Make sure that you do this several times during the day in order not to miss any new giveaways, freebies, great deals, etc.

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on September 28, 2011 Filed Under: Shopping, Contests, Giveaways, Deals and Coupon Codes | 2 Comments

Rafflecopter Giveaway List – Enter to #Win!!

Enter to WIN in all of my Rafflecopter Giveaways Going on this week!

The first giveaway is for an adorable little Etsy Shop- Win a Gift Certificate for Gentry’s Closet- Custom Bows and Baby Accessories! These are some of the best quality hair clips that we’ve ever used- LOVE them!

I couldn’t get Abby to hold still for pictures, so I’ll try again later this week. I can’t wait for you to see these little clips being “modeled”– they’re just so darn cute!

If you have a daughter, grandbaby, niece, or heck- wear one yourself! – you have to enter this giveaway!

Another Giveaway-

Next up is your chance to Win a Fall Baking Prize Package from Betty Crocker and Gold Medal Flour!

You’ll get everything that you need to make some super amazing fall treats! {Plus read the post for a recipe to make your own DIY Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte’s! Mmmm…. Those are my FAVORITE coffee drink of all time. I can’t wait to try out this recipe!}

Who Loves Sweets?

Win a FULL CASE of the New Halo Bars Delivered Right to Your Door! These have ridiculously yummy flavors like Smores and Rocky Road- but they’re totally good for you!

A snack you can eat without guilt, and that the kids will gobble up without yucky preservatives and artificial stuff! Awesome, right?

The last- and most AMAZING- giveaway is the Fall Giveaway Festival!

You can enter to Win a Mommy Goodie Bag stuffed full of prizes- including a $50 Visa Gift Card!!

This Goodie Bag is STUFFED full of great prizes for moms, babies, and kids. You’ll LOVE it!

As part of this event, you can also enter to win an iPad2- sponsored by RetailMeNot!! And there are also over 100 other blogs all linked up after my giveaway- making it easy peasy to hop along and enter them all!! The more you enter, the more chances you have to win!

Learn how to build a Complete Coupon Kit!!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on September 27, 2011 Filed Under: Giveaways, Reviews | No Comments

Win FREE Date Night Tickets to the Capital Theatre!

This is for the local Yakima moms-

Have you heard about a super-fun show that’s coming to the Capital Theatre October 25th? The Magic School Bus – LIVE! will have 2 showings that day- at 10AM and again at Noon, and it’s only $5 per ticket- an amazingly affordable way to take the kids to a really great show. {See more details on the show here, and find a study guide to use along with the show too!}

Seatbelts everyone! The Magic School Bus celebrates its 25th Anniversary with an all-new musical adventure.

More about the Show-

Ms. Frizzle’s students are putting on a play about global warming, and they need some cold, hard facts. The Friz and her reptilian sidekick, Liz, know just where to find them!

This is no ordinary field trip, as a hop on the Magic School Bus takes the class and the audience on a whirlwind tour. From the arctic to the equator, they see telltale signs of climate change and learn how conservation, recycling and alternative energy can make a difference.

Ms Frizzle and her class are up for the climate challenge. Are you?

The Magic School Bus – LIVE! is targeted towards kids from Preschool to 3rd Grade.. But since the show is only an hour long, it’s still totally appropriate for even younger kids- in fact, I plan to take Abby, who’s only 14 months. But I know she’ll just LOVE it!

Take the kids to the show- Get entered to win tickets for YOU too!

One Lucky Winner will get a Pair of Tickets to see the Capitol Steps!

“The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.”

You don’t want to miss this!

Everyone who orders tickets to The Magic School Bus show can get entered to win a great pair of tickets to see The Capitol Steps show on Friday, October 21st, at 7:30 PM. The winner will be chosen on October 14th, the Friday before the show, to make sure they have time to arrange for a baby sitter, and can enjoy a great “Date Night” out!

How to Win:

Every ticket purchased to see The Magic School Bus – Live show gets you another entry to win the Capitol Steps tickets, but only if you follow these directions-
Call the ticket office at 853-8000 and ask for Christina.
Let her know how many Magic School Bus tickets you’d like to buy- remember, they’re only $5 bucks each!
Make sure to mention you saw this giveaway on Sunshine and Sippy Cups to be entered to win!

That’s it- easy peasy!

Christina at the Capital Theatre will draw a lucky winner on October 14th, and contact them right away to make arrangements to get the FREE Ticket Prize! Good luck!

If you know of other moms who would love to learn about the Magic School Bus – LIVE! show, and this great giveaway, please feel free to use the share buttons to post this to your own favorite social media pages too!