Hi everyone! So guess what?!? I'm going on VACATION!! I'm pretty excited to be heading up to North Carolina first thing Friday morning for some time in the mountains. The only thing I am NOT looking forward to is the LONG drive there...my GPS says 9 hours and 14 minutes! Yuck!! And I'm sure that is not taking into account all the potty breaks we'll have to take now that my daughter is potty trained plus stops for food and just to get our legs moving again. I've got six new movies for the DVD player and the Kindle is fully charged! How do you keep your kids entertained for long car rides?? Here's to safe travels and hoping we make it back home with our sanity intact!! :)
But! Before I go there are some housekeeping issues I need to take care of! First, I need to announce the winner of the tickets to check out Busch Gardens Summer Nights (happening now through August 6). There was a HUGE response to this giveaway so BIG congrats are in order for ANGEL WEHLAGE who was picked as the winner!
If you didn't win, no worries! Continuing on with our celebration of the official start of summer (which just so happened to be yesterday) I am giving away four tickets to a place that will be sure to make a big SPLASH! That's right - enter to win a family four pack of tickets to Adventure Island®! Everyone knows that summertime in Florida is hot, hot and HOT, so this is the PERFECT way to enjoy a family fun day. Want to win? Enter HERE.
So what have you and your kids been up to this (rainy) summer break? If you need some ideas to get the kids out of the house but don't want to spend a fortune doing so, check out my Summer on a Budget Guide. Also it is not too late to sign the kids up for a Summer Camp or Vacation Bible School! Also be sure to keep an eye on my daily calendar for ideas of things to do as well as my Facebook page - I post there quite a lot!
And last, but certainly not least, the VOTING for the 3rd Annual Bradenton Macaroni Kid Gold Daisy Awards is officially OPEN! So many awesome local businesses were nominated by Macaroni Kid subscribers over the past couple of weeks and now is the time to find the BEST in each category! You can vote (one time per email please!) through Sunday, July 30 at 11:59PM. And just for doing so you will be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to the local business of your choice from yours truly! I'm excited to see who will win this year!
Well, I better get packing if we are going to leave in the morning so I'll wrap it up for now. Have a great week! Be looking for my next newsletter one day later than normal - next Friday instead of Thursday! See ya then! :)
