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Giveaway: Disney on Ice presents Treasure Trove

Exciting news – Disney on Ice Treasure Trove is coming to Dayton… and we’re giving away tickets!

Show Blurb

Discover endless riches when Disney On Ice presents Treasure Trove comes to your hometown! Disney On Ice sets the gold standard with its newest skating spectacular. Get tangled up in Disney’s 50 th animated feature with Rapunzel and Flynn and enter the worlds of your other favorite Disney princesses –Tiana, Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Mulan and of course, the one who started it all, Snow White. Ahoy, Mateys! Set sail with Peter Pan, the always sassy Tinker Bell and the cantankerous Captain Hook & his pirate pals on an adventure beyond Neverland! Trek the wilds of Africa with Simba, Nala, Pumbaa and Timon as they discover the true meaning of the ‘Circle of Life.’ Tick-Tock! Tick-Tock! Don’t be late to a very important date with Alice & the Madhatter as they march with the Queen of Hearts’ Army Of Cards. Be sure to see this show full of memories guaranteed to last a lifetime.

My family and I have seen other Disney on Ice shows (oh my lord my kids were so little. and cute.), and they are just amazing. I cannot wait to see this one! Treasure Trove will be in Dayton at the Nutter Center October 18-21 and in Cincinnati at the US Bank Arena October 24-27.

We’re giving away a four pack of tickets (more on that for a minute) – but everyone can get free tickets (and do some good) by taking part in the Royal Princess Dress Drive hosted by Clothes that Work. Clothes that Work is a Dayton-area non-profit that provides interview clothing and image coaching to men, women and teens. They’re asking Dayton-area residents to help local high school girls attend their school proms by donating a new or gently used formal dress, which will then be distributed to the girls in March. For each dress donated, the donor will receive one free ticket voucher to Disney on Ice presents Treasure Trove opening night performance on Thursday, October 18th. The Royal Princess Dress Drive will be held this Saturday, September 22, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Clothes that Work (1133 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd, Ste. 392, Dayton).

We hope you’ll participate in the Dress Drive – if you’re like us, you’ve got a couple bridesmaids dresses laying around that could be put to good use! To enter our giveaway, leave a comment on this post about your prom experience! The giveaway will close on Sunday, September 23 and a winner will be chosen at random. Good luck!

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RIP PinFTW

After seven months, Jenny and I have decided to lay Pin for the Wednesdays to rest. We’ve had fun with it and we’ve really enjoyed seeing the winning pins that have been shared, but it’s becoming a chore for us to keep up with and – let’s face it – it hasn’t really caught on like wildfire. We’re still active on Pinterest and odds are we’ll post about it from time to time, and if you post winning pins on your blog, let us know – we’ll pimp out your post! I’ll also put up a linky here in case any of you have a post ready this week.

Thanks to all of you who have played along over the months, and all the rest of you who have put up with our nonsense. xoxo

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Fire Drill Apocalypse

Sometimes I feel like the meanest mom in the world.  And that is because I just quite possibly am. I don’t know why God felt I should be the mother of a sensitive son, but He gave me Joshua so apparently I am supposed to be. But sometimes I do not have the patience for his sensitivities and that makes me feel really, really mean.

Joshua is in 3rd grade, which means this is his 4th year of school – the same school since kindergarten – where they, like all schools are mandated by law to do a once-monthly fire drill.

Joshua hates fire drills. He doesn’t mind the drill itself but the sound of the alarm and the surprise of it all scares him and despite the fact that he’s participated in oh, 25 or so fire drills during his academic career, he still lives in fear of the fire drill. He starts getting very nervous near the end of the  month if they haven’t had one yet, and he gets mad if they have one near the beginning of the month because GEEZ WE JUST HAD ONE! IT’S TOO SOON!

Last week one of his older friends in our carpool had been informed by a teacher that the fire drill for September would be the next day, and he innocently mentioned this on the way home from school. Joshua busted through the front door after school and told me the dreadful news, breaking down in tears. TEARS.  He’s 8.5 years old! He cried about it at school last month which concerns me because, dude, they are going to start making fun of you for that soon. This is 3rd grade. You aren’t in kindergarten anymore. The next day I heard through the grapevine that whenever he wasn’t working, he was sitting at his desk with his hands over his ears. ALL DAY, until the fire alarm rang. AAAHH!!

My child is sensitive. (And maybe a little wimpy!) We’ve talked about it ad nauseum and there doesn’t seem to be anything Bobby or I can say to make him less afraid of the dastardly dreaded fire drill.

And I really want to tell him to just grow a pair, already!

See?

Mean, mean, mean.

Sigh.

Any suggestions?

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