Halloween is over, Remembrance Day is before us, and once November 12th arrives, I can officially pull out the Christmas CDs and maybe think about decorating the house! This is definitely the busiest time of the year for me – the holidays bring with them the annual holiday gift guide (5th year running, wow!) and of course all the prep and excitement that comes with looking forward to spending Christmas with the grandparents. Add to it a family vacation next month and we’ve got the perfect storm brewing to cause some stressed out, emotional kids.
It’s important during the holiday season to take some time to give thanks, count our blessings, and remember those less fortunate than us. Every year before Christmas we clean up and clean out the toy room. It’s a great way to pass on toys that have been loved and forgotten about to charity, while giving space to a toy box sure to fill up at Christmas because we are blessed with the ability to do so.
This fall, I’ve been paying more attention to paying it forward. I’ve been conscious of people or situations brought into my life and realized that many things we think are coincidence happen for a reason. At the risk of sounding a little “out there”, I’m listening to the messages brought to me by the universe around me and reacting by performing a good deed, kind of like playing tennis with the universe. I send a little magic and good will out into the universe…and good things happen! I haven’t explained the pay-it-forward mission with my kids in that context but have explained how doing good deeds for others makes us feel good.
In October when I was at BlissDom Canada in Toronto, I won a LEGO DUPLO Cinderella’s Castle toy at the Mom Central party I went to. Being a LEGO DUPLO Play Agent, I’ve received some awesome LEGO DUPLO products in the past month, so this one was a bonus. I decided that, since I won it, there must have been a reason. Unexpected surprise + holiday season = donation to charity! The thing is, I’m not sure which charity or intended recipient this is supposed to go to but I have no doubt the universe will show me in time.
If you’re still reading along, this is good – it means you haven’t decided I’m nuts and perhaps think there’s some merit in my new found philosophy! Try it yourself – are people being brought into your life for a reason? Is there an opportunity to do a small act of kindness to make someone’s day better that presents itself to you?
LEGO DUPLO is continuing their giving by giving my readers the opportunity to win a pretty amazing prize this holiday season!
Check out 8 of the hottest toys from LEGO DUPLO this holiday season! How many would your kids or someone in your life love to have? Well, here’s your opportunity! Tell me which 4 of the toys you’d like to win – and one of my readers is going to win their choice of 4 toys, completely wrapped and ready to go under the tree or in a donation! Excited? Me too! Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter! Good luck everyone!
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Disclosure: I am a LEGO DUPLO Play Agent and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog, as always, are my own.
My First Zoo, My First Supermarket, Box of Bricks, Creative Cakes
My first zoo, Sleeping Beautys Room, Play with letters and Brick box
Oooo, DD would LOVE My First Zoo, Creative Cakes. Let’s add My First Supermarket and Play with Letters to pass along to someone in need.
my four fav picks are
1. Snow White’s Cottage
2. Creative Cakes
3. Play with numbers
4..Play with letters
Numbers, zoo, brick box and letters
Well I have a two year old princess so the top of my list is Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, followed by cakes and supermarket 🙂
my 4 favs are: Play with numbers, play with letters, my first zoo and My first supermarket – thanks for the chance
2. Play with numbers
3. My First Zoo
5. Creative Cakes
6. My First Supermarket
My choices are: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Numbers and Letters.
wow,how cool! snow white’s cottage,creative cakes,sleeping beauty’s room,brick box!
Play with letters, play with numbers, my first zoo, and brick box.
Play with numbers, play with letters, my first zoo, my first supermarket
My picks would be
1. Snow whites cottage
2. My first zoo
3. Sleeping beauty’s room
4. Play with letters
Creative Cakes, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, My First Supermarket
My first zoo, my first supermarket, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty!
2) Playing with Numbers 3) First Zoo 6) First Supermarket 8) Playing with Letters
Snow White’s Cottage, Sleeping Beauty’s Room, Play with numbers, play with letters and creative cakes…..so hard to pick only 4..lol
Creative Cakes, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Brick Box
Snow Whit’s Cottage, Sleeping Beauty’s Room, Creative Cakes and My First Zoo. These are all cute, the choice would be hard!
OMG. So many in our family love Lego. Even the big kids.
Brick box, Snow whites cottage, Sleeping beauty’s room, and my first zoo.
My dd would love Sleeping beauty, snow white’s cottage, brick box and my first supermarket!
My First Zoo
My First Supermarket
Box of Bricks
Sleeping Beuaty
Supermarket, numbers, letters and zoo 🙂 Thanks for the chance!
1. Play with numbers
2. My First Zoo
3. Creative Cakes
4. My First Supermarket
Supermarket, numbers, letters, and creative cakes
Great idea to clean out the toy room each year before Christmas!
My favourites are
My First Zoo
My First Supermarket
Play with Numbers
Play woth Letters
My First Zoo
My First Supermarket
Box of Bricks
Sleeping Beuaty
1. My First Zoo
2. Snow White’s Cottage
3. Play With Numbers
4. Play With Letters
We love 1,3,5&7
My first zoo, numbers, brick box and supermarket.
Thanks for the chance to win this amazing prize.
My favs are My first supermarket, my first zoo, playing with numbers and playing with letters thx for the giveaway and good luck all!~
My daughter would love Play with numbers, play with letters, brick box and my first zoo.
Play with numbers
My First Zoo
Creative Cakes
My First Supermarket
My son received his first lego brick box for his 10th birthday. It was a hit. I regret not being able to get it sooner but with younger children, I felt it was too much risk of choking. Now they are older they love to play lego with their big brother. My faves are the brick box, my first zoo, playing with numbers and playing with letters.
2, 3, 4, and 6
my first zoo, play with numbers, creative cakes and brick box
so hard to choose…Play with numbers
My First Zoo
Creative Cakes
My First Supermarket
Creative cakes
My first Supermarket
Play with Numbers
Play with Letters
Definitely Snow White and Sleeping Beauty’s houses, as well as the Cakes box and the Supermarket. Cool contest!
My choices would be: Creative Cakes, My First Supermarket, My FIrst Zoo and Sleeping Beauty’s Room.
Creative Cakes, Sleeping Beauty’s Room, Snow White’s Cottage and My First Supermarket
My First Zoo, Creative Cakes, My First Supermarket, Box of Bricks
my first was blocks and a cook and bakeing stove. now I want to win t hes the prize for my frist garand child
My First Zoo, Play With Numbers, Play With Letters, and Brick Box.
Thank You!!
My first Zoo would be perfect for a great-grandson. Don’t you think?
3. My First Zoo
8. Play with Letters
2.Play with Numbers
6.My First Supermarket
creative cakes
play with letters
play with numbers
my first supermarket
Zoo, supermarket, Snow White’s Cottage and cakes!
My kids already have My First Zoo and love it. My choices are the green brick box or the Play with Letters.
I would choose I would choose Play with Numbers, My First Zoo, Brick Box, and Play with Letters.
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Supermarket
Zoo
#2 #3 #4 & #8
#3, 4, 6 and 8
I would chose #2, 3, 6 and 8
2,3,4,8
Thank you for the chance to win.
My 4 faves are:
1. Snow White’s Cottage
2. Play with Numbers
7. Sleeping Beauty’s Room
8. Play with Letters
Brick box, My First Zoo, Creative Cakes and My First Supermarket!
5, 1, 7, 3
I would choose Snow White’s Cottage, My First Zoo, Creative Cakes and Play With Letters.
2,3,4 and 8 are my choices.
my girl would love any of these!!
I’d pick My First Zoo, My First Supermarket, Creative Cakes, and Play With Letters.
Snow White’s cottage
Sleeping Beauty’s Room
Creative Cakes
My First Supermarket
brick box, play with numbers, first zoo, first supermarket
I’d pick My First Supermarket, My First Zoo, Play With Letters and Play With Numbers.
Play with numbers
Brick Box
Play with Letters
creative cakes
I’d pick snow whites cottage, sleeping beautys room, my first supermarket and creative cakes
2, 3, 6 and 8 are my faves 🙂
5,1,7,6 are my favorites!
I love
#2. Play with numbers
#3. My first Zoo
#4. Brick box
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#8. Play with letters.
Lol, sorry my previous answer was sent before I was finished.
1, 4, 5 & 7 would be my preference (I think).
I would choose numbers, letters, supermarket and Zoo
sleeping beauty room
Snow White’s Cottage
Play with numbers
My First Supermarket.
I would choose: Brick Box, My First Zoo, My First Supermarket, Snow White’s Cottage
My fist supermarket!
4,5,3 & 8 are my picks.
I’d choose are 4, 6, 7 & 8.
My grandson would love 2,3,5 and 8.
I’d love:
Sleeping Beauty
Creative Cakes
Supermarket
Zoo
I love # 1, 5, 6 & 7 — really cute!
1, 3, 4 and 7 – I have a grandson and granddaughter.
Thanks
I would pick
Play with numbers
My First Supermarket
Play with Letters
creative cakes
My first Zoo
My first Supermarket
Brick Box
Play with Numbers
I would choose play with numbers, brick box, my first zoo, my first supermarket.
I would choose #1, #5, #6 and #7.
I would choose: #1 Snow White’s Cottage…#3- My First Zoo…#4- Sleeping Beauty’s Room…#7- Brick Box.
My First Zoo, My First Supermarket, Play with Letters and Play with Numbers
I’d pick Snow White’s Cottage, Sleeping Beauty’s Room, Creative Cakes and My First Zoo.
creative cakes, my first letters, brick box, my first zoo
I like 2,3,6,8
Numbers 2,3,6,8 are my choice
My picks are 2,3,6,8.
Snow Whites Castle, My First Zoo, Sleeping Beauty Cottage, Creative Cakes
My son & daughter would love 2, 3, 6 & 8. These are super fun!
My First Zoo
Snow White’s Cottage
Play With Letters
Sleeping Beauty’s Room
Amazing! I would choose 1, 5, 6 and 7!
We would love to have the Brick Box, Play with Numbers, Play with Letters and My First Zoo.
I’d pick play with numbers, pkay with letters, my first zoo, and my first supermarket.
I like Snow White’s Cottage, My First Zoo, Brick Box, and Sleeping Beauty’s Room.
I like all of the prizes! You can never go wrong with LEGO DUPLO as a present.
I like Snow White’s Cottage, My First Zoo, Sleeping Beauty’s Room & Creative Cakes
I would choose Snow White’s Cottage,Sleeping Beauty’s Room ,Creative Cakes and my first supermarket
thanks
Snow White’s Cottage, Sleeping Beauty’s Room, Creative Cakes, and My First zoo!
You’re not nuts at all. It’s a wonderful thing to do, not even just at the holidays , but year round – to pay it forward. Even little things like buying the person behind you’s coffee at Tim Horton’s. I’ve done this twice and I love the anonymous giving – I hope it makes their day!
I like 7,5,1 and 6. thanks for the chance!
I’d love Snow whites cottage, creative cakes, my first supermarket and sleeping beauties room
I like: #2, #3, #6, and #8
I’d love the Zoo, Cakes, Bricks, and Supermarket!
We’d love the Sleeping Beauty, cakes,zoo and bricks.
I like #2,3,4 ,6 the most.
Going with 2, 3, 4 and 6. the kids would love them.
I like # 3,5,6,7.
2,4,6, & 8
Brick Box, My First Supermarket,Snow Whites Cottage and Creative Cakes
Awesome!! Creative Cakes, My First Supermarket, My First Zoo, Snow White’s Cottage!
1 – snow white’s Cottage
3 – my first zoo
4 – brick box
8 – play with letters
1 snow white
3 my first zoo
5 creative cakes
7 sleeping beauty
Play with Letters
My first Supermarket
Brick Box
My First Zoo
🙂
my first zoo, brick box, my first supermarket, play with numbers
I would choose snow white, sleeping beauty, creative cakes and my first zoo!
I would love to win Play With Numbers, Play With Letters, My First Zoo and Brick Box… Thanks!
My First Zoo, Play with Numbers, Play with Letters and My First Zoo Thanks for the giveaway
play with numbers, creative cakes and my first zoo thank you
2 3 6 8
This is a RAD giveaway! We’re struggling to decide what to get our son for CHristmas and these are AWESOME! We love My first zoo, brick box, play with letters and play with numbers!! Thanks again for the giveaway! Hope I win! ;p
I would pick…..My First Zoo, Play With Numbers, Play With Letters and My First Supermarket 🙂
my first zoo, my first supermarket, brick box and play with letters
I like 1, 3, 5 & 7!
snow white’s cottage, my first zoo, sleeping beauty’s room and my first supermarket!
3, 5, 6 & 7 – both my kids would be so happy!!!
i like 1, 3, 7 and 8. my kids would love these.
2. Play with numbers 3. My first zoo 6. My first supermarket 8. Play with Letters thank you for the opportunity 🙂
We would love Creative Cakes, Snow White’s Cottage, Sleeping Beauty’s Room, and Play with Letters 🙂
I like #3,#4,#5, & #6
Creative cakes, play with numbers, play with letters, my first zoo
creative cakes
snow white
my first zoo
play with letters
play with letters for the grandson !
Love numbers 1, 5, 6 and 7
I know a very special little boy who would love to win 2,3,4 and 8.
I’ve heard so much about the “My first zoo” one, it would be great to have in my classroom!
I would choose 1, 2, 4 and 8. 😀
brick box, play with numbers, My first Zoo and My first supermarket
1, 3, 6 and 7
snow whites cottage
I would pick 1,3,5&6
Brick Box, Creative Cakes, My First Supermarket, and Snow White’s Cottage.
I would love #3, 4, 5 & 6. The Creative Cakes one looks so fun!
snow white, cakes, first zoo, and first supermarket
my first zoo, my first supermarket, creative cakes and play with letters
My 2 year old is a lego guy, and he loves the Zoo set that he got for his birthday. I’d love to give him both the play with letters and play with numbers sets, as well as the my first supermarket and the brick box.
1, 2, 7 & 8. 🙂
I love #3,4,5,& 6
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My top 4 are #’s 3,4,6 & 8
#2, #3, #5 and #8
#2, #3, #4, #8
4,3,2,8
4, 5, 7 & 8
I love #2,3,4 &8!
My first Zoo, playing with letters, Supermarket, and cupcakes YUM!
1. snow white
2. sleeping beauty
3. my first supermarket
4. play with letters
1 creative cakes 2 play with letters 3 my first supermarket and 4 my first zoo
My First Supermarket.
My First Zoo.
Creative Cakes.
Sleeping Beauty’s set
I like the Creative Cakes, Brick Box, snow white’s cottage and sleeping beauty’s room!
My daughter would love 5, 6, 7, 8! Thanks for the chance!
i think, 1,4,5,6
I like the My first zoo, my first supermarket, Play with letters and play with numbers.
My daughter would love 1, 3, 5, 7
My first zoo, play with numbers, my first supermarket, play with letters
1,3, 6 and 7! That is awesome as they all are truly fantastic!!
#1 , 3, 6, & 7
I like 1,3,6, and 7
Creative Cakes, Sleeping Beauty Room, My first zoo and my first supermarket
1, 3, 5, 7
zoo, letters, numbers, brick box
2, 5, 6, and 7
sleeping beauty, my firts supermarket, zoo and creative cakes
1,3,5,7. Love the fun girl themes!
1,4,5, 7 would be my favorites, but love lego-duplo, and its always a great gift as well 🙂
My first zoo, my first supermarket, play with numbers and play with letters would be my choices
#2, #4, #5, #8–love Lego!
1347 …amazing prizes!!!!
play with numbers, my first zoo, brick box, play with letters
3
5
6
8
2, 3, 4 and 8 are what i would pick ty
1, 3, 5, 8 perfect for my grandbabies!!
My First Zoo, My First Supermarket, Brick Box, Play with Letters
Oooo….1, 5, 6, 7! 🙂 Love this giveaway!
I like Playing by Numbers, Playing by Letters, My First Supermarket and My First Zoo.
My First Zoo; My First Supermarket; Brick Box; Play With Letters.
Play with numbers, my first zoo, play with letters, my first supermarket
I would pick # 2 (play with numbers), 3 (my first zoo), 4 (brick box) and 8 (play with letters) if I win. Awesome giveaway!
Pllay with Numbers, Play with Letters, Supermarket and My FIrst Zoo
supermarket, zoo, letters and numbers!
I’d do a split for my daughter and my nephew so I need something girlie and something more neutral.
Snow White’s Castle, Creative Cakes
My First Zoo and Play with Letters!
I would pick 2,3,6, and 8!
1,35,6