Giveaway: It’s a LeSportSac Summer Around Here!

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Giveaway: It’s a LeSportSac Summer Around Here!
Summer is in full swing around our house and this year we were lucky enough to plan a 
trip to Cape May, NJ. Although the Jersey Shore #STTS (Stronger Than The Storm) took quite a hit from Hurricane Sandy back in October you would never know it from the looks of the beautiful beach and boardwalk of Victorian Cape May. We roomed at the family friendly Camelot with an ocean view that is located just across the way from the boardwalk.  As always when I am heading to the shore area I always like to “beach things up” with the perfect swimsuits, towels, footwear and of course bags! This year was easy peazy thanks to LeSportSac. Thanks to them we headed to the beach in style! The Cabana Striped LeSportSac backpack was wonderful for all of our beach needs. I had never taken a backpack to the beach before and now I will never go without one! This bag is so light to carry, is water resistant and has pockets all over the outside and inside. The towels, lotions, water bottles, headphones, books and more were easily held all within one backpack. It also closed up easy for a quick pick up and carry.
As far as a the bag that I was carrying off the beach, I ended up taking it on the beach, too!
It was too cute to leave in the room! The island feel of the straw stitched flowers and Aloha
really brought me back to my island travel and buying hand weaved bags from the street vendors.
Not to mention that the inside of the bag is just as adorable as the outside with its blue backed island palm tree scene. It’s like opening your back to a breath of fresh air that you can experience again and again. Bravo LeSportSac! You really nailed the island feel on this one! 
Now, as you already know, I have two sons and a daughter, so it’s always
a test when I get something new that it does not get destroyed or spilled on within minutes. 
If you have kids, you know what I mean? I am happy to report that the LeSportSac bags 
clean up very easily and do not stain. We did have a soda spill on the beach blanket that hit 
the backpack and wiped right off. At the end of our vacation you never would have known that 
the bags were on the beach for a few days. 
The good news is that you do not have to be heading to a beachy location to add a summer bag to your collection. Since the beach the backpack has come in so handy, I feel like I can’t go anywhere without it- whether we are heading to the museum, the zoo, or to the mall. It is a definite carry all.
GIVEAWAY
LeSportSac has been kind enough to give one lucky 3decades3kids reader their own Summer LeSportSac. The winning bag is pictured below and believe me, you will love it! It’s always so 
tough doing a LeSportSac bag giveaway because I love each and every one. My hubby says I have some real issues about the brand, but I don’t care. I have been keeping this bag nice and packed away just waiting for someone to win it and treasure it forever. It could be you!
Winner’s Bag!
It’s easy to win! Choose one or both ways to enter.
Choice One: 
Please follow us on Instagram. You will get one entry for each person who follows us and # with YOUR NAME after it. In other words, if your name is Diane….First you follow us on Instagram, then you have your friends/family follow us. Each person that follows us, please have them leave a hashtag with your name. #Diane (Please don’t have them leave my name…make sure they # with your name so you get the credit).  PS: Be sure that you follow @LeSportSac on Instagram, too!
You will get an extra entry for that! Just let me know that you followed them.
Choice Two: 
Like us on facebook. You will get one entry for each person who follows us and leaves your name in the comments section. In other words, if you get them to follow, just have them write your name in the comments! The more people who follow for you the more entries. If you already like us, just leave a comment on the fb page LeSportSac! PS: Be sure to follow LeSportSac on FB, too and let me know so I can credit you with that entry. 
Good Luck!! Winner will be chosen by random.org from all of the entries. Winner will be chosen on July 31st  at noon and contacted by email. The winner will have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. Prize delivery is through me. I have the bag here and waiting for you! Actually, I have it boxed, so it just needs an address on it!
All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Email me at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on twitter at @3decades3kids. 

Giveaway: American Idol at Prudential Center August 14th One Night Only! Win A 4pack of Tix to the Show!

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Giveaway: American Idol at Prudential Center August 14th One Night Only! Win A 4pack of Tix to the Show!
AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE 2013 is hitting the road this summer and will make a stop at Prudential Center on August 14th at 7:30pm for one night only. Tickets for the New Jersey performance are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations and at the Prudential Center Box Office.

AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE! gives fans the unique opportunity to be up close and personal with Season 12 Idol Finalists Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Candice Glover, Curtis Finch Jr, Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Lazaro Arbos, and Paul Jolley. Plus, Aubrey Cleland joins the Tour as the 11th Idol Finalist thanks to the AT&T AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE! Tour Fan Save, voted on by the Idol fans.

Finalists will perform favorite moments from the season as well as never before seen performances. The AMERICAN IDOL® season Finale will air on FOX on May 16th but this season’s fan-favorites will continue on with the 2013 Live! Tour.
Claire’s, one of the world’s leading specialty retailers of fashionable accessories and jewelry, joins as an Associate Sponsor of the Tour.


This year AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE! partnered with The Melanoma Research Alliance (www.curemelanoma.org). For every ticket purchased for the Tour, AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE! will donate $1 to The Melanoma Research Alliance to help cure melanoma. Melanoma Research Alliance helps find treatments and a cure for melanoma, a skin disease whose incidence is among the fastest growing cancers.

For the latest tour and ticketing information please visit: www.americanidol.com/tour
GIVEAWAY:
One lucky reader will win a 4 pack of tix to American Idol Live 2013 at Prudential Center. Tickets will be good at the August 14th, 2013 show only and be can be picked up at will call one hour prior to the show on the same night.
To ENTER you must email ELGeorgia@aol.com with AMERICAN IDOL in the subject line. This is so that I can check if you are a verified follower of 3decades3kids blog by email. If you are not, you will get a follow up email to verify you! Easy Peazy! lol

Complete any or all of the extra entries below.
To enter please follow 3 decades3kids on Instagram 
Leave a message below that you follow on Instagram. 
For an extra entry comment on any of the Instagram photos and use hashtag
 #IDOL so I know you are part of the contest! 🙂 
To enter please follow 3decades3kids on Pinterest.
Leave a message below that you follow on Pinterest.
To enter please follow 3decades3kids on Youtube.
Leave a message below that you follow on Youtube.
For an extra entry comment or like any 3decades3kids video.
To enter please like 3decades3kids on facebook.
Leave a message below that you liked us on facebook.
For an extra entry leave the comment AMERICAN IDOL! on the facebook page.
To enter please follow 3decades3kids on Twitter.
Leave a message below that you followed on Twitter OR Tweet
@3decades3kids that you followed with hashtag #AmericanIdol
Follow  3decades3kids on Google Friend Connect: To the right hand side,
find the part about halfway down with all the pictures of people.
Leave a comment below that you follow on GFC.
Winner will be chosen by random.org on July 30, 2013 at noon. 
Winner will be mailed tickets to their home address. Winner will be contacted by 
mail and have 24 hours to claim the prize. Good Luck 
Disclosure: Giveaway tickets provided by American Idol Live/Prudential Center.
All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on Twitter @3decades3kids.




Have A Great Idea? Calling All Moms To Submit To Huggies MomInspired $15,000 Grant Program

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Have A Great Idea?
Calling All Moms To Submit To 
Huggies MomInspired
$15,000 Grant Program
Nurturing Babies and Innovations
Huggies MomInspired Grant Program Launches Annual Search for Best New Products
Inspired by Parents and Babies
Being a parent can give us all great insight into situations we never even knew existed during our baby free years of life. I’m pretty versed when it comes to parenting, after all I’ve been at it for twenty-two years now with my oldest son being twenty-two and my youngest daughter only six years old. Along the way I have thought of many ways to make the path easier for other parents and parents to be. Thanks to Huggies MomInspired Grant Program ideas that we all have can go from the thought in your head to the store shelves, or pretty close. Huggies MomInspired Grant Program will offer twelve lucky moms a $15,000 grant to let their ideas sore. What an amazing opportunity for moms(or anyone over age 21) everywhere. The time is now, don’t wait!
Four million babies are born each year and more than 84 percent of “mompreneurs” said they developed their big ideas after becoming a parent1. The Huggies MomInspired Grant Program – now in its fourth year – is here to help turn those dreams into a reality.  
Applications can be submitted at www.HuggiesMomInspired.com. Huggies will award $15,000 grants to up to 12 people to explore and grow their innovative product ideas that help make parents’ lives easier. We all need things to be easier, don’t we? Winners will receive business advice from Maria Bailey, author, radio and TV personality and founder of BSMMedia.com, as well as support from Kimberly-Clark.
“The Huggies MomInspired Grant Program was created because we saw the need to help fund women-owned businesses and start-ups, but the grant is open to anyone who has an innovative baby or child care product or idea – it is not limited to only Moms or women,” said Kelly Stephenson, Huggies senior brand manager.  “We are looking forward to adding a new group of creative winners to the Huggies MomInspired family and giving them the opportunity to grow their innovative ideas and businesses.” Don’t let this pass you by.

Apply Now:
·         Who: Anyone with an original, innovative and viable new product idea to help make life easier for parents; must be 21 and older and reside in the United States
·         How: Log onto www.HuggiesMomInspired.com and submit application, including the idea and business plan
·         When: May 6, 2013, through July 31, 2013
·         Why: For the chance to receive $15,000 and advice to help start or grow your business idea
MomInspired Success Stories:
This year’s grant recipients will join 32 others who have continued to develop their winning ideas, products and succeed in small business – from faucet accessories to help little ones wash their hands to wall-mounted diaper dispensers that create a quick and mess-free diaper changing environment.
A past winner, Lauren Levy, continues to experience success with Magnificent Baby – a clothing line that uses special Smart Close magnetic fasteners to make dressing and changing baby faster and easier. Since winning the grant, her business has tripled in sales every year and is now carried nationally in more than 3,000 boutiques and department stores and in more than 15 countries.
Romy Taormina is a 2011 grant recipient for Psi Bands, award-winning acupressure wrist bands for the relief of nausea associated with morning sickness during pregnancy. They are now sold at more than 13,000 major retailers across the country.
For more information about all the grant recipients and the program, visit HuggiesMomInspired.com. Grants will be awarded in fall 2013.

Join the Conversation
To stay up to date on the latest Huggies brand and parenting news, follow @Huggies on Twitter and visit www.facebook.com/huggies or www.facebook.com/huggieslatino to become a fan and share tips and stories with other Huggies Moms.
About Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries. Every day, nearly a quarter of the world’s population trust K-C brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene and well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds the No.1 or No. 2 share position in more than 80 countries. To keep up with the latest K-C news and to learn more about the company’s 141-year history of innovation, visit www.kimberly-clark.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Disclosure: This is a sponored post. All information provided by Huggies MomInspired Grant program. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Please contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on twitter @3decades3kids.

Calling San Antonio, Texas Disney Channel Fans!! Open Call Auditions!

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DISNEY CHANNEL AND DISNEY XD ANNOUNCE OPEN CALL AUDITIONS SATURDAY, JULY 27 AND SUNDAY, JULY 28
IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Part of Nationwide Search for Actors, Singers and Dancers Ages 10-17 for Upcoming Series and Movies Produced for Disney Channel and Disney XD


Who LOVES the Disney Channel and Disney XD? This is an amazing chance for kids in the San Antonio, Texas area! Disney Channel and Disney XD announce this year’s annual open call auditions will take place SATURDAY, JULY 27 and SUNDAY, JULY 28 in San Antonio, Texas.  The search for new talent ages 10-17 is part of Disney Channel’s and Disney XD’s ongoing initiative to find cast and develop diverse young actors, singers and dancers for series and movies produced for the kid- and family-targeted channels.
Judy Taylor, senior vice president, Casting and Talent Relations, Disney Channels Worldwide, said, “Our annual open call auditions give kids a unique opportunity to showcase their comedic acting skills and/or singing and dancing ability and be seen by a professional casting director. We look forward to discovering a range of diverse, talented kids at this year’s open call and helping make their dreams come true.”


The open casting call auditions will be held on Saturday, July 27 for last names beginning with A-M and Sunday, July 28 for last names beginning with N-Z from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on both days at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, 101 Bowie St., in downtown San Antonio. All attendees are advised to park at any nearby public parking facility. Parking will not be available at the Marriott Rivercenter.


An application and monologue will be provided upon arrival, and minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. There are no guarantees of employment and there will never be any fee to audition for Disney Channel or Disney XD. For more information, applicants can visit DisneyChannel.com/talentsearch.

Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and movies. It is currently available on basic cable in over 99 million U.S. homes and to millions of other viewers on Disney Channels around the world. Disney XD is a basic cable channel and multi-platform brand for Kids age 6-14, hyper-targeting boys and their quest for discovery, accomplishment, sports, adventure and humor. In the U.S., Disney XD is seen on a 24-hour, advertiser supported network that reaches over 80 million households via its basic cable affiliates. Disney XD channels are in the UK, France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Greece, Turkey, India, Latin America, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Canada. Disney Channel and Disney XD are part of the Disney/ABC Television Group.
Disclosure:All information provided by Disney Channel.

Sony Animation Presents Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 Sneak Peek NYC

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Sony Animation Presents 
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 
Sneak Peek NYC
 Recently my family and  I attended  a sneak peek at Sony Pictures, NYC. We were thrilled to get a glimpse into the upcoming Sony Animation’s Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2. The day was complete with a walk through from the film’s directors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn. Our intimate group of movie lovers could not wait for the lights to dim and to get our first look at what was to come.
Cody and Kris explained parts of the story, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2, and the process behind creating the film and the clips we were viewing. We were immediately introduced to  Flint Lockwood and his friends. At the end of the first film, as Flint’s idol Chester V arrived on the scene to propose a clean-up of Swallow Falls and offer Flint a job at his company, Live Corp. Flint accepted, moving away from Swallow Falls, but soon he was sent back to the city by a nervous Chester V, who has discovered something awful there– Flint’s machine has created food-animal hybrids, dubbed “foodimals.” Flint assembles a team of his closest friends to accompany him on his journey back to Swallow Falls, and together they embark on a quest to get the town back to normal once and for all.
The concept art for the numerous “foodimals” slated to appear in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 is incredible. We were introduced to foodimals  including SaSquash, CheeSpider, Wild Scallions, and BananOstrich, Meatbalrus, Apple Piethon, and Tacodile. There of course is one berry special foodimal, a little strawberry by the name of Barry. I fell in love with this character at first sight. I’m pretty sure that most viewers will, too!


   Barry, voiced by director Cody Cameron,   is a mischievous little strawberry that the everyone meets up after returning to Swallow Falls. Although Flint’s girlfriend is quite attached to Barry, Flint himself wants nothing to do with him. His mind does change quickly when Barry eats the device Flint needs to fix his machine. The fun begins as Barry leads that group through the city overtaken by foods.

After the movie clips screening we met up with Kris and Cody and were shown a demo on how to create our very own foodimals! What an amazing experience. Children and adults watched in awe as Kris and Cody transformed ordinary everyday fruit into foodimals before our very eyes. We were invited to create our own foodimals using map tack eyes and more.

Our family is looking forward to the completed version of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 when it hits the big screen on September 27, 2013. The incredible cast includes Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris, Andy Samberg, and James Caan to along with amazing  animation and laughs from beginning to end. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 should definitely go on your movie #GoSee list!

Disclosure: Screening Sneak Peek Party invite provided by TheMoms and SonyPictures.
All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Email me at ELGeorgia@aol.com
or on twitter at @3decades3kids