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My Mommy’s Tote Giveaway

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Over the river, and through the wood,
To Grandmother’s house we go;
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
through the white and drifted snow.

Many of us will be taking some sort of journey in these next few weeks. It may just be a quick trip across town to grandma’s house or a trip to the airport to catch a plane or pick up visitors, or if you’re really lucky, you have a long drive to your holiday destination (I actually have a lengthy drive to see one family and then a flight to another). Long ago, I began implementing the strategy of bringing along a new toy or book to help hold a child’s interest. My Mommy’s Tote by P. H. Hanson is a great activity book that could help take some ofmy-mommys-tote.jpg the edge off a long car drive. You may be familiar with the other books in the series, such as My Grandpa’s Briefcase and My Granny’s Purse.
My Mommy’s Tote has so many pockets, flaps, and wheels to spin that a child from two on up would be easily entertained in the car (Although she’s not in the target age range, my nine-year-old daughter thinks it’s really cool). It’s all made of a very sturdy cardboard. There’s a laptop that comes out and unfolds, a clock to work on time-telling, spin wheels for learning numbers and letters, and so much more.

We have three of these activity books to give away to a reader in the U.S. or Canada. Please leave a comment to win. We will draw the winners on Thursday December 20.

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  3. My sweet little William would love this! He’s 2 years old, fascinated with books and mom’s purse. The perfect combination! Great item!

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  14. This would be great. We just moved this summer and it is around a six hour drive with good weather just to get home to our families. We travel home atleast once a month. Count us in.

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  22. My little girl would love this!! We seen it at Wal-Mart and she loved i, but before I could get back to get it my position at work was eliminated. So I don’t have the money to go back and get it.

    Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday:=)

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  26. Creativity never allows boring attitudes within creators. Mother said idle hands are the hands of the devil.

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  86. I love to play and interact with the kids when we are travelling. I am always running out of ideas. Please pick me. It will give me a chance to stop searching for a little while. Thanks!

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  91. I hope Grandmother’s aren’t excluded. It could be a Grandmommy’s Tote. Boy, I need one for my very active three year old. How much fun. Sign me up.

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  101. I love the idea of giving little ones a decoy purse to explore,while keeping your real purse safe. It’s genius. My daughter could play with the fake cellphone for hours. Thank you for the contest.

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  145. It feels like we are ALWAYS in the car and this would be perfect! Now I hide her car toys in the guest room and pray she doesn’t figure out how to open that door!! 🙂

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  149. Please i really need this
    i dont have money
    to buy my mom a present
    i wold really apprecieate
    this i mean she does alot for me
    my mom would like this

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  154. This would be WONDERFUL! We often drive several hours to visit family and this would give our 2 year old something to do!

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  172. With four boys who aren’t the best travellers, winning this could save me alot of stress, and maybe even make travelling a pleasure.

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  235. I think arts and fun activities teaches children more than we really know. I’d love to share some of these activities with the kids..Put my name in.

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  260. We take a lot of trips here and there and this would be awesome to have in the car so things would not be all over the van.

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  273. This is a great gift because it is so well organized. With the birth of a baby one must be organized and can use all help available.

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  274. Please enter me, my daughter digs in my purse constantly, during the checkout at Walmart one day, I was busy, trying to pay, while people were laughing. I turned and looked, just in time to see my bills, my coupons, and my maxi pads flying all over the floor and the cart. I started snatching things up, and it only made her dig more frantically ! It was so funny, but so embarrassing at the same time! She would absolutely love this!
    Merry Christmas!

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  276. Would love to get this for my niece. She turns a year old the 23rd. she is such a little deva. Already loves her pretty dresses and purses.

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  281. Now that my mom has moved to OK, we’ll be flying alot more. We already have two flights booked through May 2008 plus our many 4 hour car trips through the year. This would be wonderful for my 2 year old.

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  292. Mommy goes nuts on long trips when there’s nothin’ for me to do.How happy she’d be, to win this for me, and she’d happily cry “THANK YOU!”

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  294. This is a perfect idea for a little one to definitely keep busy on long road trips, such a great idea! Please, can you add my name into the draw for this fabulous prize, as i also have a little one whom is almost two years old. Thank you for the contest! Merry Christmas!

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  310. My daughter’s favorite thing ever is to go through my purse, so she would absolutely adore this (and it would be great for me too, not to be running around the house looking for wallet and cell phone that have been strewn about)!

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  321. That looks so cute! My daughter and I travel alone to Grandma’s house often, so this would be great for those long trips. 🙂

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  322. I love contests so much that I am having one on my website too! 🙂 I have lots of kiddies, so this would be great! Thanks for sharing with us. Blessings to you and yours, Julianne

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  326. We have the “Grandma’s Purse” one, and my daughter still loves that one, she would definitely love “Mommy’s Totebag”! Please enter me.

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  329. I have an 8 hour drive with a toddler coming up the day after Christmas. *shudder* I need all the help I can get.

    Love your site!

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  330. What a very useful item. I could really use this to keep my kids from fighting in the car. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  336. ME…pick me! I have been looking at these online and think I will pick one up for my youngest daughter….unless I win it 🙂 Thanks for the chance! 🙂

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  351. That is really cute! I’m sure my kids would love it. We’re not going anywhere this year, but come March, they’ll need plenty to keep them occupied when I have the baby!

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  399. This is so much better than what I had in the 80s when my kids were small!! My daughter, who now has kids of her own, would love this for her kidlets!!

    Thanks for the contest!

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  401. We have family that lives 8 hours away, and often we load ’em up in the car and take our drive to get there. This would be perfect and quite handy for these trips! Awesome…..sure hope we win!

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  415. I love Love LOVE this series of books! I have given them as gifts and played with them myself!

    Thanks for the opportunity!

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  430. We are making two trips in the next month that will total over 24 hours in the car! Yuck! Something like that would be great for my kiddos.

    Good luck to all!

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  454. My daughter would absolutely LOVE this book because she enjoys digging through my purse – and she’d be delighted if she could be “just like mama” with her very own laptop and cell phone. Count me in!

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  525. I would love to have this! We are taking a very ambitious trip to the Czech Republic for a wedding in February and this would be great to keep the kids (2, 3, & 5) busy.

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  536. OMG, the perfect thing! My son loves books and crafts, put them together and it is the ultimate pop-up, kind of craft discovery book! ME, PICK Me.

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  545. Wow – this looks great – my little guy needs something to help him in the car – he isn’t a very good “car rider”.

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  572. My name is Jennifer too 🙂

    This tote would be great for my little one during her long rides to visit Daddy (4 hours away!)

    I LOVE your blog & I will still continue to read it whether or not I win!

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