PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS AT CAPACITY!

One hundred and fifty Mom in the Center members along with their immediate family members are invited to enjoy Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa on a brand new, state of the art, IMAX screen! There will be 3 free showings: December 8th, 9th and 10th.

TIME:
7:00pm each night

LOCATION:
AMC Empire 25 in Times Square
(234 West 42nd between 7th and 8th Avenues)

RSVP: Please e-mail events@mominthecity.com with your desired date and the number of attendees along with your mailing address. Tickets are limited.

(In addition, the first 30 families in attendance will receive a Clipo starter set from Playskool as a special holiday gift - to keep or give away!)

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(Tuesday 11pm update: Michael was right…Obama is our President elect. I just finished jumping up and down and clapping my hands. People are screaming “Obama” in my Harlem neighborhood…the joy is unbelievable!)

Usually, I try to take a break from writing on Wednesdays, but I just have so much to share – especially this week.

I must say that I’m so glad that this election is over. As I write this post, I have no idea who won. I hope that it’s Obama but the world won’t end if it’s McCain either. I just hope that we (as Americans) will support WHOEVER wins. They will need all of our support and frankly, I’m so tired of all the divisiveness of late.

Michael in the Booth

Sean’s “Hand” In This Vote

Sealing My Vote

In any event, the pictures are of me in the voting booth with my two boys. (My husband voted after work and school.) The thing that I love about living under a democracy is that every vote counts. I’m happy to be able to involve my kids in the process. On Monday, I told Michael (my four years old son) that we would be voting on Tuesday. He asked if he would be able to vote. When I said no (because of his age), he wasn’t too happy. So, I told him that I would vote for him and asked him whom he wanted me to choose. “Barack Obama,” he said with a big smile. “He’s going to be the President of the United States!” We’ll see if Michael was right….

On Tuesday, the lines were long (about an hour and a ½ wait), but the mood was festive. As we waited, people would drive by and yell “Obama!” out of their windows. (I was thinking to myself, “They better have voted too!”) The elderly people in line were sweet and funny. One went and bought some goodies for the kids waiting in line. Another had several of us laughing. He said something to the effect of, “I’m out here standing in this long line. Obama better win. If he doesn’t, I’m going to go beat him up for wasting my time.” All in all, the wait was relatively painless. Michael declared that “the vote thing” was his “favorite part of the day”. Mine’s too!

(To see other “Wordful Wednesdays”, visit Seven Clown Circus. To see other photos and videos about the vote, visit Show Us Your Vote. )

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Just in case having a say in the political direction of our great country isn’t enough to motivate you to go out and vote tomorrow (November 4th!)….

(Free scoop of ice cream to voters)

(Free star shaped doughnut to voters)

AND

(Free cup of tall coffee to voters)

Enjoy!

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Today, I’ll be posting about the Animal Kingdom aspect of the Disney trip. I’ll be talking more about the people that I met during the entire week-end next week, but I did want to introduce you to the nine other wonderful African American moms that attended the mixer:

ALSO…

A few of us promised Ryan who works at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn that we would give him a mention on our blogs. He was a really sweet guy who knew little to nothing about blogs, but he promised to read them to see if we would write about him. “Hi Ryan!”

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Mom in the City members are invited to two upcoming advanced screenings of TINKER BELL in East Hanover, NJ (10/11) and New Rochelle, NY (10/18). (Disney is releasing the first ever feature length film for Tinker Bell and it hits stores on Tuesday, Oct. 28th.)

Tinker Bell wings will be handed out to all children that attend (and they may possibly have face painting as well)!

If interested, please e-mail events@mominthecity.com with the number of attendees. Please indicate which location you’re interested in attending. You will be sent an e-ticket.

*Please note that this event is for Mom in the City members and their immediate families. If you have friends that might be interested in attending, please encourage them to sign up for the Mom in the City newsletter. Thanks!*

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Free Credit Scores
In the September issue of Money magazine, I read about this free offer. It turns out that if you had a credit card within the past 20 years, you can get free credit monitoring for six months from TransUnion as part of a class action suit settlement. The usual cost is $60, but you can get it for free by visiting listclassaction.com or by calling 866-416-3470 by September 24th.

Beeper Charity
Recently, my husband and I were having dinner with another couple. The husband mentioned that he had five beepers at home that he didn’t know what to do with. I did a little research and found a place to donate the extra beepers while helping charities at the same time. So, if you’re looking to get rid of spare mobile phones, pagers or PDAs, you can do so at CollectiveGood.

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-The Company Store and Company Kids are having a “secret” once a year sale where you can save from 50% to 75% on selected merchandise.

-Green Healthy Baby is a new website where moms can shop for non-toxic, natural products for themselves and their babies. They are offering a coupon of 15% off for Mom in the City readers until 9/15/08. Just enter coupon code: FamFriend15.

-Melissa Joy Manning is offering 10% off online purchases until 9/30/08 with coupon code: momcity. Their collection features 14 and 18 karat gold, sterling silver, precious and semi-precious stones, found objects and handpicked unique diamonds and organic stones, which makes many of the pieces one of a kind or limited edition.

And

-Kids at Work NYC, which currently does music, art, and science classes on the Upper West Side and Chelsea in Manhattan, are offering free events in August and September. Here’s a link to their calendar.

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-For a limited time, method (one of my favorite companies!) is offering a “mid-summer salad kit” filled with a few of their best-selling cleaners at 20% off. You’ll get an all purpose spray, dish soap, hand wash and a soy candle, all for just $16! (They’re also offering 50% off shipping when you purchase $50 or more.) For more information, visit the method site.

And

-Zagat Survey® and GlaxoSmithKline are giving away FREE copies of Out & About with Allergies: An Insider’s Guide to Enjoying the City. The guide highlights restaurants, rooftop bars, and outdoor attractions in 20 cities across the country reviewed “Zagat style”. The guide also includes tips to make spending time in the fresh air easier for adults and children with nasal allergies. The guide, which will be mailed to you, is available at www.outandaboutwithallergies.com.

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My son Michael is fascinated with WALL.E. When the movie opened, he went with his father and some friends. When he came back home, he taught his little brother to say “WALL.E!” like the robots in the movie and started talking about the Wall-E items that he wanted. I’m like, “maybe for Christmas”. He already has enough things and his tastes change so quickly.

Yesterday I received a package from DHL. It contained a WALL.E t-shirt, poster, action figure and sound book. It turns out that I won a prize from a New York Family contest that I entered a couple of weeks ago. In addition, Michael has another WALL.E t-shirt and cooler from a work event that we attended. Oh well, I guess that it is Christmas in July.

Later, when my husband Reggie found out about Michael’s WALL.E gifts, we laughed together. Michael has a way of attracting things that he wants. Really! He’ll say something like, “I want some strawberries” and without asking/before I can go to the store, a friend or family member will come by with…that’s right – strawberries! It’s insane.

Part of me wants to see if it works for the whole family. In my mind, I’d like to say:

-“Michael, don’t you want a brownstone?”

-“Michael, don’t you want Mommy to go away for a spa vacation at Miraval?”

-“Michael, don’t you want Mommy and Daddy to hit the lottery (that they’ve never played)?”

I don’t try to influence his prayers/requests though. I don’t want to mess with the purity (not selflessness, but purity!) of his asking.

On the flip side, my husband is like, “We’d better be careful!” If it were up to Michael, we’d have four kids (one more brother and one sister); a dog and a house full of video games (yikes!).

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There’s so many free things to do in the summer with the kids. I post all of the main events on the ParentZone site that I guide. I’ll also be including a few that I especially like on this blog, including the following:

Percussion People and Literally Alive Children’s Theatre present a special story time where they will turn stories, like “Where the Wild Things Are”, into a musical with the help of the audience. Together with the audience, they “celebrate the sounds and rhythms of the written word and watch the stories literally come to life…”

Dates: Saturday, July 19th
Tuesday, August 19th
Times: 2pm
Place: The Players Theatre – 115 MacDougal Street.
(between 3rd & Bleeker) in NYC
Subways: One block east of the West 4th Station
– A, B, C, D, E, F and V
Tickets: THIS IS A FREE EVENT

This event is appropriate for ages 3 to 7 years old.

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