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I’ll admit, when I first saw the message in my inbox asking if I wanted to team up with the new movie Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer I was skeptical. I don’t do a whole lot of sponsored posts or giveaways here and its not from a lack of opportunity. I value the community we’ve built and I want to make sure I’m always providing you with things that have real value for your family.
But then I did some research with the womenfolk in my family – two aunts and a cousin, teachers and total bookworms all. (Aren’t I lucky to have so many informed women around when I need them?) They gave me the thumbs up on the mega-popular Judy Moody book series.
Then I watched the trailer and I was sold. A movie about an adventurous 3rd grader who pushes herself and her friends to be creative and try new things in order to have a “NOT bummer summer” is something I can get behind. The film is being released nation-wide tomorrow (June 10th), you can check out the trailer below.
So here’s my idea – make a special day of it. Take your kiddo on a date to the movie, then come home and make a plan to have a “NOT bummer summer” of your own. I’ve rounded up a few awesome summer bucket lists above for inspiration.
And in case you want to add a trip to the American Girl store to your summer bucket list (or just want to get a new friend to come along on your adventures), the friendly folks behind Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer have given us a $150 American Girl Gift Card to give away.
That’s right – $150! Just leave a comment below telling me what’s at the top of your summer bucket list and be sure to include an email address. One additional entry each for being an MPMK subscriber, facebook fan, or twitter follower. Plus one more entry for sharing this post via facebook or twitter. Please leave a separate comment for each entry in order for it to count! The contest is open to all U.S. residents and will close at midnight EST on Thursday June 16th, 2012. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
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The top of my list is to go whitewater rafting with my mom. I’ve been wanting to do it for years and recently found out she’s wanted to try it too.
Also, I’m a subscriber via RSS.
Playdates, lots of playdates! We miss our friends during the school year.
At the top of our list is to camp in the backyard with my 1 year old an 3 year old…and maybe if all goes well…take it to the woods as well!
also…i’m a subscriber…love your blog!
and a facebook fan:)
we are moving this summer! from a too-small-for-a-family-of-4 condo to a single family home. finally. its been on the market for 2 years. we will be exploring our new neighborhood, meeting new friends, and finding THRIFTY things to do (moving is expensive, woah!).
Wow, great prize! We already knocked mine off the list with a trip to Florida for a week. Number 2 is our big birthday bash for our boys this Saturday…pizza, bouncy house, and about 60 friends and family. Good times!
i’m a subscriber.
Top of my summer list is to go to the beach.
I am a subscriber via RSS
We made a huge list just yesterday. Probably the top of the list is going to Washington DC. But simple things like reading for money has gotten my soon to be 2nd grader excited. I bought her this Judy Moody book last night so she can read it before we go to the movie! My kids love Judy Moody. art4littlehands@gmail.com
already a fan on facebook!!
Now following you on twitter!
I subscribe to your blog via google reader!
Shared on twitter!
On the top of our bucket list is to go canoeing or kayaking with our two year old… it’s about time we get back out on the water!
We are a fan on facebook!
We are a follower on twitter! @DevelopMelodies
We subscribe to your blog via Google Reader
Having baby #2 later this summer and spending as much time at the pool as possible.
#1 on our list is Feed a Giraffe! Out local zoo lets you give the giraffes a snack for a small fee. Super fun for little ones and mom & dad too
I would love to take my daughter to Disney. We live in Florida and I think she would love it!
ykatrina at hotmail dot com
Our summer bucket list is to get my 2.5 year old potty trained!
Top of the list – seeing BOTH the Atlantic and the Pacific for the first time for my kids!
And I subscribe in Google reader
Camping for the first time with two tiny kids
I subscribe in email version, I FB Liked it & posted it.On our bucket list is to do a recycled craft every single day.Plus we have a personal goal list of learning to tie shoes.
Hope we win!My kiddos have been wanting an AG doll for years!
Marcy
bunchoturkeys@yahoo.com
Top of our list of to make plum and blackberry jam (and maybe peaches if they come in this year) all from the fruit in our backyard! We give it as Christmas gifts and this year I’m thinking we should listen to Christmas Carol when we are making the jam in the HEAT of July/August.
Beth
ebaer77@hotmail.com
Following you on FB!
Beth
ebaer77@hotmail.com
Oops – actually subscribe through the Google reader and get posts emailed to me!
Beth
ebear77@hotmail.com
Top of our list is a trip to England!
Lorraine
lolo.harrison@btinternet.com
I also “LIKE” you on Facebook
I also shared this post on Facebook!
The top of my personal summer bucket list is the NKOTBSB concert with my sisters. With my kids? We have a couple of road trips planned to see the grandparents, and tons of swimming. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like you on FB!
At the top of my list is a campout with family.
The top of our list is to visit the City Museum in St. Louis. That place is amazing!
I’m s FB fan.
I’m a subscriber.
Enjoy a “stay-cation” here at home! In looking at various sites & blogs recently … I have found that there is SO much right here at home that we’ve never done. Restaurants to eat at, museums, road trips. This summer we’re going to try a few while saving a few bucks by not having to book any flights
I am also a FB subscriber
tammy dot j dot barrett at gmail dot com
Top of my summer bucket list is to go beach
nclaudia 25 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I like your blog on facebook ( claudia n)
nclaudia 25 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I follow you on twitter (@dealsfan32)
nclaudia 25 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I would love to win; for my little girl of course Im a follower.
A
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tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/Dealsfan32/status/78890451763081216
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We have a long list from each of our older daughters. Our almost 7-yr-old’s includes putt putt and a visit to the children’s museum. Our 3 1/2-yr-old’s includes another movie night and making s’mores in the backyard. Can’t wait to check things off their lists
mshaf23 (at) hotmail (dot) com
I will take my daughter to Disney in Cali
I’m a subscriber.
Would love to win this! Something for us is taking our child to catch fireflies. I want to teach him to call them this rather than lightening bugs, which is what everyone calls them around here! He will be two soon, so he he is still highly impressionable!
I subscribe
The number one on my list right now is to have my toes in the water and buns in the sand by then end of the summer!
kristen.walker106@gmail.com
I am subscribed to MPMK!
I like MPMK on fb!
kristen.walker106@gmail.com
I FB follow.
I follow MPMK on twitter! @kwalk106
lounging by the pool and reading is top on my list. hrh_julie AT yahoo DOT com
I follow you..for some reason though I cannot get my account to be recognized on your comment form. hrh_julie AT yahoo DOT com
Swimming lessons!!
Facebook follower!!
MPMK subscriber!!
AND I posted on my Facebook!
I’m a Twitter follower too!
My little five year old would really love an American Girl doll to take camping with us this summer! We are going camping no less than five times in five other places than our back yard this summer. And I am a follower through blogger
bethtunnell@gmail.com
Swim lessons for my kids!
I subscribe to your feeds through google reader
I am a fan on FB
Go blueberry picking and make ice cream!
I’m a subscriber!
We are expecting in a couple of weeks, so there is not much on our list besides getting to know our baby girl and lots of family time!
Our bucket list includes trying to make it to the beach with our newborn twins, a 6 y.o and our 4 y.o.
I’m definitely going to see that movie, it looks really cute! 20 year olds aren’t too old to see it right??
Spending time at the pool and at the zoo.
Katie@iamnotageek.com
I follow MPMK!
#1 on our list: Sleep out in the yard in a tent!!
Subscriber (RSS)
…and FB “liker”
I follow MPMK on twitter.
I like MPMK on Facebook.
top of our bucket list is to get to Wisconsin to spend time at my sister’s summer home.
Thanks!
angiedkelly at gmail dot com
I posted a comment about this giveaway on my facebook page.
follow via twitter @yeahhappy
angiedkelly at gmail dot com
RSS feed subscriber
angiedkelly at gmail dot com
Top of the list is to go biking along the Sammamish River Trail with the kids at least once a week (good exercise and good fun).
thecanadianbiochemist@hotmail.com
Just have fun and go with the flow…with 3-year old twins, that’s all I can do! Hold on and enjoy the ride!
rabresch72 at yahoo dot com
We’re going to get on a plane and leave for a well deserved break!
Living in Arizona, our summer started a while ago!
My three-year old and I kicked off our Not Bummer Summer with a rainbow rice sensory box. Playing in her rice is her new favorite thing to do.
Summer time + swimming then swimming, and more swimming! the kids love it
klrichards@gmail.com
Even though we live in the dead center of Ohio sitting and playing in some sand is on our bucket list!!! It must happen! paisleydawn@gmail.com
OH Please, oh please, oh please. On our list is swimming, and swimming lessons. My 6-yo girl is getting her spine cast removed and is eager to be in water for the first time in her memory. And she would LOVE the AG shopping spree. What a fun list…we have started our own in a little purse-sized booklet…
http://teamcraunchatter.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-planning-simple-pamphlet-how-to.html
teamcraun[at]sbcglobal.net
We can’t wait to see our tadpoles turn into frogs!
I LOVE the idea of a bucket list – in fact, I think I will have my girls write down all their activities on slips of paper to draw out of a bucket on summer mornings! Thank you for this great idea!
I have been a subscriber for awhile on Google Reader ’cause I love this blog!
Now you are a fb fan…
just shared this giveaway on fb…
Lots and lots of time at the beach! My toddler is finally getting over her extreme fear of sand and ocean, so that’s pretty much all I have planed.
Already a follower!
& FB fan!
my girls top of their summer bucket list is to get the guys from big time rush to tweet them so far 1 down 3 to go
top of my summer bucket list with them lots of outside fun.
I subscribe in google reader
I’m a facebook fan
follow on twitter (both facebook and twitter gidgetnfroggi
Our first long driving trip with my 4, 2 and 1-year-old smooshed into our small car. Should be memorable
The top of my list will be to survive the summer with a new baby (due in about 3 weeks) and my 2 year old! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
Rachel
rachelcornish at hotmail dot com
top of our summer list is to scrapbook all our photos!
klpierce@cox.net
i subscribe on google reader as well
On the top of our summer bucket list is a visit to the zoo. My youngest daughter is developmentally disabled and the older kids have been working on sign language with her on animal signs. Time to go test it out with live monkeys!
Kims2312@verizon.net
At the top of my little girl’s summer bucket list is a teddy bear picnic. I think that we can handle that!
danettefoster at yahoo dot com
We recently discovered that much of the severe anxiety my nine year old daughter has suffered for years is from sensory processing disorder. We’ve seen huge progress with OT and brushing. I just really really want her to be able to try a few new things this summer. I want to go on vacation and actually be able to leave the condo. I think it might happen. I’m hopeful.
I’m already a subscriber. meltay at comcast.net
Also, I follow you on Twitter @imaginationsoup
On our list is to spend as much time at the pool as possible this summer =)
dncr77777@gmail.com
Also a subscriber
dncr77777@gmail.com
We plan on being at the pool ALOT. And practicing reading, we are just getting it, I don’t want it to slip over the summer.
cathy@lobsterboyandshrimpgirl.com
I also am an email subscriber.
cathy@lobsterboyandshrimpgirl.com
the must do on my summer bucket list is camping in the backyard! thanks for the giveaway!!
gretch31 (at) hotmail.com
building a coop for our chickens!
i’m a follower of MPMK!
gretch31 (at) hotmail.com
Actually going to the American Girl store is at the top of our bucket list! We are headed to Chattanooga for a family reunion and my girls have always wanted to go to the AGS so we will be stopping at the one near Atlanta. We will also be going to the Georgia aquarium which has been on my girls’ list since learning it is the world’s largest aquarium. As for our at home bucket list, we want to get the training wheels off of my daughter’s bike
— jennifer@macko.net
Also I’m a subscriber via Google reader using your RSS — jennifer@macko.net
And I’m a facebook follower — jennifer@macko.net
On the top of my list is a week at Gaparilla Island – no cars, nowhere to go, just 24 hours of beach and exploring
gert003 at aol dot com
I am an email subscriber
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i liked you on FB
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Summer reading program at the library!
subscriber
The top of my daughter’s summer list is to swim as much as possible.
Lisa
lisa at krengeltech dot com
At the top of my summer bucket list is to deliver a healthy baby boy
At the top of my daughter’s summer bucket list is to play with the neighbors on her new swing set as much as possible!
zabecc(at)hotmail(dot)com
oh, and I’m a loyal google reader subscriber!
Sit on the beach with my kids and build a sandcastle. no tv, no phone, no computer. just us and the sand and water
I tweeted:)
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And my choice for a non bummer summer would be art time with kiddos and have someone ELSE clean up:)
At the top of my bucket list is geocaching with my husband and two young children!
Top of our bucket list is to camp in a tent for the first time with our 2 and 4 yr-olds!
echis@mywdo.com
We’d finally like to make it to the zoo. Simple, but something we definitely want to do!
rachelmelinda@gmail.com
We have a bonfire up a nearby canyon on our list for sure!
lily79[at]gmail[dot]com
I subscribe!
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Sign me up!
I’m a facebook fan!
I’m a twitter follower too!
And … I just tweeted
Tops on our list is hitting the beach, which we plan to do later this week. Can’t wait!
Jessie
j_wilson04 at yahoo dot com
I am a subscriber. Thanks!
Jessie
j_wilson04 at yahoo dot com
life is too crazy sometimes. top on our list is to enjoy the summer night and not be in such a rush to have a bath, brush our teeth, read stories, and turn off the lights. i want to enjoy the sunset with my kids and roast marshmallows while wishing on stars.
sarahruthie@hotmail.com
The top of my list is going berry picking with my husband and two little girls. We plan on doing a bunch of canning this summer and I can’t wait!
On the bucket list is taking our daughter to the beach fir the first time!
I am now following you on Facebook : )
My 6 year old would be so happy if I won her a $150 gift card plus we live 1 hour outside NYC so could have a fun mother/daughter shopping day : )
MPMK subscriber!
On our bucket list: go to the beach {again}!
already a FB fan!
Visiting Washington DC for the first time with my girls.
Top of my summer list is to have lots of water fun – swimming, water fights, spray bottles etc.
carmen.lowry@gmail.com
Tracey wrote:
my summer bucket list isn’t that extravagant as we have a one month old at home, but I’d love to take his sister (she’s 8.5 & loves AG) & him to the beach
Tracey also wrote:
I just liked MPMK on FB
precioustrace@hotmail.com
The top of my summer bucket list is to get another beach weekend in.
aldnlopez at gmail dot com
I follow via Google Reader
Like MPMK on Facebook
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/moimama/status/80887800261640192
Twitter name: moimama
On the top of my Summer Bucket List is to take a trip to California to the beach.
I follow the MPMK Blog
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hnash10@gmail.com
At the top of my Summer Bucket List is going fishing as a family.
pica_princess_88@yahoo.com
I subscribe to email
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I like MPMK on FB
Chelsei R
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We do a summer list– one of the biggies this year is to hit a food truck. I think we’re even going to head to “truckeroo” to hit a lot at the same time. But our American Girl store opened today, so I can’t wait to take my seven year old. Thanks for the giveaway!
I subscribe to MPMK via google feed reader.
On the top of my summer bucket list is to throw out my summer bucket list and just hang out with my son.
aelphaba@yahoo.com
Going to visit the zoo and parks in the area.
to win my softball cha,pionship at pnc park!!!!! i have played softball since i was 5 and im thirteen now so 9 years this will be my tenth!!!!!! we won the championship last year at pnc park and hope to win again!!!i play third base and right center!!! and sometimes catcher!!! softball is my life
a.kindelberger@yahoo.com