The First Years Video Contest & Toddler Prize Pack Giveaway

Are you enjoying every moment of your parenting journey and can't wait to show it off to everyone? Would you be excited to see yourself and your family on TV? Well, The First Years is now casting young families with unique parenting stories for a cool new online reality series. Those who enter will have the chance to win $7,500+ in prizes! Plus Green Scene Mom has partnered with The First Years for an amazing toddler prize pack giveaway, which you could win whether or not you are entering the video contest.

Now Casting Families!

The First Years is looking for a cast of characters from a wide variety of backgrounds to show America what the first years of parenting are really all about. New parents with children ages newborn to 20 months and expecting parents are all invited to enter.

All it takes for a shot at starring in The First Years Welcome to The Family Video Series is a 30-second Smartphone video and 100-word (or less) story about what makes your family's story totally unique. Please enter your family's story at family.thefirstyears.com.

Willie Wilkov, the Chief Marketing Officer of TOMY International shares the inspiration behind the contest. "The First Years totally gets what the first years of life are really like, which is far from picture-perfect. Our video contest is all about documenting the joy, laughter and unpredictable moments that quite often become the most memorable ones. We're celebrating real families and the individual experiences that make their parenting journey all their own."

Hasbro Twister Dance Review & Flash Giveaway

Do you enjoy playing the classic Twister game? Do you love to dance? Now you can easily combine the two in one single game: Twister Dance, Hasbro's latest release featuring a custom remix of "Till The World Ends" by pop star Britney Spears. The game is on Kmart's annual Fab 15 toy list!

Twister Dance provides a new, fun way to learn hot dance moves via a dance console with multi-color LED lights, 8 iconic Twister spots powered by beat detection technology, and 5 pre-programmed songs performed by today's top artists:

• "Till the World Ends," TWISTER REMIX, performed by Britney Spears
• "Whip My Hair," performed by Willow Smith
• "We R Who We R," performed by Ke$ha
• "Cupid Shuffle," performed by Cupid
• And an exclusive track "Caught Up in a Twister."

To play, simply follow the lights on the dance console to place your feet on the spots with corresponding colors. You can choose among 3 levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Dancers are also encouraged to show off their individual style by improvising arm and hand movements. With a little practice, you can rock the spots like Britney Spears in her music video!

My favorite feature of Twister Dance is that it allows you to connect your own mp3 player to the console and dance to your favorite songs. It also makes it easy to keep your game updated with what's hot and trendy. The console alone functions as a quality speaker. You can get a copy of the game at online and offline retailers nationwide for $34.99. Do you have a child ages 8-16 who's got the moves to rock the spots? Upload her video to RocktheSpots.com by October 24 and get a chance to be part of Brittany's new video and to win $10,000!

The Giveaway

Hasbro has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a copy of Twister Dance game valued at $34.99! The game can be played solo or with company. It's a game the whole family can enjoy!

Win A 6-Day/5-Night Family Trip To Caribbean or Mexico!

Yo Gabba Gabba! fans, I've got exciting news for you! This morning, Yo Gabba Gabba! announced their Cool Tricks Contest on Facebook. Gabba fans across North American are invited to upload an original 30-60 second video showing off their unique talents for a chance to win one of 60 awesome prizes!

The video with the most votes for each tour city gets the winner a VIP Family 4-Pack of Gabba Party Package and the opportunity to have her winning video played during intermission at the KIA Motors Presents YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE!: THERE’S A PARTY IN MY CITY! show closest to her hometown. Each winner will also receive $100 worth of organic baby food, toddler, and lunchbox snacks and two “Party In My Lunchbox” Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! concert t-shirts from Revolution Foods and Plum Organics. Please read the official rules for a complete list of 60 tour cities and respective contest deadline.

But that's not all! Every contestant will be automatically entered into a sweepstakes to win the Grand Prize--a 6-day/5-night all-expense paid trip for four to the Caribbean or Mexico. The prize package includes round trip air, Junior Suite accommodations, and all meals to a choice of Palladium Hotels & Resorts. To enter, simply make a short video demonstrating your Cool Trick and upload it on the Facebook contest page. The sweepstakes closes on December 12, 2010.

Background
Cool Tricks is a popular segment on the television series where children and adults show off their special talent or skill (gymnastics, cup stacking, breakdance move, etc.). Celebrities such as Tony Hawk performing a skateboard move and Rhys Darby doing the robot have appeared on Cool Tricks. 

KIA Motors Presents YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE! THERE’S A PARTY IN MY CITY! will make stops in 60 cities at top theaters, arenas and amphitheaters across North America starting on August 27 in Bethel, NY and ending in Dallas, TX on December 12. Featuring music, singing, dancing and animation, KIA Motors Presents YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE! THERE’S A PARTY IN MY CITY! is an interactive experience that offers audience members of all ages the opportunity to witness their favorite characters come to life. Joining the characters on stage will be hip-hop legend Biz Markie to teach kids how to beat box with “Biz’s Beat of the Day.” Special guests will join the party on stage for the Super Music Friends Show and Dancey Dance segments.

For complete tour, ticket, and VIP package information, please visit www.yogabbagabbalive.com.

Enter the LG Fame Us! Contest & Win $50,000 Cash!

Have you heard about the LG FAME theme song? Do you love to sing and dance? Video your interpretation of the Fame theme song and you could win the Grand Prize of $50,000 cash!

Not a performer? You can win awesome prizes too! Simply watch and vote on videos submitted by other people and you'll be entered to win the Grand Prize of an LG Home Theater Package including an LG LHB977 Home Theater System and a 55” Full HD 1080i LED Backlighting 240Hz LCD TV (ARV $3,950), and/or the Daily Prize of one of the following LG phones: LG Lotus (LX600, $299.99 – Sprint), LG enV3 ($299.99 - Verizon), or LG Neon ($229.99 – Verizon), winner's choice! You can vote three times per day for multiple chances to win!

The deadline to enter the LG Fame Us! Contest and Sweepstakes is 10/5/2009. Only 15 days left. Hurry & good luck!