Maple Leaf Mommy

Who the heck is Phineas and Ferb? Judging by the buzz in my feed I'm the only mom out there asking that question. Everyone else seems to be well acquainted with them, and really psyched about the new PHINEAS AND FERB: THE PERRY FILES 2-Disc DVD set coming out on June 5th.

The Perry Files focuses on Perry, Phineas and Ferb's pet platypus, who leads a secret life as Agent P deftly battling the evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz to save the world!

Join Perry the Platypus–a.k.a. Agent P.–on his most exciting adventures as he thwarts his nemesis, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, at every turn. With groovy gadgets, mad skills and his trademark brown fedora, this semi-aquatic, egg-layin’ mammal of action is unstoppable! Experience the hilarious havoc as he defends the Tristate Area against Doof’s “inators,” battles rogue agent “Dennis the Bunny,” and much more. When it comes to secret agents, Perry’s not only the real deal, he’s real teal! 

I suspect G-Girl is going to love Perry. I'm looking forward to sharing my review copy with her and reporting back to you folks with our findings. But in the meantime I've teamed up with Disney to offer this cool giveaway....

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Okay here are a couple of gems I recently overheard while the big one was trying to teach the little one how to play Star Wars the "right" way.

First there's the names they call "The Star Wars Guys" by...

Star Guy Gun Guy Good Guy

Bad Guy Woooookie and Mom.

Wait, Mom? Yeah, I tried to convince the kids that Leia and I don't even bear a passing resemblance but the little one is insistent.

Actually, thanks to her Dad's patient prompting, the four year old is starting to catch on to the characters proper names. Which is why I recently caught her yelling at her little sister, "There are NO Brobies here! No! His name is NOT Brobie One Kenobi." I couldn't help but giggle.

Particularly when it was followed up by G-Girl yelling, "No hugging! No! No, NO! Jedi never hug when they have their light-sabers on!"

Have you guys overheard any doozies while your little ones are playing? 

98% of American homes have TV sets, which means the people in the other 2% have to generate their own sex and violence. ~ Franklin P. Jones.

Speroway is a fantastic charity that helps children in need. You might not have heard of them, and that's probably because they used to be called "Feed the Children - Canada", but recently changed their name.  Their new name, Speroway, comes from the Latin for "hope" (spero) plus the word way, so together it roughly means "to lead the way to hope", which fits nicely with their motto "Delivering hope to needy children".

Speroway does fantastic things here in Canada to help those in need; such as their Hamilton Food Drop, and the work they've done within First Nations communities.  They've also done amazing work helping to feed and meet the basic medical needs of children in third world countries like Haiti and Guatemala.  Right now they are trying to raise donations to build a new medical clinic in Haiti.

With their name change, Speroway got a brand new website, a new Facebook fanpage and a new Twitter account. To help let people know about their name change, raise awareness about all they do and to increase donations so that they can build a medical clinic in Haiti, Speroway is running one seriously cool contest.



The Grand Prize Gift Basket includes:
*      an iPad HD 2012 (16GB)
*     $500 WaySpa Gift Card
*      Cineplex Night Out Gift Pack for 4
*      2 “Big Kaboodle” combo packs from Mabel’s Labels 

There are also four runner up prizes each consisting of a Mabels Labels “The Basic Kit” prize pack (approx. value $139.80).

The Speroway Share and Win Contest ends at 5pm on June 22, and is open to Canada only excluding Quebec. ENTER NOW.

You do not have to make a donation to enter this contest. Simply fill out the form and you're entered. However, this is a Share & Win style contest. You're encouraged to share the contest via Facebook, Twitter and Email. Each time one of your friends enters via your link you earn another ballot. Spread the word! You'll be doing a little bit of good by helping to raise awareness about Speroway and all the great things they do, and you'll also be helping to increase your chances of winning one very awesome prize pack (Who doesn't want an iPad??). CLICK HERE TO ENTER. Good luck!

To learn more about Speroway:
- visit their web page.
- connect with them on Facebook.
- connect with them on Twitter.
  
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post for which I am being compensated. As always my words and opinions are my own.

I've had a couple of people ask if we were going to reveal the contents of the mystery boxes, so I decided to post these pictures to give you an idea of all the awesome loot our four winners are going to be receiving.


And the winners are....
Patricia W. ~ Baby Box
Jayda T. ~ Kids Box
Eva U. ~ Box of Intrigue
Courtney F. ~ Health & Beauty Box

Congrats ladies!

Thanks to everyone who took part in this fun giveaway! And thanks to my three fabulous co-hosts; Did You Know Canada, The Knit Wit by Shair, and Talking Momcents. We had a fantastic response to this and will be doing a Mystery Box event again in the Fall.