Stay at Home Mom

We just received this information about a great way to celebrate Veterans day this year. If you know anyone with a Military family this is a great way to celebrate their dedication to our country. These bears would make great Christmas gifts too. I have the camo bear and he is sitting on the mantle of our fireplace in my living room right now. My baby is now 11 ( years… not months ) and there is really no good reason to go out and buy a bear but I have recently discovered that you are never too old for a new friend.

Build-A-Bear Workshop® Offers Discount to Military Families

WHO: Build-A-Bear Workshop…

WHAT: …is showing support for all military families in honor of Veterans Day. Members of the armed services including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Reserve Officer Training Corps will receive a 20% discount on any one transaction at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores with the presentation of a government issued military identification card.

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 11 through Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

WHERE: Build-A-Bear Workshop stores in the United States

WHY: Build-A-Bear Workshop offers a variety ways for Guests to salute their favorite military heroes. The Camo Bear ($18) complete with a Build-A-Sound® ($8) for Guests recording a 10-second personal message, is great for servicemen and women and their families. Other products inspired by the armed forces available at Build-A-Bear Workshop include:
• Army Officer Uniform
• Marine Outfit
• Naval Outfit
• Air Service Uniform
• Coast Guard Work Uniform

About Build-A-Bear Workshop
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is the leading and only global company that offers an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal retail-entertainment experience. Founded in 1997, the Company and its franchisees currently operate more than 400 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide, including company-owned stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and France, and franchise stores in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. In 2007, the interactive experience was enhanced – all the way to CyBEAR™ space – with the launch of buildabearville.com®, the company’s virtual world stuffed with fun. The company was named to the 2009 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list. Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) posted total revenue of $468 million in fiscal 2008. For more information, call 888.560.BEAR (2327) or visit the company’s award-winning Web site at buildabear.com®.

To stay up to date on all the latest promotions at Build-A-Bear Workshop® follow them on twitter too! http://www.twitter.com/buildabear ( You should really follow them on twitter – I just read that BABW now has Star Wars gear for their bears…tooo cute! )

FULL DISCLOSURE: Build-a-Bear in support of Wired Safety’s (http://www.wiredsafety.org) Stop Cyberbullying Coalition donated bears to the event (which we attended) in support of Stop Cyberbullying month and we did bring home a bear from that event.

Yes there is a theme – Motherhood -

It has been the theme here ever since we found out about the upcoming movie starring Uma Thurman. We have participated in teleconferences with the Director and stars of the film and have LOVED their perspective on making movies for families and on being parents themselves.

It is just before Halloween and the teenagers have taken over the movie screens bringing huge box office numbers to those scary movies that have been strategically released to coincide with Halloween.

It is time for us moms to get out there and let the world know that we want more family movies with a fair depiction of the Motherhood experience.

Go See the Movie Motherhood and take your picture with your friends at the theater! We’ll post your picture here and post any comments you have about the movie.

The movie Motherhood is coming to theaters tomorrow and you know from this site and many others that the mom bloggers out there in cyberspace are excited to go see this one. The reasons for us are that it looks like a really quality film that has good fun with our daily struggles as moms without trivializing or stereotyping them.

BUT WAIT there’s more! (read the press release we just received )

Fandango and iDeal Film Fund Form Cause-Related Ticket Partnership Surrounding the Upcoming Release of “Motherhood”

Funds Raised Through Opening Ticket Sales to Benefit

Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

New York – October 21, 2009 – The upcoming feature film “Motherhood” starring Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards has joined forces with Fandango, the nation’s leading movie ticketing destination, to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. For the first two weeks of the film’s opening, October 23rd to November 6th, 2009, one dollar of every “Motherhood” ticket sold on Fandango will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Komen for the Cure Affiliates in each of the five opening markets – New York , Chicago , Boston , San Francisco and Los Angeles – will share information with their constituents about the partnership. All money raised in each of the five markets will stay in those communities to serve unmet breast health needs.

“This is truly a remarkable partnership,” said Jana Edelbaum, managing partner of the iDeal Partners Film Fund. “Consumers simply purchase a “Motherhood” ticket on Fandango and $1 of their ticket purchase will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Their donation is being is made possible by Fandango and iDeal Partners Film Fund. In fact, iDeal is guaranteeing a minimum donation of $5,000 to get the ball rolling but hope to add at least two zeros to that.”

“We’re pleased to support an important cause like Susan G. Komen for the Cure,” says Ted Hong, Chief Marketing Officer of Fandango. “With Motherhood debuting at theaters during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s an ideal title and time to support the search for a cure and to get moviegoers involved.”

The promotion will be supported with a mixture of print and digital advertising, public relations as well as online support. Fandango has even created a special “Motherhood”/ Susan G. Komen for the Cure-branded widget which will appear on the film’s website, as well as many of the film’s promotional partner sites.

“When Blink Entertainment first brought the cause-related partnership idea to us we immediately liked it. It just made sense.” said Edelbaum. “Since then, some members of our team have been affected by breast cancer making this partnership incredibly personal to us.”

“Motherhood,” starring Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards is a comedy from writer/director Katherine Dieckmann, the acclaimed filmmaker of “Diggers” and “A Good Baby.” Shot entirely on location in New York ’s West Village , this comedy distills the dilemmas of the maternal state into the trials and tribulations of one pivotal day.

ABOUT IDEAL PARTNERS FILM FUND:

iDeal Partners Film Fund is an independent financing and production company founded in 2006 by managing partner Jana Edelbaum. Working in partnership with the country’s top film producers, iDeal produces a diversified slate of quality independent feature films and documentaries. iDeal manages the downside risk to its partners and collaborators through presales, casting and state tax incentives.

iDeal recently completed production on “An Invisible Sign of my Own,” a whimsical drama with a generous dose of magical realism. Directed by Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom) from a screenplay by writers Pam Falk and Mike Ellis (The Wedding Planner) it stars Jessica Alba, Chris Messina, JK Simmons, John Shea and Sonia Braga.

ABOUT FANDANGO:

One of the Web’s top movie and entertainment destinations, Fandango sells tickets to more than 16,000 screens. Fandango entertains and informs consumers with reviews, commentary and trailers, and offers the ability to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and conveniently buy tickets in advance. Fandango is available at www.fandango.com, and via your wireless mobile device at mobile.fandango.com. Fandango is a unit of Comcast Interactive Media.

ABOUT SUSAN G KOMEN FOR THE CURE:

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested more than $1.3 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.

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