Dashboard Confessions
Dashboard Confessions Giveaway: "Would You Rather" Edition
If there's one game my kids enjoy playing on the road, it's "Would You Rather?". Unfortunately, they are not all that creative with the questions so when they make up their own it usually goes like this:
Kid One: "Hey Mom, would you rather walk down the street naked or eat dog poop?" (naked)
Kid Two: "Hey Mom, would you rather eat cat poop or walk down the street naked?" (still naked!)
Thankfully the folks at Zobmondo are pretty good at coming up with clever conundrums that do not all involve public nudity or animal poo, and that my kids still find immensely amusing. As do I. Such as:
"Would You Rather... Rip a garment while trying it on and swear you found it that way or… be given too much change and not tell the cashier?"
Zobmondo's version of this travel game ensures that you are never out of amusingly tricky choices and that you will enjoy much laughter and lively conversation as the miles fly by. Sans electronics!
We're hitting the road in a week's time, and we'll be bringing the travel version of Zobmondo's "Would You Rather..." game along with us. We love it so much that we decided we'd rather share it with you than keep it a secret. So we are giving away two travel sets of the classic game to two lucky winners. Here's how to enter:
In the Comments Field Below:
1. Answer the Question "Would You Rather... travel 5 hours by plane or 5 hrs by car with your children in tow?"
2. Hit us with your best original "Would You Rather" question, and keep the game going!
Two winners will be chosen at 11pm on Friday Aug 8th. Winners will have 72 hrs to respond to email before we draw another do please do check your inbox!
August 1, 2008 in Dashboard Confessions, Editorial, Giveaways,Coupons & Deals | by Ciaran Blumenfeld | Permalink | Comments (78)
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Dashboard Confessions: Grabby Hands & the Automobile
You know those plastic handles on the roof of the car? The one's you grab onto when your designated driver makes a sharp left turn and your beverage of choice goes flying onto the dashboard? The ones your grandma never ever lets go of? We've heard them called everything from "Oh (expletive)" grips to "Terror Handles". The car manufacturers say they are to facillitate entry and exit from the vehicle but those of us with spouses who like to drive, know better.
Well there is finally a use for these handles that does not have to do with whether the light was actually yellow or red.
This clever product from Kicky Pants is sure to keep babies and toddlers busy, as well as toys off the floor, meaning a much quieter ride and less reason to be afraid! Very easy to install, you just stretch the Auto Mobile from door to door in the back seat, velcro-ing the strap around the aforementioned ceiling handles.
They come with 3 rings (but, you can add more with Linkadoos, if you wish) that you can hang your child's favorite toys from to create stimulating back seat scenery. The traveling mobiles I had with my kids were always kind of cheesy, I love the idea of creating my own with whatever the child is most interested in at the time.
The Auto Mobile will help you to create perfect back seat entertainment for newborns and toddlers. Kicky Pants is also an an eco-friendly clothing company that has a fabulous selection of bamboo fiber clothing that is high quality, stylish, and very, very soft.
And now for your confession and a chance to win it - we are giving away one Auto Mobile in Blue with Brown Dots!
Tell us in the comments:
1.What do you call your car handles?
2. What favorite toy your child won't leave the house with out?
One lucky winner will be chosen on Friday July 25, at 11pm.
July 18, 2008 in Dashboard Confessions, Editorial | by Ciaran Blumenfeld | Permalink | Comments (52)
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Dashboard Confessions: Stroller Tales & Winner of Bugaboo Frog!
We're jumping with joy to announce our winner in our Dashboard Confessions Bugaboo Frog Contest, sponsored by Let's Go Strolling. Jill Jordan, the lucky winner, told us that she has used her current stroller as an airport cart. She wrote:
"The wackiest thing I've done with my stroller (and it isn't that wacky) is using it to haul my daughter's huge carseat around the airport. (I had my daughter in a sling since the stroller was otherwise occupied!) The diaper bag that caught my eye is the Skip Hop Via Backpack. I love the convenience of a backpack diaper bag and that one looks to have all the features I want."
Skip Hop diaper bags were popular with many entrants, as were the Valco Boy Meets Girl special edition stroller, Phil and Ted's Strollers and of course, the Bugaboos. We're so happy for Jill, and hope her Bugaboo gets her to and from the boarding gates (and everywhere else) in style. Some other amusing stroller uses?
Naomi's pets are catty about her stroller:
"Our cats vie for the coveted stroller seat. Usually one will be sitting in the seat and another will be in the footrest area. Occasionally there will even be a third in the basket underneath. Tera uses her stroller for educational purposes: For the past couple of years our stroller has served a very important purchase - it carries our children's curriculum around as we pile on purchases at spring and fall book sales. As a homeschooling family, we go to quite a few."
Jo used her stroller as a fertility device:
"It was January of 2004 and I was posting on a message board that I frequent. A woman there had a thread about how badly she wanted a Bugaboo. I had never heard of such a thing, but after investigation I wanted one too...bad! Only problem, I did not have a child and had no plans on having a child. It all changed that day. I became somewhat obsessed with getting a Bugaboo. I also became determined to have a child. Fast forward to October 2007. I was blessed with the most perfect baby boy at 6:18 in the morning."
Susan's husband used their stroller as a mobile dental office:
"my husband (a dentist) was volunteering for a community health fair and his assistant forgot to bring his cart to place his instruments. Our Peg Perego P3 travel system stroller came in super handy that day! He placed his trays and laptop (for x-rays) on it and was able to move it around to give free dental check ups for people in the community who could not afford dental care."
Steve's wife used their stroller as a walker:
"We have used our strollers for so many things. I think that my favorite was watching my wife use it as a walker after major surgery. Since she could not carry anything heavy and had a hard time walking, she used the stroller for just about everything - inside the house."
Angel once borrowed a stroller for a mobile kegger:
"Before I tell my story, I just want to apologize to my Aunt Diane. My only excuse is that I was young and dumb and it was the early nineties. When I was in college, my Aunt Diane loaned me her car for a weekend. In the back was a baby stroller that we used to push a keg up to our dorm. If that wasn't bad enough we put a big black garbage bag in the seat, put the keg back in and packed it in ice. We joked all night long about having a mobile party. We even pushed it to different locations in the dorm through out the night."
Carrie used her sister's stroller as a shopping aid during huge sales:
"Since this is my first child, I have not had a stroller to use in strange ways but my sister and I used one of her's to push around and block other shoppers on Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) to get into the front of the line or move other shoppers away from an item we were after. The baby was home with his daddy sleeping in!"
July 14, 2008 in Dashboard Confessions, Giveaways,Coupons & Deals | by Ciaran Blumenfeld | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Dashboard Confessions: Easier Now to Win a Bugaboo Frog!
Strollers. They are an indispensible part of parenthood, and to those with young babies and toddlers, going anywhere without them seems like sheer madness. But wait, what's that you got in there? Is that your child or your laundry?
This week Dashboard Confessions leaves the motor behind in an awesome giveaway sponsored by the Stroller Gurus at LetsGoStrolling.com. One lucky winner will be pushing their kid or whatever else pleases them in a posh Bugaboo Frog!
Whether you use your stroller as a shopping cart at the grocery store, a swag wagon at the mall or a picnic basket at the soccer field, we'd like to hear all about it. Tell us the most funny, outrageous or inventive use you have found for your stroller, and you will be entered to win a Bugaboo Frog from Car and Caboodle and Lets Go Strolling.
Here's how to enter:
1. Go to LetsGoStrolling.com and window shop for your favorite diaper bag or stroller.
2. Go to the comments field below and use it to tell us the wacky ways you have used your past and present strollers.
3. Also tell us which of the strollers or bags on the Lets Go Strolling site caught your fancy.
4. Hit submit!
Please note: Entries that do not meet the above requirements, will be disqualified. One lucky winner will win a Bugaboo Frog Stroller (retail value $759)! Winner will be chosen at random from all entries received before 11:00 PM Friday July 4th Friday July 11th.
Editors Note: We have extended the deadline on this contest and changed the requirements for entry (no video required now, but if you have one to share, please do!). We know you are busy and don't want you to miss out on this awesome contest!
June 27, 2008 in Dashboard Confessions, Editorial, Giveaways, Giveaways,Coupons & Deals | by Ciaran Blumenfeld | Permalink | Comments (220)
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Congrats to our Dashboard Confessions Winner Suzanne B.!
Suzanne B has won a $75 gift certificate to Bediboo and can use it to buy some things to keep her kids comfy and cozy on their next road trip. She told us that when her family travels they like to have:
"Blankies and pillows - the comfier they are, the more likely they are to sleep. Wrap them up and make them comfy! "
As far as what Suzanne will be shopping for at Bediboo?
"I'm addicted to Baby Legs. I'm not sure if anyone knows how much yet, in fact, my daughter is wearing her dark grey and polka dot pair today. I wanna make diaper cakes with them! Love Love Love Baby legs!"
Congratulations Suzanne! And everyone else - stay tuned for this weeks Special Dashboard Confessions video edition where we will be giving away a Bugaboo Frog Stroller.
June 10, 2008 in Dashboard Confessions | by Ciaran Blumenfeld | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Dashboard Confessions Giveaway: Giving In On The Road
This week's Dashboard Confessions Giveaway is sponsored by Bediboo. Congratulations to the winner of our last Giveaway who won a Billboard Messenger Bag from Dadgear! This week's randomly selected winner will get a $75 gift coupon from the most excellent childrens store, Bediboo.com. Deadline to enter is 11pm, Friday June 6th. It's time to fess up!
Getting to your destination with kids breathing down your neck is no easy task. It's hard to keep your eyes on the road when you are hearing constant are-we-there-yets and she-touched-mes!
In order to keep the peace in the car, ordinary rules may not apply. Non tv-watching families may plug in for the long haul and junk food free types may load up on the munchies. We've even heard of families who like to let their kids travel in their Halloween Costumes. In July.
Whatever the case is in your car, we want to know! What rules do you let slide when you hit the road?
Important Note: In order to be eligible, please leave a comment and tell us your Dashboard Confession and also tell us which item in particular from the Bediboo website would be most likely to keep your kids entertained (or at least well dressed) on your next travel adventure.
May 30, 2008 in Dashboard Confessions, Giveaways,Coupons & Deals | by Ciaran Blumenfeld | Permalink | Comments (68)
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Dashboard Confessions Giveaway: Oops I Dinged it Again
You're driving along, hands at 10 and 2, eyes on the road, fully caffienated even, and then your kid does something really cute. Or hits their sibling. And next thing you know you have scraped a section of wall in the preschool parking lot with the side of your brand new SUV.
Driving while parenting has its caveats. Tell us in the comments below about your latest es-scrape-pade and enter to win a one of a kind Billboard Bag from Dadgear worth $99. The contest closes next Friday at 11 pm PST.
If you're a dude you can fill it with stuff to keep the kids busy/quiet and if you are a girl, maybe your man will forgive the damage when you hand him his new Dadbag. Funny entries may be re-published, one random entry will win.
Note: because these bags are all one-of-a-kind (much like your dings), the bag you win will not look exactly like the one pictured.
May 16, 2008 in Dashboard Confessions, Giveaways | by Ciaran Blumenfeld | Permalink | Comments (63)
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