{"id":6786,"date":"2012-04-04T08:16:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T13:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2012-04-04T08:33:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T13:33:41","slug":"why-i-think-indigo-kids-is-awesome-and-a-giveaway-part-1-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/why-i-think-indigo-kids-is-awesome-and-a-giveaway-part-1-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I think Indigo Kids is awesome (part 1 of 3), and a giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/span>ne of the more popular posts on this blog, from a traffic standpoint, is the “An experienced mom’s guide to kid birthday parties in Ottawa<\/a>.” It seems parents are looking for inspiration when it comes to hosting birthday parties for their kids.<\/p>\n

Consider this set of three posts the other side of that fence: let me tell you about how Indigo Kids<\/a> is making birthday party gift giving as painless an experience as possible. Heck, I might even go so far as to say it’s fun!<\/p>\n

This post is inspired in part by my own experiences with Indigo Kids in the last few months, which I meant to share at the time but never did get around to blogging. (Twitter really does mess with my supply of blog fodder!) So when I saw that Mom Central Canada was hosting a blog tour and giveaway as part of a promotional campaign, I knew it was a perfect opportunity to share my experiences AND give you a chance to win a gift card.<\/p>\n

\"Indigo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Last fall, Simon had been invited to a birthday party for one of his classmates in Grade 2. I’d just started back at work downtown, and one day on my lunch hour I popped into the Chapters store on Rideau Street, thinking I’d pick out a Pokemon book or something similar as a gift. Since it had been a while since I’d been in the downtown Chapters, I was surprised and delighted to see that they carried a full line of great toys for a wide range of ages, and that they were great quality toys as well.<\/p>\n

I perused for a while, and finally settled on a Super Mario Bros Yahtzee set as the perfect gift. I knew Simon’s little buddy shared his love of Nintendo games, and in fact my boys have the same game and love it. As I went to grab one, I realized that stacked behind a couple of the boxes were more wrapped in bright, happy gift paper. I grabbed one and brought it to the clerk, and asked how much extra it was for the gift-wrapped version. “Oh, that’s free!” she said. “We like to make things a little easier for busy parents.”<\/p>\n

I was so impressed, and noticed that almost all of the more popular toys had a few wrapped and unwrapped versions available. I meant to blog it at the time, but well, you know. Best of intentions and all of that!<\/p>\n

So that’s the FIRST time I was impressed by Indigo Kids this year. (I’ve actually been impressed by Indigo Kids many times over the years, as they’ve made their toy sections comfortable, warm places for kids and adults to spend a little bit or even a lot of time. Maybe this series needs to be four posts long?) But now, the giveaway!<\/p>\n

Would you like to win a gift card for Indigo Kids<\/a>? I knew you would! Here’s the details:<\/p>\n

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  1. This is a giveaway for a $35 Indigo gift card.<\/li>\n
  2. To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment on this post telling me why you love Indigo Kids or how you think Indigo Kids could be helpful to you.<\/li>\n
  3. This giveaway is open only to Canadian residents, excluding residents of Quebec. (sorry!)<\/li>\n
  4. This giveaway will run from today through April 30. <\/li>\n
  5. One winner will be chosen from all comments posted on any of the three contest posts on this blog.<\/li>\n
  6. You can comment as many times as you like, but you will only be entered into the giveaway once.<\/li>\n
  7. You can also enter to win on other blogs, but you can only win once.<\/li>\n
  8. If you win, you must be willing to provide your full name and address to me, to share with Mom Central Canada, in order to claim your gift card.<\/li>\n
  9. Gift cards will be sent 4 to 6 weeks after the close of the giveaway.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And if you haven’t get checked out the great new Indigo Kids section of your favourite Chapters\/Indigo store, this store locator link<\/a> will help you find a location near you.
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    \nDisclosure: I am participating in the Indigo Kids program by Mom Central Canada. I received compensation for my participation in this campaign, but the opinions on this blog are ALWAYS my own. I only participate in promotional campaigns for products and services I feel I can personally endorse.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    One of the more popular posts on this blog, from a traffic standpoint, is the “An experienced mom’s guide to kid birthday parties in Ottawa.” It seems parents are looking for inspiration when it comes to hosting birthday parties for their kids. Consider this set of three posts the other side of that fence: let … Continue reading “Why I think Indigo Kids is awesome (part 1 of 3), and a giveaway!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6786"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6795,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions\/6795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}