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• Best of FameCrawler: Week of June 20th

  Jennifer Aniston Is A Hater C-Section For Jamie-Lynn Spears Baby Ray Allen's Son: A Hard Week OMG!! Baby # 2 On The Way So Soon?!! Sienna Miller is Selfish Sara Evans Wedding Photo FIRST LOOK: Jessica Alba In Genlux Magazine Angelina Jolie is One Cool Lady Kate Beckinsale's Nude Shower Scene Do You Know These Kids? 9 Celebrity Parents When They Were Children Jamie Lynn's Family Makes First Statement About New Baby Posted Jun 20 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: celebrity, birth, parents, Babble, contest, strollerderby, brad pitt, California, los angeles, Her Bad Mother, Trix, hospital, shower, boobs, c-section, boston, whit honea, jennifer aniston, best of famecrawler, jamie lynn spears, nude, governor, breast, feeding, son, sassy smith, sweatpantsmom, picture, post-baby, jolie-pitt, wedding photo, ill, maddie, celtics, final, kate beckinsale, nba, sienna miller, familyshiloh, guess, ray allen, sara evans, karen sugarpants

• Giveaway: Win Tickets to "Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience!"

  You know your kids want to see the movie with the kung-fu fighting panda. You know they do. And hey, you deserve a night out, right? So how about this: we'll take your whole family to the movies. Absolutely free.  Read on for details!         Read More... Posted Jun 02 2008, 10:01 AM by editors with | with no comments Filed under: Movies, contest, film, kids movies, children's movies, summer, tickets, giveaway, Kung Fu Panda, babble contest, jack black, paramount, imax

• Free Wii ... For a Price, That Is

  Want a super cool gift or just want to play some awesome games when the kids go to bed (sharing is overrated)? Well, SD alum Stefania (Citymama) Pomponi-Butler is giving away a free Nintendo Wii game system ... with a catch, of course. Read More... Posted May 19 2008, 08:24 AM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: contest, fitness, Wii, CityMama, giveaway

• Caption Contest: Win a Dazzle stroller!

  Think you can write bodice-ripping text? Chronicle Books is betting you can contribute to their new release Porn for New Moms, and will be amply rewarding the best caption that crosses our desks. Go here, then put on your new parent hat and show us what you’ve got and you could win a fabulous Silver Cross Dazzle Stroller and see your work published on Babble.   Mine would go something like this: “Oprah called. She bought you a nanny.”  - April Peveteaux   Enter to win today! Posted May 07 2008, 04:40 PM by editors with | with no comments Filed under: contest, giveaway, porn for new moms, silver cross dazzle stroller

• Let Baby Bring Home The Bacon

  Tired of working your butt off so your kids can have the finer things in life?  Well, maybe it's time to sit back and let your kids rake in the big bucks. Read More... Posted Mar 13 2008, 04:35 PM by asflutz with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: contest, TheCuteKid.com, talent agent, casting

• Baby Gap Winners: I Got Robbed

  I don't know why Gap had a problem with me. My headshots were great. I totally nailed my callback. I sang. I danced. I poured my heart into this contest. But in the end, I just didn't have the "energy" they wanted. Or the "Youth." Or the "Please, dude, just go away or we're calling the cops because this is a contest for babies." Whatever that means. Read More... Posted Feb 09 2008, 03:22 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with no comments Filed under: contest

• Girl Wins Hannah Montana Tickets With Fake Essay

  I have had countless conversations about Hannah Montana over the past couple of weeks, which is stunning, considering I don't think I had uttered the rather catchy (and fake) name more than once or twice total before that.  In any case, all of the discussions involved one or more of these three elements: first-graders (first-graders!); $450 concert tickets (for a fake singer!); mothers living through their daughters (in this day and age!). Until today, the sickest anecdote came from my aunt-in-law, a second-grade teacher, who told me about a first-grader at her school. The girl's mom shelled out nearly $2,000 for four concert tickets, plus transportation and dinner for the mother-daughter pairs in a limo that was taking them on the four-hour round-trip. Did they open the wet bar too? Stand through the sunroof and lift up their Hanna Montana concert tees? That story got trumped, though, when I came across this:   Read More... Posted Dec 29 2007, 02:00 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: kids, music, teens, contest, itunes, girls, hannah montana, iPods, tabloids, first grade, country music, miley cyrus, billy ray cyrus, concerts with kids, entitlement, first-graders, Smiley Miley, famous, touring, fan club, concert, billboard charts, celebrities are nothing like us, nashville, highschool, zac efron

• Say Aww: Baby Halloween Costume Contest Winners

  The winners are in  for the costume contest I co-judged over at Etsy! It's thrilling to see so many creative parents, and tough to pick a winner. But the above costume, Max and Wild Thing, took the grand prize. I'll be posting more about the contest in Droolicious -- in the meantime, second and third place winners are after the jump. Prepare to squeal. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 05:53 PM by Gwynne Watkins with | with no comments Filed under: contest, etsy, Halloween, halloween costumes

• Smarter Than a Preschooler? 'Fraid Not, Loser

  Clare's dad has an interesting contest going on -- but you better hurry over to play before he reveals the answer later today. In short, he poses a simple question: Are you smarter than a preschooler? And then he displays a simple bus puzzle kids can figure out in two seconds flat. Certain unnamed adults? Not so much.   Read More... Posted Sep 14 2007, 08:32 AM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: contest

• Baby Loves Disco Contest: Like Studio 54, But More Diapers and Less Liza

  So you think your baby can dance? Stride Rite is holding a Best Little Dancer in America contest. Apparently the Baby Loves Disco train will be stopping in 12 cities in search of the kid with the most funk. I don't think there's a real train, but judging by these sample videos, I don't think there's gonna be too much funk either. Because so far it looks like the bar has been set nice and low. Nobody really seems to be putting their heart into it. And you know what that means: if your kid has even the tiniest bit of rhythm, maybe he or she could be a big winner.   Read More... Posted Sep 02 2007, 01:04 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: contest, baby loves disco, dancing, the 70s

• Crafty: Contest Brings Attention to Childhood GERD

  If your child has a chronic condition that causes them pain, you know how difficult it can be to understand exactly where your kid is coming from when they're in distress. That's why the Pediatric/Adolescent Gastroesophageal Reflux Association and the makers of Prevacid are sponsoring The Art of GERD, an art contest where children ages 3-15 who suffer from gastroesophageal reflux can express through drawing how their disease affects them. The contest sponsors hope that this will lead to better understanding of how children feel when GERD is kicking their little butts, and also give kids a great platform to share their experiences. Scholarship prizes and art supplies will be awarded to the winning entrants. If your child suffers from GERD, you can check out the contest details here.   Posted Aug 27 2007, 09:02 AM by Patti with | with no comments Filed under: contest, art, crafty, gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD, drawing

• Peanut Butter Sandwich Can Send Your Kid To College

  As the school year starts I'm facing about 250 days of making peanut butter sandwiches, I'm thinking this is a contest I need to get my daughter into. Jif brand peanut butter is running the Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich contest and the award is a $25,000 scholarship fund. Read More... Posted Aug 11 2007, 04:04 PM by Melissa Summers with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: contest, cooking for kids, peanut butter, scholarship, Jif, kids cooking

• Land's End Contest: Summertime Christmas?

  Mmmm, summer. When it's nice and warm outside, perfect for swimming, outings to the park, and...Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice art contests? Well, it may be July, but the deadline for the contest is August 10, so get on it. Kids age twelve and under can enter the Holiday Art Contest from Land's End. First place gets a $500 gift card from said company. Maybe the children could put on the down jackets just to get in the mood. At least that'll probably keep them quiet for a while.  Why am I all of the sudden feeling panicked about getting my shopping done?   Posted Jul 25 2007, 04:39 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: art projects, winter solstice, holidays, contest

• LEGO Creativity Awards: You Might Win

  Ooooh, I love a contest. LEGO is sponsoring their first annual Creativity Awards, where ten kids will win $5000 towards future creative endeavors. To enter, just submit an essay for a child between the ages of 6 and 13 detailing how they have been creative at home, at school, or in the community, and how it made them feel. "This essay contest encourages children to think of creativity as more than just practicing art or music; it is also about taking a new approach to everyday challenges." You have until September 17, 2007 to enter. Hey, $5000 can go a long way towards funding your budding artist or engineer. Give it a shot.     Posted Jul 21 2007, 09:02 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: contest, creative children, Legos, awards

• Arctic Circle Movie/Strollerderby T-Shirt Giveaway!

  Hey, everyone! It's our very first contest! And to win all you have to do is comment! Strollerderby, in partnership with the new environmentally-friendly nature film Arctic Tale, is giving away 20 movie T-shirts to folks who share one thing they are doing to help protect the environment in the comments below. Winners will be selected at random and we'll announce them in a separate post on Monday the 16th (along with a round-up of your tips!) so be sure to check back to see if you've won! Arctic Tale is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela, and the polar bear Nanu, on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness.  Once a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, the walrus and the polar bear are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them.  Artic Tale is brought to you by National Geographic Films, the people who brought you March of the Penguins and Paramount Classics, the studio that brought you An Inconvenient Truth. The film is narrated by Queen Latifah and opens in selected cities on July 25. Check out the Artic Tale site for previews and cool downloads, then get to commenting! Just one environmentally-friendly tip will get you a soft, comfy T-shirt, the perfect summer beach cover-up. Contest ends Sunday, July 15 at midnight. Note: Please be sure your Babble profile includes a URL where we can contact you.  Posted Jul 13 2007, 10:01 AM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: contest, environment, movie, give-aways, artic tale

• Design a Cool Kiddie T; Win Fab-O Prizes

  Tired of ironic onsies? Fed up with princess garb? Sick of baby prostitute clothes? If you've ever had a desire to design the perfect kid T-shirt, here's your chance. And the best part? You don't even have to spend time and money on arts college. Anyone can do it.  Ultra-cool Small Paul and Black Wagon have joined up for a design-your-own-T-shirt contest that could make you famous and your kid the talk of the playground. The winning T-shirt design will go be available for sale online, while you get five free ones for friends and family -- on top of $200 in bragging rights, I mean shopping sprees.  But please, no princesses or anything written across the backside. That's just tacky. Posted Jul 09 2007, 02:07 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with no comments Filed under: contest, baby clothes

• Get Your Crank On: "Man Candy" Style

  As much as I enjoy people mocking my tender, plump man boobs, this is a contest I think I'll sit out, because Man Candy I am not. But that doesn't mean I won't be judging and drooling over the photos every other day. Our very own Crank Mama Rachael is hosting quite possibly the best. web. contest. ever -- an ode to Man Candy, sweet, delicious daddy goodness. Go here for the rules, but it's really quite simple. Get a very cool T-shirt, put it on your man and submit the photo. Twelve of the web's best looking dads will receive special prizes, besides, of course, the ego-inflating ability to say "I am one of the web's hottest dozen dads." You have until Labor Day to get it done. And if I can find the time to work my man boobs down to an A-cup, I may just change my mind and enter. Posted Jul 06 2007, 05:48 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: contest, CrankMama

• Ugly Baby Clothes Contest: I Could Be a Winner

  I never win anything. Lotteries, spelling bees, raffles, monopoly: I’m a number one loooooser. Even in contests where everybody wins a prize, I somehow get disqualified for body checking or other rule violation. Maybe that’s why I’m extra excited about the Ugly Baby Clothes contest. The contest started when Carly from Durham Region Baby posted a photo of this Panda monstrosity. Now the gates are open, and we can all submit the frilliest, dump truck-iest, primary color-iest, Disney princess-iest concoction we received as a shower gift and weakly said, “Oh, how, um, sweet of you…” There are prizes to be had, and you can even enter something you or one of your family members wore as a child for consideration by the judges. Enter as many times as you like, so look through your photo albums and Goodwill giveaway bags and see what scary treasures lurk there. But just to warn you, I am so submitting the giant lace tiered dress with the puffy sleeves and matching bloomers I got from a coworker who may have secretly hated my guts. Finally, I have a shot at winning the gold. C’mon people, let’s throw down! Posted May 01 2007, 11:04 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: contest, momblog, baby clothes

• Beauty Pageant Monsters Exploit Their Parents

  These kids should be ashamed of themselves. It's just sickening what they're doing to their parents  -- not to mention their coaches, they hair and makeup artists, their singing and dancing instructors and their, I'm not joking, fake teeth makers. The list goes on and on -- these kids simply don't care who they exploit for fame and glory. I was channel surfing last night and noticed that VH1 had pre-empted a documentary called "Little Beauties" -- a love letter to pedophiles everywhere "light-hearted" documentary of an "American tradition:" beauty pageants -- for some show about kid stars and their creepy parents. I can see why. I did a little digging (read: google search) into "Little Beauties" and found that these girls are just out of control. No wonder VH1 ran something in its place. These girls have no shame. Read More... Posted Jan 28 2007, 11:47 AM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: television, Child Actors, activities, tv, parents, child, contest, beauty pageant, VH1

• Play Babble's Laughing Baby Contest and Win Free Crap!

  Babble is running a contest. Come join the fun! We all think our own children have the cutest laugh out of any baby that ever lived. Now you have the opportunity to prove you are the only one who isn't lying. As an added bonus, we've made it easy to enter: 1. Upload your video to YouTube and title it "Babble.com Laughing Baby Contest." Please also write "Babble.com Laughing Baby Contest" for the description. 2. Once you have successfully uploaded your video to YouTube, email the link to video@babble.com with Laughing Baby Contest" as the subject. The videos have to be less than one minute long and your baby has to be younger than two. There are some fantastic prizes from Skip Hop, so be sure to get your entries in my February 28th. You guys are so lucky that my kids are 2 1/2 or we would be a lock. Huh, I guess we all really do think we have the cutest kids. Posted Jan 25 2007, 05:22 PM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: youtube, baby, Babble, child, contest, video

• Babble Giveaway: Dragonology Gift Set

  Happy new year, Strollerderby readers!  And what better way to start off the new year than with dragons? (This is Gwynne, by the way. Associate editor of Babble.  Hi.) The folks at Candlewick Press have sent us a gift set full of dragon-themed goodness, including three books in the bestselling Dragonology series and the first-ever Dragonology young adult novel. And we're giving these very attractive, rather heavy books to one lucky winner.  To enter, e-mail me with 1) your name 2) your mailing address, and 3) the name of your favorite dragon, and the reason you love it.  Best answer receives a Dragonology gift set for their favorite aspiring dragonologist.  You have until Monday, January 8th to enter. Good luck! Posted Jan 02 2007, 06:28 PM by babbling with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: contest, dragons, dragonology