Here are the ten winners of our real-live, grown-up music giveaway - as determined by our trusty friend random.org.
9 - melanie
10 - Aubrey Ash
12 - Jenn Hughes
13 - Sherilyn
16 - Trish
19 - Amanda
35 - Kayla
36 - Amy
47 - Julie Davis
92 - sara l.
Winners, you’ll have an email from me shortly - and thanks, everybody, for your participation!
Yesterday my husband, little boy and I were driving home from a soccer game, and somehow the subject of music came up. After we talked for a few minutes about some of our favorite songs, my husband and my son started singing a song that they listen to on their way to school in the mornings.
I had never heard the song before in my life. Needless to say I felt terribly left out of their musical fun.
Oh, I kid.
Anyway, once they finished their impromptu medley, my husband asked me what A. and I had been listening to on the way home from school in the afternoons. I rattled off the names of five or six of our favorite Christian artists, and then we launched into medleys once again.
You may have picked up on the fact that in our house, we like to sing.
This morning I’ve been adding some new music to my iTunes, updating my iPod and basically indulging in some serious musical geekiness, but I was struck just a second ago by how GRATEFUL I am for the abundance of Christian music that’s available to us. When I was growing up the options were a smidge limited - but now those options are wide open. There is edifying music for every age and stage of life, and I am so, so thankful that there’s a six year-old in this house who has learned countless hymns and praise & worship songs just from riding around in the car with his mama and daddy.
That can’t be a bad thing.
I have ten real-live, “grown-up” CDs to give away - music from some of the greatest contemporary Christian musicians out there (Casting Crowns, Third Day, etc.). This is music you can listen to with your kids in the car, but it’s also music you’ll love listening to when your kids aren’t in the car. And if you’d like to win one, just leave me a comment and tell me the name of your all-time favorite band. So simple.
This giveaway will be open until Sunday, May 2nd, at which point I’ll select 10 winners randomly.
Thanks for participating, everybody!
Hey everybody -
Thanks for your great response to the “Sleepytime Lullabies” CD giveaway! Here are our ten lucky winners; you should each have an email from me today with information about how to claim your prize.
13 - Vanessa
29 - Erin (hotmail email)
58 - Emily
60 - Kelly @ Love Well
88 - Lindsey (gmail email)
96 - Ann K (yahoo email)
98 - Kelli
121 - Marlene
125 - Breezy’s Mom (windstream email)
127 - Rebecca (gmail email)
Congratulations, everybody! There will be another giveaway coming up soon, so stay tuned!
It’s hard to believe that the Praise Baby blog has been up and running for over a month now - so many sweet posts from so many sweet moms (and grandmoms!). I’ve been encouraged from reading about how other people are incorporating music into their children’s lives, and I’ve been reminded of something a friend told me before I had my little boy: kids are going to fill up on something, so do everything you can to make sure yours are filling up on Truth.
And the people said: amen.
So to thank you for reading here - and to encourage you to continue to share Truth with your children - we’re giving away ten copies of the Praise Baby “Sleepytime Lullabies” CD. It is a precious collection of praise and worship songs that will soothe both you and your little one - and if you win, we’ll even throw in a free Praise Baby bib.
I KNOW!
If you’d like to try to win, leave a comment below. And if you’d like TWO chances to win, then mention this giveaway on your blog or Twitter and come back and leave a second comment. Easy breezy. The giveaway will close Friday, February 27.
Have fun, everybody!
This giveaway is now closed.
Now that my little boy is five, he’s pretty good at knowing his boundaries around the house. He doesn’t really get into stuff that he shouldn’t, and aside from the fact that he can take a playroom from Safe Haven to Disaster Zone in about twenty-three seconds, I don’t worry nearly as much as I used to that he’s going to pull a bookshelf on top of his head or stick a bunch of metal paper clips into an electrical outlet. The whole growing-up thing has been very good for his mama’s mental health.
But I was thinking the other day about those days when he was much smaller - and how there were days when taking a shower felt like the height of luxury. I’d strap him in his bouncy seat, put the bouncy seat in a spot on the bedroom floor where I could still see it through the shower door, and I’d pretty much wash my hair in record time without ever closing my eyes. Those little people require constant attention, and as most of y’all reading here know, they are worth every single second of wide-eyed showering.
They really are the best, aren’t they?
So, since those sweet young’uns are so much fun, I thought today would be a good day to celebrate them and give away something that would be great for them and great for aunts, mamas and grandmamas, too. It’s Praise Baby’s Sleepy Time Lullabies DVD, and it is, in a word, wonderful. You can see a preview of it right here.
If you’d like to win one of ten copies, just leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite part of being an aunt, mom, or grandmother. Your answer doesn’t have to be philosophical, so if your favorite part of life with a little one is kissing on some baby feet, then feel free to share.
This giveaway will remain open until Monday, February 9, at which point I’ll draw for winners using random.org.
Enjoy, everybody!
This giveaway is now closed.
Hi everybody!
Thanks so much for your participation in the “Born to Worship” CD giveaway. Here are our ten winners:
56 - Jessica - “Happy Song”
100 - Carrie
88 - Billie
138 - Roberta - “Praises and Smiles”
35 - Jennifer - “He’s Still Working On Me”
70 - Jennifer
36 - Tammy
177 - Courney - “You Are My Sunshine”
162 - Carla - “Hush Little Baby”
115 - Leigh Theo - “Five Little Speckled Frogs”
You’ll be getting an email from me if you won - and congratulations!
