National Family Game Night on September 28 + Hasbro The Great Games Trade In Recycling Effort

Games

Win a Hasbro Scrabble Turbo Slam Game HERE

Now that fall is here and the summer's really over, it's that time of year again. Time to celebrate the third annual National Family Game Night this Wednesday, September 28. To mark this year's event Hasbro is encouraging families to get together for some friendly competition, quality time, and parent and child fun. There's even a program running to recycle your old board games. And, the company wants to know how your family plans to celebrate by posting pictures of your National Family Game Night celebrations of years past, as well as this year, on their Facebook page.

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Hasbro, a brand I grew up with as a Baby Boomer kid, figures prominently in my own children's lives too. We own many games from this company both those we have bought ourselves and others that I have received for review on MBE such as Scrabble Turbo Slam, Clue: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Edition, Sorry Revenge, and Pictureka. Hasbro also makes a variety of toys such as Play-Doh fun classic kid pastime that has been enjoyed for multiple generations.

 My son ready to play Clue: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Edition

iPhone Photo by Janis Brett Elspas, MommyBlogExpert.com

Other Fun Hasbro Stuff going on right now:

THE GREAT GAMES TRADE-IN

If you haven't already heard, Hasbro is hosting a wonderful promotion called The Great Games Trade-In where you can print out $83 in savings coupons (coupons expire 10/9/11) good toward new versions as well as classic Hasbro games. You can also do your part to go eco green, by printing out pre-paid shipping labels to send in your old games to Recyclebank at no cost to you. The recycling program ends 9/30/11, so hurry to participate now.

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FAMILY GAME NIGHT SHOW ON THE HUB

Watch the new season of the Family Game Night show on The Hub on Friday nights. When you tune in you'll to see families playing and acting out over-sized versions of your favorite Hasbro games at 7 p.m. ET.  Check your local listings to confirm air time.

You can also find out more about how you can get in on the fun of Family Game Night on the web on Facebook and Twitter.

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Getting Ready for Some Kid Friendly Cooking Crafts & Activities for Rosh Hashanah

Celebrations

Every year I write about ways to celebrate with family and connect with your children for Rosh Hashanah. Coming up is a new post on fun ideas, activities, and crafts get children excited about the High Holidays which begin with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. This two day celebration, beginning on Wednesday, September 28th at sundown this year, ushers in the ten day period of self introspection that culminates with Yom Kippur arriving at sundown on Friday, October 7th 

 iPhone Photo by Janis Brett Elspas, MommyBlogExpert.com

Some of the best known symbols of this special time of year for the Jewish people include the shofar -- a ram horn which will be blown at Rosh Hashanah religious services worldwide -- and apples and honey to express wishes for a good and sweet new year. The ram's horn will be blown again at the end of the 25 hour Yom Kippur fast.

iPhone Photo by Janis Brett Elspas, MommyBlogExpert.com

Shanah Tovah to my Jewish Readers!

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NEW Bing Deals Launches - 1st Service to Aggregate 200,000 Listings of Deal Sites in One Place

Technology

Today, before learning about the Bing Deals launch, I was going through the usual 500+ emails I receive daily and stopped to think. I never realized before how many notifications from different daily deals sites I receive every day. GroupOn, LivingSocial, Daily Candy, PopSugar Daily, Juice in the City, Amazon, and many others do have great daily deals. The problem is as a busy mom with kids and a career, who has the time to open and read that many deal alerts daily? That's not even to mention the dozens of other emails I get seven days a week from stores and online retailers with special sales, promotions and links to all kinds of coupons.

 Bing Deals Has Arrived, so Storm of Deal Sites is Clearing

iPhone Photo by Janis Brett Elspas, MommyBlogExpert.com

Apparently, misery loves company and I am not alone. In a recent survey, 87 percent of people said they'd increase use of daily deals if they could easily search deals that interested them all in one place. So what a relief it was to learn that -- thanks to Bing Deals which just launched yesterday -- from this day forward you and I don't have to let deals fatigue drive us away from bargains ever again.

Bing Deals -- with its one-stop shopping feature -- provides a central location to browse, find, and buy.  Now it easier than ever for us parents to save more money on all the things our families need or want while also saving a huge amount in time savings.  Bing does the sorting and filtering for you.

Reportedly, more money-saving features will roll out in the weeks ahead. Visit Bing.com/deals or check out the Bing Blog for more information.

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