I think I spend more money on books than just about anything, and most of that money is spent on Amazon. Because of that, I was thrilled to see the contest on the Amazon Books Facebook page to win a $1,000 Amazon gift card.

It’s easy to enter. Just visit the page and click “Like” to be taken to the entry page. The entry page is just name, email, and phone. You must be over 18 and a US resident to enter.

Contest ends January 23, 2012.

Disney announced this past weekend its newest contest, One More Disney Day. The sweepstakes coincides with 2012 being a Leap Year. Each day from January 1 through February 29, 2012, you can enter to win one of 60 vacation packages for 4 people to the Walt Disney Resort in Florida or the Disneyland Resort in California. One entry is allowed per pers0n per day.

One winner will be chosen for day and the prize includes 5 days/4 nights at the Disney resort, Park Hopper tickets, a $1000 Disney gift card, transportation, and choice of PhotoPass, a shopping spree worth $500, or spa services.Drawings will be held once a week.

See the One More Disney Day Sweepstakes page for more details.

Everyone who knows me knows that I love Disney Cruises! I have been on 6 so far and would go on many more if I could afford it. Our entire extended family went on the Disney Dream this past summer to celebrate my in-laws’ 45th anniversary and we are already trying to figure out when we can go again.

Wouldn’t it be amazing to win a Disney Cruise? Family Fun is giving away a trip on the newest Disney Cruise ship, the Fantasy. You can enter via their website or by cell phone text. The grand prize is a trip for four aboard the Fantasy on March 26-29, 2012, plus roundtrip airfare and gratuities. Contest ends December 31. Visit Family Fun to get entered!

Betty Crocker Fun da-middles

Every now and again I am sent a prize box that is so cool that I don’t want to give it away. The Betty Crocker Fun da-middles box is definitely one of them! The good news is that I get to keep mine AND Betty Crocker will send out another one just like it to one lucky reader of my site. But more about that later.

If you haven’t seen them yet, the new Betty Crocker Fun da-middles are a way to make gourmet-like filled cupcakes in your own home from a box. You get both the cupcake mix and the filling in one package. It’s almost like magic the way that they bake! You simply mix the cupcake mix with eggs, oil, and water and fill cupcake liners 1/3 full. Then you squeeze a little bit of the filling into each and complete by pouring in the rest of the batter. Watch the video and then see how to get entered to win your own Cupcake Prize Pack. Then download a Fun da-middles coupon so you can try them for yourself.

The yummy cupcake prize pack I am giving away includes: a sample of the new Betty Crocker Fun da-middles Cupcake mix, a cupcake pan, an oven mitt, a package of cupcake liners, and a box of cupcake gift notes.

To enter:

1) Leave a comment below telling which variety you most want to try: Vanilla Cake with Creamy Chocolate Filling, Chocolate Cake with Creamy Vanilla Filling, or Vanilla Cake with Creamy Vanilla Filling (one entry).

2) Post on Twitter about the contest and leave a comment below with your Tweet (one entry).

3) Sign up for our newsletter at the top of the page and leave a comment below (e-mail will be verified) (one entry).

4) Blog about this contest or post the contest in your giveaway section and leave your link to the post below (two entries).

Drawing will take place September 26, 2011, at noon Eastern. Must be a US Resident, age 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via e-mail and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.

“Disclosure: The Betty Crocker Fun da-middles product, information, and giveaway have been provided by Betty Crocker through MyBlogSpark.”

I’ve mentioned before that I am a major fan of Yoplait yogurt. I would venture to say that I eat it almost every day, sometimes twice a day. I love all of the Light flavors and particularly partial to the ones that are “dessert” flavored like Banana Cream Pie, Black Forest Cake, and Pineapple Upside Down Cake. My older daughter always swipes the Red Velvet Cake before I even get a chance.

One of my favorite combinations is now available in a lighter variety–Yoplait Light Yogurt with Granola. I saw Hungry Girl mention it a couple of weeks ago and had been on the lookout for it. I was not disappointed! I tried the peach flavor, which was kind of like “fruit on the bottom” so when you mixed it altogether it combined the chunks of fruit with the yogurt and the crunch of the granola. Perfect!

My kids love Yoplait yogurt as a snack and in particular the Trix yogurt flavors that are for “kids only” (but I have to confess that I sometimes eat them). And I love that my kids want to eat the yogurt as a snack because it is good for them in so many ways.

Right now is a great time to stock up on Yoplait at Sam’s Club and My Blog Spark has teamed up with them to make that happen for me and for one of my lucky readers. They sent me $40 in Sam’s Club Gift Cards plus one of my readers will win $40 in Sam’s Cards.

To enter:

1) Leave a comment below telling which Yoplait flavors are your favorite (one entry).

2) Post on Twitter about the contest and leave a comment below with your Tweet (one entry).

3) Sign up for our newsletter at the top of the page and leave a comment below (e-mail will be verified) (one entry).

4) Blog about this contest or post the contest in your giveaway section and leave your link to the post below (two entries).

Drawing will take place September 23, 2011, at noon Eastern. Must be a US Resident, age 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via e-mail and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.

Visit Yoplait’s Facebook or Twitter page. Visit the Sam’s Club Facebook or Twitter page.

“Disclosure: The Sam’s Club gift card, information, and giveaway have been provided by Sam’s Club and Yoplait through MyBlogSpark.”

We love when big name brands give away fun family trips! Southwest Airlines is currently giving away a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The vacation is for 4 people and includes:

• Roundtrip air fare for four via Southwest Airlines to Orlando
• 3-Night stay at one of 3 onsite hotels at Universal Orlando (we love these!!)
• Complimentary 3-Day/2-Park Tickets for 4 people to Universal Studios and Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme parks.
• 4-day/3-night rental car
• (2) Chocolate frogs from Honeydukes
• (2) The Wizarding World of Harry Potter wands
• (4) Blue Man Group show tickets
• Exclusive (Private) One-Day/Two-Park VIP Tour for 4 people

Our family just got back from our first trip to Universal Studios this summer and loved it!! You must enter by September 15, 2011. See the Southwest site for more details.

Delta Vacations has announced a new Disney contest that will allow the winner to spend the night in Cinderella’s Castle. This is an absolute dream of mine! The winner will receive:

• Roundtrip flight to Orlando from any city Delta serves
• One-night inside the Cinderella Castle Suite inside the Magic Kingdom park
• Two nights in a Disney Deluxe Resort Hotel
• Magic Your Way Tickets with Park Hopper Option
• Disney’s Magical Express roundtrip airport/hotel transportation service

You must enter by August 15, 2011 and the trip must be taken September 16-18, 2011 with no substitutions. Click here for more information and to enter.

With summer nearly here (or your birthday), it’s time to throw a party! Themeaparty.com, a party site run by Chris Molnar (a.k.a. ME) – is throwing a sweepstakes contest for you to win. Check out the prizes below:

1st place: a $50 online coupon code towards any purchase at CelebrateExpress.com. As well, you get to choose any downloadable murder mystery party game, courtesy of Murdermysterygames.net.

2nd place: A $25 coupon code from CelebrateExpress.com; and

3rd and 4th place: To each, a $10 coupon code from CelebrateExpress.com.

To enter, all you have to do is sign up for my newly launched party newsletter. I’ll be writing and sending it once a month, and it will include how-to articles, new and seasonal themes, neat ideas (especially if they’re coming from my four year old, who has a bunch of them!) and discounts on party supplies.

The contest is open until May 31st, 2011, and I’ll be announcing the winners on Thursday, June 2nd. Full details are on my contest and newsletter sign up page.

Thanks, and good luck!

If you haven’t signed up for Mamapedia yet, now is a great time! They are giving away a 7-day Caribbean Cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian offers fun kids and teens programs, Wii™ on a two story screen, pools for kids of all ages and even Nickelodeon™ at Sea – with activities and entertainment from your favorite Nickelodeon characters like SpongeBob and Dora the Explorer.

The grand prize winner will receive: 7-day Caribbean Cruise for a Family of Four from Norwegian Cruise Line. This wonderful family vacation consists of 7 days aboard either Norwegian Epic or Norwegian Jewel. Cruise round-trip from New York or Miami to the Caribbean or Bahamas & Florida for the ideal family vacation. Plus $2000 cash to use however you like (for example, use it on your trip toward airfare, incidentals, excursions, etc). The approximate value of this prize is $5,500.

Other prizes include a $750 Visa Gift Card and $50 Mamapedia Sweet Deals credits.

Sign up for Mamapedia today and get entered to win this terrific family vacation. Contest ends April 15. Plus, get 10% Off Your First MamaPedia SweetDeals Purchase with code: APRIL10 (save up to $10).

We are big Chex Mix eaters in our house. You name a variety and we have had it. If you come to my house for any get-together, you will see Chex Mix of some kind. Sometimes I make my own, but often I just buy a couple of different varieties. At any given time I always have a bag of the Traditional as well as the Cheddar in my pantry. My personal year-round favorite is the Dark Chocolate, and I always load up on the limited edition Cocoa during the holidays.

You can make the Original Chex Party Mix in about 15 minutes and it is incredibly delicious when it is slightly warm coming out of the oven. But you shouldn’t stop there. The Chex Recipe website is full of recipes for everything from Buffalo Chex Mix to Gluten Free Snickerdoodle Chex Mix. My family always makes one with white candy coating for Christmas, and it was the first treat we started with this holiday season. After looking at all of the different recipes on the Chex site, we are going to be trying a lot of new ones!

Now that you are good and hungry, how would you like to win a Chex Prize Pack? To celebrate Kroger offering Chex cereal for their lowest price of the year from December 2-December 25, MyBlogSpark, Kroger, and Chex sent me a prize pack plus one to give away. The pack includes 2 BIG sample of Chex cereal and a $25 gift card to the Kroger Family of Stores.

To Enter:

1) Leave a comment below telling which Chex mix is your favorite–it can be either a prepackaged variety or a recipe from the site your own own recipe box (one entry).

2) Post on Twitter about the contest and leave a comment below with your Tweet (one entry).

3) Sign up for our newsletter on the right and leave a comment below (e-mail will be verified) (one entry).

4) Blog about this contest or post the contest in your giveaway section and leave your link to the post below (two entries).

Drawing will take place December 22 at noon Eastern. Must be a US Resident, age 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via e-mail and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.