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Pop Secret Family Movie Night – $50 Visa Gift Card & Pop Secret Popcorn Giveaway

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When you have a kid under two you don’t go out to the movie theater very often.

Doing so requires one of three things:

1. Hiring a babysitter which adds to the already ridiculously expensive cost of going to a movie theater, and leaves you with only a enough cash to share a small popcorn. Maybe.

2. Throwing yourself at the mercy of the grandparents, and asking them to watch the toddler.

3. Taking the toddler with you, watching the first 15 minutes of the movie, then spending the next hour and 45 minutes pacing the lobby while he fusses and the rest of your family enjoys the film.

So we do a lot of our movie watching at home.

Last Wednesday we were socked in by Snowmageddon ’11.

It was the perfect night to throw a Family Movie Party.

Fortunately we’d already shopped for our party earlier in the week.

It’s not a movie without big boxes of candy,

and of course Pop Secret Popcorn.

Movie Theater Butter flavor to be exact.

You can find out all about our shopping trip by viewing my Whrrl story.

If you look at the Whrrl story you’ll see that I thought we bought Despicable Me to watch. Apparently The Boys switched it out with How to Train Your Dragon. I have no idea how or when it happened. This kind of distraction and confusion happens when you take your entire family with you to the grocery store.

I don’t recommend it.

So anyway, when the storm hit we were all prepared for Movie Night, which turned out to be a great way to beat cabin fever.

Here’s our snack spread. See the little hand reaching for popcorn? Someone couldn’t wait.

Mmmm, doughnuts. OK, so after our driveway was plowed my husband did venture out on the icy roads to buy doughnuts. Why? Because we love doughnuts in our house, and feel that they are totally worth risking your life for.

The boys really liked the cute little popcorn boxes.

Wade loved that he had his very own.

David made himself comfortable with the popcorn too.

We all settled in and watched the movie.

How to Train Your Dragon is excellent. We all loved it, and I highly recommend it as a great family movie.

We had a wonderful night, and the best part about being at home was when Wade’s attention span was exhausted he got down and played, and I got to keep watching the movie!

Pop Secret asked me to give my own acting and directing skills a try, so I made a little video with a special appearance by The Boys.

I have to give props to my husband here, because he wrote an original “score” just for my video’s “soundtrack”. Then he recorded it with his fancy music software, and synced it to the video for me. He spent a few hours on a weekend doing it when he could have been relaxing. So please watch my video, and then tell him how wonderful he is. It will make him happy.

How You Can Win

There are a couple ways you can win prizes from Pop Secret.

The Sweepstakes

First you can visit PopCameraAction.com, and give your own acting and directing skills a try with Pop Secret’s Kernels. It’s  a fun game, and for playing you could win a one year subscription to Netflix, or an At-home 3D Movie Theater.



The Giveaway

Here on Mommie Daze you can also enter to win, courtesy of Pop Secret, a $50 Visa Gift Card, a 3 pack of Movie Theater Butter Pop Secret Popcorn, and one box of Raisinets so you can have your own Family Movie Night.

Giveaway Rules

1. Leave a comment here telling me what your all-time favorite movie is.

2. Earn an extra entry by entering the sweepstakes at PopCameraAction.com. Leave a separate comment letting me know you did this.

3. Earn an extra entry by subscribing to Mommie Daze. Leave a separate comment letting me know you did this.

4. The giveaway will close at midnight February 22nd. The winner will be contacted by email.

Disclosure:  I am a Pop Secret Mom sponsored blogger, courtesy of Mom Spark Media.  Thoughts are my own.


451 Responses to Pop Secret Family Movie Night – $50 Visa Gift Card & Pop Secret Popcorn Giveaway

  55. Stopping in from the SITS forums! Looks like you guys had tons of fun. My favorite movie is probably Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. I would leave my husband for Neil Patrick Harris if it wasn’t for the whole gay thing. 😛

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  58. Even without a toddler at home a DVD and a bag of popcorn is our favorite evening!
    Favorite movie? Tough choice, so I’ll go with a classic: Arsenic and Old Lace

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  102. All time favorite? Fight Club.

    All time family friendly favorite? Harvey. Black and white, but still wonderful after all these years.

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  120. My all time favorite movie is The Sound of Music!
    Once a year my mom and sisters and I would all snuggle on the bed to watch it (that was our movie night!!)

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  151. I’m a Food Historian, so I went nuts over the Titanic movie, in fact, I even own ” The Last Dinner on the Titanic” cookbook!!

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  190. I had to enter if only to tell you how much I LAUGHED OUT LOUD at that video….it was awesome! My fav movie right now is Enchanged b/c the girls and I can watch it together and none of us get bored of it!

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  200. Mine would have to be a toss up between the LOTR trilogy and Contact. I love them both and am always up for watching them – they never get old! Thanks so much for the chance to win this and I have to agree – Doughnuts are worth risking your life for. 😉

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  203. My all time favorite movie is Parent Trap (the old version) with Haley Mills. Watched as a child and watch it every few months with my kids.

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  237. I don’t currently have a favorite movie, but when I was younger, I really liked “Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation”.

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  242. My personal favorite movie is “What Dreams May Come” starring Robin Williams.
    My favorite movie to watch with my children is “How to Train Your Dragon”

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  271. Best movie of all time? The Incredibles! I simply never tire of watching it… its probably been about 40 times now, but thats cool, its a great great flick! Thanks.

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  283. My favorite movie ever is Cannery Row. The characters are SO wonderful and innocent! I couldn’t help but fall in love!
    Thanks!

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  288. My favorite movie all of time would have to be Inception! I am, admittedly, partial to the more up-to-date Hollywood movies, and this one certainly packed a punch.

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  325. First, loved the video, the hand movement puts you in the running for the next “The Price is Right model!?! I tried playing the game on pop-secret, but my son actually took over and had alot of fun…. didn’t win, but I’m sure he’ll try it again soon!

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  337. My all time favorite movie? There are so many excellent ones, I guess I would have to say “The Bishop’s Wife”…the old one with Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta Young. I love that movie. 🙂 Thank you.

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  386. I’m not sure I have a single all-time favorite, but I’ve always loved Heathers and have probably seen it more than any other movie.

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  429. My favorite movie is Ghost. Love a good movie, popcorn, family, all at home!!! Thanks for a wonderful Giveaway. What a Fun Win!!!!

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