Princess Tiana & Disney on Ice Giveaway!

Edited: Giveaway is closed. Congrats to Sandie!

Last year, I was lucky enough to get a great deal passes to Disney on Ice. My almost 4 year old with the memory of an elephant has been asking when we'll go again. How the heck did she know that it was coming to the DC area in October?

I grew up watching women's figure skating competition--my parents loved it. I think that maybe because there were always Asian-American figure skaters in the top 5. Very rare to see many Asian faces on tv. But I digress. We're taking Sophia to see Disney on Ice again this year. This year's theme (for the Baltimore, MD & Fairfax, VA tour) is Celebrations! It'll be all about holidays and festivals. Even a ghoulish theme, for my currently Halloween obsessed child.

Here is a chance for my DC Metro readers to win a 4 pack of tickets to Disney on Ice Celebrations! for either the Baltimore or Fairfax tour. Keep reading on how to enter. Disney On Ice presents Celebrations! Is one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends! Enjoy a winter wonderland with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, a Halloween haunt with the Disney Villains, a Very Merry Unbirthday Party, a Royal Ball with the Disney Princesses and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivals from around the globe. Come join the party!

Did you hear that? There will be princesses. You heard that right. Guess who will be making her debut? Princess Tiana, from the upcoming Princess and the Frog movie. I'm totally excited since Princess Tiana is the first Disney African-American princess. Plus we got a sneak peek at her this weekend at Blogalicious (more on that in another post). Sophia will be able to see a Disney princess that looks like her. If Tiana wore pink, it'd be perfect.

Disney on Ice will be at the Patriot Center from October 21st through Sunday, October 25th, and in Baltimore at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore October 28th through November 1st. Taking the family out for a show might seem expensive, but I've been given a great coupon code to share with you!

Purchase a 4‐pack of tickets for only $44 for weekday shows, or receive $4 off weekend tickets by logging onto TicketMaster and entering the coupon code: MOM. Enter the code "MOM" in the MC Promotion box through select online ticketing agencies. This offer is good on all weekday performances, which includes all weekday evening and Friday matinee performances; minimum purchase of 4 tickets required; additional tickets above 4 can be purchased at $11 each.

This code is valid for other Disney on Ice shows around the country. Check the website for a list of shows near you.

Now for the giveaway.You can win 4 tickets (valued up to $240) to Baltimore location for Oct 28. Please make sure you can attend before entering the contest! I'm closing the contest at 2pm TODAY!

To enter, leave a comment on who your favorite Disney character is, along with an email address to contact you.

For an extra entry, tweet this giveaway and leave another comment with a link to your tweet. Don't know what to say, try this:

Win 4 pack tickets to Baltimore 10/28 Disney on Ice. @thienkim http://bit.ly/1NPkLn

I was not paid to post this promotion, though our family was given tickets to attend the Fairfax performance.

Princess Presto Rocks!

So you already know that I'm not too thrilled that Sophia loves princesses. I guess I'd tolerate it better if it wasn't the Disney Princesses. They're all white and skinny (except for Jasmine who she doesn't like, and Mulan who technically isn't a princess). Sophia's not white, for sure. It'd be nice to expose her to princesses that looked similar to her. Thankfully Disney finally got the message. But that's at least a year away.

Last year we discovered PBS's Super Why! show. It was cute, funny, and of course, educational. Of course Sophia gravitated towards Princess Pea. The cool thing about Princess Pea (who transforms into Princess Presto when they are on an adventure)? She has a way with words, dark curly hair, and dark skin! Thanks to a great PBS event we attended in May, we knew to be on the lookout for Super Why toys.

I learned that Toys R Us was hosting a Super Why Play day this past weekend. (Thanks Justice Fergie & Tech Savvy Mama!) We made a point to go and Sophia was able to pick out a Princess Presto Role Play Kit. Of course she ripped into it as soon as we got into the car. I even let her wear the cape and crown all day as we finished our shopping. (She was bit disappointed that the Touch & Learn Super Duper Computer wasn't available.) As we picked up necessities in Target, she would wave her wand and "magically" make things appear. It was so cute!

All day she mentioned that even though she had her cape, crown, and wand, she wasn't really Princess Presto. So, I washed the puffy pink dress I made for her Halloween costume, and voila, instant Princess Presto! She made me put her hair in an up do just like Princess Presto too. She says all she needs is a pink purse just like the princess.

I'm so excited that she has found a non-Disney Princess as a role model. Especially a princess of color. I keep hoping that she'll outgrow the princess thing but in the mean time, I think Princess Presto is pretty cool. If you've never seen Super Why!, it's a great show for preschoolers. Super Why definitely helped Sophia learn her letters. (and ignore the dirty dishes on my kitchen counter please)

Super Why picture courtesy of PBS