I don’t know about you, but back to school time is bitter-sweet here at our house. My oldest son (13) is absolutely dreading it, my social butterfly 10 year old daughter can’t wait, and my 3 year old baby girl is both excited and a little nervous to start pre-school 2 days a week for the first time.
Personally, I love my kids being home and I don’t look forward to getting back to the daily grind, not to mention the homework! But the silver lining is always the back to school shopping that is so much fun. My kids love it and secretly, so do I!
Kids get so excited to shop for their school supplies, possibly a new backpack and of course the ever popular, back to
school clothes. The bloggers here at Loveshakbaby know how crazy it is for families to keep up with the demands of growing children so we have partnered with Gymboree to bring you a fabulous way to get your kids ready in time for back to school.
Gymboree is offering two of our readers each a $250 Gift Card to be used at the Gymboree store or Gymboree online. Our contest will run from July 27th through August 17th, 2008 and just like our other giveaways we are going to randomly choose two winners from the comment section of this post!
From now until midnight, August 17th, 2008 here’s what you will need to do in order to be entered to win:
*Leave
a comment on this post telling us what your child’s favorite thing is
about going back to school. There will be other posts that refer to the
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*All comments must be entered by midnight, August 17th.
The two winners names will be posted at LoveShakBaby on August 18th. They will be notified by e-mail and in a "winner’s post".
Attention entrants, many of our readers have registered on last years post for the Back To School Giveaway with Gymboree in error.
If you already registered for this giveaway previously, do not register again as we will incorporate everyone who registered on either post into the random drawing at the end of the promotion. Thank you!
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for the duration of our Freedom Giveaway but new posts will be written
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Attention entrants, many of our readers have registered on last years post for the Back To School Giveaway with Gymboree in error.
If you already registered for this giveaway previously, do not register again as we will incorporate everyone who registered on either post into the random drawing at the end of the promotion. Thank you!
Posted by: Kathy H | August 7th, 2008 2:35 pm |
Field trips and music class.
Posted by: Hilary S | August 7th, 2008 7:29 pm |
My daughter's favorite thing is to see all of her friends again!
Posted by: Kathleen | August 8th, 2008 2:21 am |
Really a great back to school giveaway..!
Posted by: Bridgette | August 8th, 2008 6:59 am |
My daughter was in daycare last school year and just started pre-school two days ago.
I know she enjoyed her summer home with mommy and daddy, but I'm betting she's also enjoying playing with other children every day now.
Posted by: Magi | August 8th, 2008 11:25 am |
Being that this is my little man's first year in school…I'm hoping he loves everything! But playing with friends will rank high on the list I'm sure!
Posted by: sara l. | August 8th, 2008 12:13 pm |
My daughter is anxious to play on the playground, and learn to read!
Posted by: Angie | August 8th, 2008 3:28 pm |
She is starting kindergarden this year so everything will be exciting!
Posted by: kari | August 8th, 2008 8:03 pm |
Favorite things are making new friends & getting new supplies
Posted by: Cat H | August 9th, 2008 11:08 pm |
My oldest is getting ready to start kindergarten and although she is nervous about a new school, the bus, a new teacher - she is also so very excited to start on this adventure esecially to make new friends and to learn to read!
Posted by: Patricia | August 10th, 2008 3:40 pm |
My daughter is starting kindergarten-what a great giveaway!
Posted by: tracy rizzo | August 11th, 2008 7:48 am |
Seeing all their friends again and field trips.
Posted by: Brandy Rennirt | August 11th, 2008 1:25 pm |
Meeting her new teacher and making new friends.
Posted by: Amy Parsons | August 11th, 2008 8:37 pm |
Being with her friends again and meeting new people
Posted by: Ramona Buciuman | August 12th, 2008 4:42 am |
my son will be starting preschool and his favorite thing in preparation is probably his thomas backpack.
Posted by: sandra kao | August 12th, 2008 2:41 pm |
My daughter loves waiting for the bus with all the "big kids" and she also loves her new backpack. Thanks for the giveaway!
-Hayley oreo89[at]gmail [dot]com
Posted by: Hayley | August 12th, 2008 6:35 pm |
My son will be starting his 2nd year of preschool. I'm sure his favorite thing will be the field trips he gets to go on this year.
Posted by: Brandi | August 12th, 2008 7:19 pm |
my daughter loves her reading contest at school and is looking forward to being first in spelling again!!
Posted by: tammy thompson | August 12th, 2008 9:23 pm |
My childs favorite thing about going back to school is seeing his friends…my other kids on the other hand hate him going back to school and want him to stay home with them:)
Posted by: Angela | August 13th, 2008 2:12 am |
My kids definitely look forward to seeing old friends and playing on the playground. My 1 year old is going to be lost without them home!
Posted by: Cheri | August 13th, 2008 10:52 am |
I have a 3rd grade boy and entering K girl. We could really use some darling Gymboree clothes! Their favorite thing about going back to school is seeing friends and meeting the teacher.
Posted by: Cindy | August 13th, 2008 3:26 pm |
the boys will be excited to see their friends
Posted by: Vicki Wurgler | August 13th, 2008 8:07 pm |
My son of course likes his friends, but hes also excited about all the new school items. (Ex: shoes, clothes, back pack, ect.)!!
Posted by: Andrea | August 13th, 2008 11:53 pm |
My daughter likes shopping for school supplies!
Posted by: Carla Pullum | August 14th, 2008 1:15 am |
My son's favorite part of Pre-K is being the big kid in the school - he'll have a big shocker next year!
Posted by: Jill C. | August 14th, 2008 10:42 am |
It would have to be reconnecting with friends that she did not get to see over the summer. Of course since she is my little girl, she loves the shopping to get ready to go back to school.
Posted by: Carrie M | August 14th, 2008 1:18 pm |
My son is just starting kindergarten so his favorite thing is going to a big kid school.
Posted by: Kimmi H | August 14th, 2008 6:03 pm |
I'm a stay at home mom, so my son is always excited to have people his own age to play with after 2 long months of mommy time!
Posted by: Delisa | August 14th, 2008 11:11 pm |
My children are grown, but my grandchildren feel the same as their parents did! The best thing about starting back to school is their friends!
dlcwin[at]gmail[dot]com
Posted by: Diana Corlett | August 15th, 2008 10:16 am |
My daughters favorite thing is to see her friends. She loves summer, but it can get a little sad missing her friends while everyone is on break from school. OH and shopping, my daughter loves to go shoe shopping for back to school.
Posted by: Gayla Limiac | August 15th, 2008 3:03 pm |
Mine love the new school supplies. I have a hard time keeping my younger daughter out of her new crayons.
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Posted by: Paula H | August 15th, 2008 3:24 pm |
they really like riding the bus for some reason
as a kid i hated it but they just love going back to school and riding the bus with their friends
michfishgurl(at)yahoo.com
Posted by: jennifer slusser | August 16th, 2008 12:20 am |
My oldest daughter is looking forward to meeting new friends. My kindergartner is looking forward to seeing her teacher again (she had the same teacher last year in pre-K). I think that both of their favorite things though is the excitement of the new challenges to come this year.
Posted by: Deb - Mom of 3 Girls | August 16th, 2008 12:53 am |
My daughter's favorite thing is packing her new bookbag with all her supplies. She gets it out a week before school starts, lines everything up and plans out exactly how she is going to fit it all in!
Posted by: C Gibbs | August 16th, 2008 10:35 am |
My daughter looks forward to seeing all her friends. She likes her classes, too. Keeps her busy
Posted by: Tia W. | August 16th, 2008 11:50 am |
Son's favorite thing THIS fall is a new school building, new crowd at the middle school. Last year elementary.
Barracudaron@sbcglobal.net
Posted by: Ron Miller | August 16th, 2008 2:14 pm |
My daughter is excited about going to a new school and seeing her friends!
Posted by: Rachel Canfield | August 16th, 2008 4:44 pm |
My daughter loves shopping for school supplies more than anything else. She loves having new, crisp folders and new pencils, etc.!
Posted by: Elizabeth M. | August 16th, 2008 5:01 pm |
My daughter will be in 1st grade and is VERY excited, and my 4th grade son is happy that his best friend will be in his class this year!
Posted by: Julie K | August 16th, 2008 6:09 pm |
My kids favorite part of going back to school is getting new clothes
Posted by: Jennifer Barr | August 16th, 2008 8:06 pm |
My son is young and so his favourite part is making new friends I would think!
Posted by: Amy Lutz | August 16th, 2008 9:19 pm |
Seeing her friends and meeting her new teacher
Posted by: Debbie B. | August 16th, 2008 9:29 pm |
They love seeing their friends!
Posted by: tanya wilson | August 16th, 2008 11:03 pm |
Recess!
Posted by: Tammy Sessler | August 16th, 2008 11:52 pm |
We move around a lot, so back to school is always a little nerve-wracking for the whole family…but I think it is exciting too to meet new friends!
Posted by: Whitney Wideman | August 17th, 2008 12:38 am |
We just moved to a new city and my daughter is looking forward to make new friends and as she says finding a new BFF
Posted by: Ruth Madewell | August 17th, 2008 8:08 am |
My daughter is excited about seeing her friends and she won't admit it but I think she likes having more routine in her life.
Posted by: bridget | August 17th, 2008 8:09 am |
my kids love geting new things when thay go back to school
Posted by: jennifer bowen | August 17th, 2008 10:20 am |
My Daughters favorite thing about going back to school is being able to see all her friends again and buying new school clothes.
Posted by: Annette Debeaussaert | August 17th, 2008 10:21 am |
The clothes shopping. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
Posted by: misty | August 17th, 2008 11:14 am |
Well this year I am hoping that by some miracle I will be able to start a back to school tradition with my daughter.I know that growing up my sister and I would get so excited about going shopping for new clothes, a new backpack and all the supplies that were on our list. Mom would take us and one thing I always will remember is being able to buy new shoes and having to wait to wear them so they would remain brand new for the first day of school. Well I dont know if that will be a possibility this year for my own daughter. She is 5 and this year she will be starting Kindergarten. She is so excited and feels so big but it breaks my heart when she sees all of her friends getting new clothes, shoes , backpacks and supplies then she asks me when will I take her to go shopping so she can get her things as well. I just dont know how to tell my 5 year old daughter that this year , her first year of school that mommy and daddy dont have any money. How do you explain to a 5 year old that daddy got laid off and because of the economy daddy cant find a new job and has had to go back to school full time so that next year we can do all the things that are needed. We have tried to get supplies but I went to 2 different school supply giveaways. The first I waited 2 hours in the heat and when it was my turn I was told me they had run out. The second one I got up at 5:30 am today and waited in line till 8am and when I got to the tent they told me my daughter had to be present, even though I had her social security card and school list. Well this morning she wasnt feeling good so I decided to leave her home with my husband and not make her wait with me. I went home and picked her up and when I got back they had already given everything away. I have always pictured this first year to be a year for all of us to remember especially my daughter but I am afraid the memory will not be a good one.
Posted by: Katie | August 8th, 2009 6:17 pm |
My daughter Miah is 17 months old and has not started in daycare but she is a social butterfly and loves all people! She waves & says hi to everyone she sees. She goes to groups at church and plays with her freinds at home, and everywhere she goes big people and little people just adore her! I know that no matter where she goes she will bring joy =)
Posted by: becca | September 6th, 2009 11:07 pm |