Pirates weren’t known for their healthy smiles. Truth is most swashbucklers had poor oral health, and unfortunately, many children in Colorado share this same affliction. As a major supporter of the Real Pirates exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Delta Dental of Colorado, the state’s largest dental benefits provider, is hoping to educate Colorado children and families about how to keep cavities at bay.

Delta Dental of Colorado is giving one lucky LaLaGirl – Twinfinite Chaos reader a family six-pack of tickets to the Real Pirates exhibition. Enter Delta Dental’s Treasure Your Smile Giveaway at www.TreasureYourSmile.com and use promo code 0977 for a chance to win the tickets and be entered into a monthly drawing for a Sonicare® toothbrush and a grand prize drawing for a trip to Disney World®. The Real Pirates ticket contest deadline is Friday, July 10th, 2011.

You can also “piratize” your picture like the one of Kayley and me!

This is a compensated post from Delta Dental of Colorado.

THIS GIVEAWAY WAS FOR THE NOVEMBER 2010 SHOW AND IS NOW CLOSED

Where are my Yo Gabba Gabba mamas and daddies out there? The Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! There’s A Party In My City! tour is coming to Colorado on November 7th, 2010 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield – and the show is sold out! Fear not, Brobee lovers. Who’s got two thumbs and a Family 4-Pack of tickets for you to see the show for free? THIS GUY! I’ll draw a winner on Halloween, so you still have lots of time to get entries in. Just leave a comment on this post.

Fresh off a triumphant sold-out tour debut, a headlining performance at The White House, a critically-acclaimed, chart-topping album, and an appearance at Coachella that garnered rave reviews from spectators and media alike, DJ Lance Rock and the cast of YO GABBA GABBA! are heading back on the road with YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE!: THERE’S A PARTY IN MY CITY! to play to enthusiastic fans on a 60-city tour across North America. Today’s hottest live show for families will make stops at top theaters, arenas and amphitheaters throughout North America, starting August 27 in Bethel, NY and ending in Dallas, TX on December 12.

I can’t WAIT to see the live show. Haven’t seen them? Check out the Yo Gabba Gabba Official YouTube Channel.

THIS GIVEAWAY WAS FOR THE NOVEMBER 2010 SHOW AND IS NOW CLOSED

However, I’m changing my tune just a bit. I had reason to hit up Kid-to-Kid recently for the first time in over a year. They’ve changed ownership, completely remodeled the store, and it looks FANTASTIC. It’s clean, well organized, and every item I saw was in tip-top shape. No toys strewn throughout the aisles. No stained clothing. Just aisles and aisles of neatly organized items, beautiful new signage, new laminate wood-looking floors throughout the store, and friendly, helpful associates actually WORKING in the store, ready to help me find anything I needed. I glanced through their book selection and probably 85% of the books are good quality children’s literature, too. I bought three classics for $1.99 each. VERY reasonably priced, in my opinion. In fact, they have a little book club you can join where children can get a free book each month.

I’ll be hitting up Kid-to-Kid again, for sure. This has been by far my best experience over the past 12+ years. The whole atmosphere of the store has changed for the better. You know how often those resale shops have a real thrift-store feel to them? They have that funky smell, y’know? Kid-to-Kid used to be that way, but not since their remodel. They’ve shed their aura of poverty, and it’s almost like walking into a Gymboree store. Definitely the more upscale of the resale shops I’ve visited.

Check them out if you’re in the Denver/Aurora area. They’re located at Mississippi and Chambers, in the strip mall where Michael’s is. Thumbs up from here!

For more information on the Aurora location, visit their website here: Aurora Kid-to-Kid

Kid-to-Kid
15035 E. Mississippi
Aurora, Colorado 80012
Phone 303.752.2757
Email aurora@kidtokid.com

Hours:
10AM – 7PM Mon-Fri
10AM – 6PM Sat
11AM – 4PM Sun

I wanted to pass along what sounds like such a fun event! Are you a fan of the ABC hit show, Pushing Daisies? I’ll admit, I’ve never seen it. And it looks AWESOME, like a show I would completely LOVE, but I just can’t seem to find time to commit myself to obsessing about another show, what with that whole, “parenting five children” thing and all. But this event might make me change my mind! They’re pushing pie, PIE, people! Who doesn’t like pie?

It’s the Mobile Pie Hole – a truck traveling the country all throughout September, giving away free pie (pie!!) to kick off the second season of Pushing Daisies. The Pie Hole will be in Denver this Wednesday, September 17th, at Larimer Square from 10 to 2. They’re going to be serving up free pie, and giving away pie-cutters, spatulas, and more! Stop by and get some free pie! Tell them LaLaGirl sent you!

I wonder what I’d have to do to score one of those awesome daisy bicycles??