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Win a family 4-pack of tickets to #TORUK-The First Flight at Infinite Energy Center

Cirque is an amazing thing. Cirque of itself is short for Cirque du Soleil. However, if you simply say Cirque, people know what you’re talking about and what to expect. Within the world of Cirque du Soleil there are traveling shows-all of which have different dynamic personalities. Cirque is an amazing thing. To that, TORUK-The First Flight is coming to Infinite Energy Center from June 15 through Sunday June 19 and here’s your chance to win 4 passes to opening night.

TORUK-The First Flight is the latest Cirque de Soleil show and dives, or rather flies deep into the mythos of the world created by James Cameron’s AVATAR. Puppets, aerobatics, physical dynamics and a world class soundtrack, all set to the world of Pandora.

In TORUK-The First Flight the audience gets a front row seat to the Na’vi’s existence on Pandora. It’s all narrated by a “Na’vi” storyteller” and supported by the same stunning costumes and amazing athletics one expects from a Cirque de Soleil show. However, this is thousands of years before humans have set foot on Pandora and a natural catastrophe is threatening the sacred Tree of Souls. Enter the flying mountains set as the backdrop to the artisans of Cirque de Soleil and you’re in for an event that the entire family can get behind.

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This is for a family 4-pack of tickets to opening night, June 15 at Infinite Energy Center to see TORUK-The First Flight. The winner’s name will be left at will call the night of the show.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows #Giveaway

You can thank me for putting the TMNT song on your head, you’re welcome. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows hits theaters on Friday June 3. This is the continuing big screen story of our heroes in a half-shell, complete with Will Arnett as Fenwick, Stephen Amell as Casey Jones, Megan Fox as April O’Neil and Brian Tee as Shredder.

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Photos from MomoCon – Anime, Manga, all age Con in Atlanta

Our second year in attending MomoCon was even better than the first. Part of that was due to our kids now being 4 and 6, but part of that was due to us knowing what to expect. MomoCon is a fan convention that bring together anime, manga, games, animation and comics-and it is all age friendly. We’re 100% down with cons that up the ante and make it more for the adults, but a good all age Con is that ensures a future fan base and lets the parents have fun is welcome.

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5 Simple Ideas to Kick Start Your Spring Play

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Let’s Play, but all opinions are my own.

Excitement in the air as Daddy Mojo is a Let’s Play Ambassador for Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s Let’s Play initiative. With two kids who need to get out and play, a very good understanding of where our local parks are and a curiosity to discover new places to play, we’re all pumped. Let’s Play is an initiative by Dr Pepper Snapple Group that provides kids and families with the tools, places and inspiration to make active play a daily priority. Through Let’s Play, Dr Pepper Snapple Group partners with two non-profit organizations – KaBOOM! to build and improve playgrounds and Good Sports to provide grants for sports equipment – to help make active play possible.

Playing is a very important tool in how kids learn. It helps build teamwork and assists in those lessons that books just can’t teach. Plus, it helps young students get the exercise that they need, considering that only a third of kids take gym daily.

May! Let’s face it, May is everybody’s favorite month of the year. It’s not that the other months are bad; it’s just that May is perfect, and it’s a great month to get active. The kids can play longer due to more daylight, and are frustrated when they have to go to bed before the sun sets. All of this means that the kids can enjoy new things in the spring and summer. Think about it, the last time it was this warm in some of their young lives they couldn’t do some of the things that they wanted to do.

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Free Comic Book Day is May 7-here are the ones for all ages #FCBD

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Free Comic Book Day is almost here! It’s always the first Saturday in May and in 2016 in on the 7^th. There are dozens upon dozens of comics for teen and adult readers and just under two dozen title that are all age comic books. These are full size comic books that sometimes have full size stories and in other cases have two short stories that introduce a couple characters or plot lines. There is something for every young reader, all age comic book fan or anybody who likes to read.

Your local comic book store will vary, but on average you can take five (5) free comic books on Free Comic Book Day. While any comic book is a good comic, it pays to plan ahead, especially if you’re with a young reader where the content of the book is of concern.

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The $1 Summer Movies at Regal Cinema for 2016 #SummerMovieExpress

The Summer Movie Express 2016 schedule for Regal Cinema is out. This is a big deal. The $1 summer movies happen twice a week at your local Regal Cinema location. The movie times might vary from theater to theater, but the movies will remain the same-and every single one of them is great for kids 6 and older. Each film will be rated G or PG. Do we take our 4 year old to some PG films? Absolutely, he’s even seen a majority of the PG films in this summer’s lineup. However, gauge for yourself to see if your child would be OK with each individual film.

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Kurios by Cirque de Soleil make the common fascinating

People can be divided into two groups, those who have seen a Cirque de Soleil show and those who haven’t. For those who haven’t it; a show from Cirque de Soleil is an entertaining, fabulous ensemble of acrobatics, stunts and precision that will make active, in shape people seem like wooden planks of bacon grease. Kurios is the latest traveling show from Cirque and it’s in Atlanta through Sunday, May 8.

For the other group, those that have seen a Cirque show you roughly know the drill. Kurios is the 35^th production from Cirque de Soleil, features 46 performing artists from 15 different countries and manages to shake up the formula. Sure, they’ve ‘shaken up’, the Cirque formula before and the results, while fresh and original, have also felt familiar. There was the show that only had female performers and the equestrian shows; both of which were entertaining, but does not measure on the same shake up scale as Kurios.

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Ticket giveaway for Monster Jam, Atlanta, Georgia Dome, March 5

Grave Digger, Bounty Hunter and Scooby-Doo to name a few. It’s not near Halloween so that collection of names means that it’s time for Monster Jam, the monster truck live motorsport event with crashes, smashes and fun for the entire family. They’re coming to Atlanta, the Georgia Dome on March 5 and we’re hosting a giveaway for a family 4-pack of tickets to the muddiest, noisiest, family friendliest night of entertainment you’ll have this year.

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