WIN: ($108 Value) Gift Card For A Year of Netflix Streaming #giveaway #ChiILHolidaze

ChiIL Mama's Holidaze 12 Days of Giveaways 

WIN: ($108 Value) Gift Card For A Year of Netflix Streaming

(can be added to an existing or new account)
ENTER HERE early and often 
through midnight 12/17.

Stop watching the Betta bowl and watch Netflix instead!

Disclosure: Thanks to Netflix for providing a gift card for our giveaway. As always, all opinions are our own. Check back monthly for our themed Netflix Stream Team posts.

ChiIL Mama was just invited back for the second year as a Netflix Stream Team Ambassador and we're elated to partner up with them. A Netflix gift card is a great clutter busting gift idea that truly is one size fits all, great for all ages and interests, and gives a whole lot of entertainment value without taking up space. Great gifts DO come in small packages! Netflix cards are available in a range of $ amounts.

We've been long time Netflix subscribers. We stream it on our ipad, iphone and Macbook Pros. We enjoy it on our Android pad and Galaxy phones. And of course we watch Netflix at home on our TV too.

I cracked up when we got this awesome Holiday surprise box from Netflix. Why?

THIS!

I'm sure some of you can relate. My husband snores like a freakin' broken chain saw. It's inhuman and inhumane. So.... the best sleep I ever get is during Netflix shows, when we snuggle on the couch together after the kids are in bed, and before the snore fest begins. Makes for some crazy plot twist dreams! I usually wake up for all the loud, action sequences and then drift in and out for the rest. Now I have the perfect accessory for our late night Netflix "watching".

I'm awake!

The other thing in the box that cracked me up was this hilarious Dear Grandma letter. I'd literally just finished a volley of "tech support" e-mails to the kids' Grandma about how to order and purchase a 3DS game off my 13 year old son's wish list. She couldn't figure out how to buy it, then ended up getting a downloadable version instead of a hard copy. Then she couldn't figure out how to access it. It's a common occurrence with all of our family elders on both sides, so I found this so very funny. But Netflixs is so simple even young kids or grandparents can master it. And with customizable playlists by user name, the shows stay age and interest appropriate.

Enter to win yours! Do it for Grandma, keep it for yourself, or impress someone you love. 

Congrats to D'Arcy M., winner of our DAY #3 FLASH GIVEAWAY

($44 value). 4 free passes to Kohl Children's Museum, good through December 30th. ChiIL Mama wants to treat you to some fam friendly fun on your winter vacation.

Check back with us and enter like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. It's rewarding! ChiIL Mama's Holidaze 12 Days of Giveaways is on through December 17th, with loads of great daily giveaways, flash giveaways on Facebook/Twitter, gift guide ideas, and holiday happenings in Chi, IL and beyond. All giveaways are open nationwide. Here's the master link where ALL our 12 Days of Giveaways Are Added.

Disclosure: Once again, thanks to Netflix for providing a gift card for our giveaway. As always, all opinions are our own. Check back monthly for our themed Netflix Stream Team posts.

Netflix Giveaway & 10 Pop Culture Picks for Your Mini Me On Netflix #Giveaway #Streamteam #NetflixKids

Disclosure:  ChiIL Mama is a proud member of the Netflix Stream Team. We've been compensated for sharing monthly posts with our readers.  All opinions are our own.

This month with the Stream Team and Netflixs Kids we're hitting the way way back machine.

**Enter Here for your chance to win THREE FREE MONTHS of Netflixs from ChiIL Mama. Entries accepted through midnight 4/30. Open nationwide**

One of the great joys of parenting we didn't expect is the fun of sharing your own pop culture favorites with your kids.  It's so much fun to introduce them to movies, music and theatre you love and to experience it again anew through their eyes.

Netflix makes it easy to find TV shows and movies from the recent and far distant past, and share them with your kids.  We've done this all along, making sure we're staying age appropriate. Now that my kids are 10 & 13 there's even more out there that they're old enough to dig.  

Lately we've been enjoying the customizable menu settings for each family member. My 10 year old has a kid friendly setting for the 12 and under set that pops up great suggestions based on what she's choosing.  And I don't have to micromanage her decision making for fear of mature content.

What We're Watching:
Of course we're big fans of parents knowing their own kids maturity level and what will freak them out vs. a hard and fast age rating.  That said, here are some of ChiIL Mama's ChiIL Picks you can search out on Netflix.

1.  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (I love it as a kid but didn't fully appreciate it till I rewatched it with my own kids. Remind you of James Bond a bit... with the goofy girls' names and wacky inventions? There's a reason. It was written by Ian Fleming, too, and produced by Albert Broccoli, who produced many of the Bond films! Road Dahl adapted it for the screen. Didja know Benny Hill is in it, too?)

2.  Jumanji

3.  Favs from our formative Years:  Spaceballs/Men in Black/Ghost Busters

4.  Johnny Depp Fest (You can even search by people!): Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man, Cry Baby, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

5. Journey to the Center of the Earth (the classic): You can search "related to" to find the originals that current hits are based on and other similar picks.

6. Dr Who--from the classics to the present.  The classics go back to 1963 and are cheesy and mellow enough for most elementary age kids.  The new ones are much more intense but there are loads of tween and teen fans of the long running BBC series.

7.  Super Hero Movies: There are a zillion choices for littles, tweens and up under their own "Superheroes" Tab. We just watched a bunch of the Spiderman movies & Marvel's Avengers.

8.  Our Recent Favs On The Under 12 Settings:  James and the Giant Peach/The Croods/Escape from Planet Earth/ Nightmare Before Christmas

9.  On the under 12 settings there's even a "Girl Power" tab!  Here are our current favs on that one:  Mulan/ Spy Kids/ Lilo & Stitch/H2O/ and A Wrinkle in Time

10.  Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and loads of great marshal arts films


**Check out our past Netflix Kids coverage here. Update:  I'm stoked to report my 13 year old son WON at his school AND at The Metro Junior History Fair at DePaul University and is advancing to STATE in Springfield, IL!! He has written a script with another classmate, and is performing a theatrical piece as Levi Day Boone, Mayor of Chicago, during the Lager Beer Riot of 1855, complete with recreated newspapers of the time, old timey wimey wire rimmed glasses, and an impressive beard!

Disclosure:  Once again, ChiIL Mama is a proud member of the Netflix Stream Team. We've been compensated for sharing monthly posts with our readers.  All opinions are our own.