Special Sunday: Ridemakerz

Special Sundays are usually chosen by one of the kids and uninfluenced by Josh or I, but when I was invited to a Ridemakerz promotional party, I offered it up as a suggestion for BubTar's day yesterday. He accepted, though, he did try to talk me into control of next Sunday, just to see if it might work.(it didn't work.) The kids have been looking forward to it all week, but unfortunately, KayTar got sick Saturday and she and Josh had to miss out on the fun! I invited our pediatrician and her kids along, but due to scheduling, they were only at partial capacity, too. It ended up just being she and I and our oldest boys. We still had a great time and we were able to make cars for the missing members of our party! We were assigned a crew member who walked us through the store, directing us to chose our parts and then showed up how to assemble them.

On KayTar's behalf, I chose (we had looked it up online beforehand):

Pink car body
Street chassis with R/C
Yellow tattoo wheels
Daisy rims
Heart-shaped grill
Silver spoiler
Purple neon lights (underneath)
Flower, butterfly, and turtle decals


BubTar chose:

Red fire truck body
Monster truck chassis with R/C
Flame wheels
Cyclone rims
Emergency vehicle lights
Dump truck kit
Exhaust pipes
Side pipes



We encountered one minor problem, although KayTar's lights and music worked at the store, we didn't test the R/C capability until we got home and it turns out her chassis was defective! Taking the brand new toy away from a sick kid who already had missed out on all of the fun went over about as well as you might imagine, but the guys in the store fixed us right up and I was able to deliver the car back to its owner in working condition. All of the kids are LOVING their cars and although there IS an available online counterpart to race their cars, mine strongly prefer the real thing, which is increasingly rare these days!

I'm thrilled we had the chance to create these custom cars and Ridemakerz gave me the chance to pass along the same opportunity to not one, but TWO lucky readers. Actually, Ridemakerz gave me the first $100 gift card and our fabulous pediatrician donated her $100 gift card to be given away here, too. To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post now through 11:59PM Friday, May 22nd, with a valid email address in your comment. One entry per valid email address, please! Open to residents of US and Canada. You also need to be willing to send me your mailing address if you are selected as a winner. I'll contact the two winners via email and announce them here on Saturday.

If you do not have a Ridemakerz store nearby, never fear, you are still able to build a car online and have it shipped to your home (they do ship to Canada, as well, for an additional cost). KayTar and I utilized this feature to build her virtual car beforehand, so I knew which parts she wanted once I got to the store. It was very user-friendly and set up much like the store itself. Of course, you don't get the hands-on, build it yourself satisfaction, but you'll still get a really cool car.