Month: November 2010

Holiday Gift Guide 2010:Aurora’s Plush Animal Carriers Review and GiveawayClosed

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Description: One of Aurora’s best selling lines, Fancy Pals, features the original Pet Carriers — a purse and plush animal in one. The plush animals are interchangeable – kids have fun mixing and trading the animals to other carriers.

*****We received the purple Kitten in a pink bag that says I love you.  It is so adorable, my daughter walks around acting like she is Paris Hilton or one of these other celebrities that walk around with their pet in a bag. The animal is able to come out of the bag, and is very soft and lovable. The bag is soft and carry anything. My daughters are so fond of this Fancy pal.

Retail:$12 at www.auroragift.com

My rating: 8

Aurora has agreed to give one of my readers a Aurora Fancy Pals Plush (purple Kitten with I love you bag, or another of Auroras Choosing)

To enter: Tell me who you would give this to?

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Disclosure: No compensation was received, a product was provided by the company who is providing the giveaway

Thanksgiving with Butterball GiveawayClosed

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Thanksgiving is approaching soon and I know that because I was driving through Cold Spring Harbor and i see 6 Turkeys running down the street. LOL, it was so cute, I wish I could have got a picture.

Thanksgiving is coming up and what better way to Celebrate than with Butterball. If you have been cooking Thanksgiving for years, or if this year will be your first www.butterball.com has everything you need.

I have Butterball coupons to giveaway for Thanksgiving

To enter: Tell me if you will be cooking yourself or heading out?

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Contest ends 11/17/10 at 3pm est. To ensure you get coupons in time.

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, Giveaway coupons were provided by Butterball.

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Knex Construction Crew Building Set

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Product Description: Build friendly construction vehicles! Includes NEW KID K’NEX blocks plus colorful, chunky KID K’NEX rods & connectors and personality parts like eyes and wheels. When playtime is over, store the parts in the handy storage box for a quick and easy clean-up.

****My kids love Knex, you can let your mind run wild with all the building possibiltys.  With this set you can make little bugs/animals and cars, bug cars! Two of my sons favorite things, he loves this set, and I like that the peices are so easy to put together, and apart. Plus the box becomes a small carry case for easy clean up. This is a great gift for boys or girls.

Retail:$9.99

My rating:8

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was received for this review.

Holiday Gift Guide: Toy Story 3 Blu-ray Combo

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Product Description: As Andy gets ready to leave for college, Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the gang wonder if this is the end of the line. But, when a mix up lands them in the Sunnyside Day Care Center where they meet 14 new toys, they soon discover that a wild new adventure is just beginning! Take an amazing journey with some of the most beloved characters in movie history and discover what being a friend is truly all about.

****I was surprised at how hilarious this movie is.  I was thinking this movie was going to have a couple funny jokes throughout the movie. It was non-stop laughter though. Barbie and Ken were really my favorite, they were so funny. The funniest of all though would have to be Buzz speaking spanish and dancing around. My kids and I loved this movie. This is definitely a must have this holiday season.

   

Retail:$24.99

Release date: November 2, 2010

Running time: 102 minutes

Disclosure: No compensation was received a product was provided by Disney

Winners 11-4-10

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Maroon 5 CD-#88 Ellen (tannawings)

Ghirardelli’s chocolate- #98 Cynthia R, #31 Karen, #159 Lisa L

Davis Archuletta Cd-#93 Shelly

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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: My Little Pony Mermaid Asst.

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Product Description:  Whenever the ponies visit the sea, they magically become beautiful mermaids! Join them as they have waves of fun discovering a brand new world! Rainbow Dash has a treasure chest of beauty secrets! Your pretty Rainbow Dash pony is looking forward to a fun afternoon under the surf with her dolphin accessory buddy and with you! Help your new friend look her best with her compact and mirror accessories. Then, play pretend that you two are on a treasure hunt and “find” her treasure chest accessory!

****This is smaller than a actual My Little Pony, but my daughter still enjoyed her My Little Pony Mermaid. My daughter plays with this more in the bathtub than anywhere else. Plus even more bathtime or pool fun with the accessories a Treasure chest or a crab, each mermaid comes with differeny accessories.

Retail: $7.95

Rating:7

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was received for my review.

Tangled Meet Rapunzel

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Character Bio: Rapunzel may have lived her entire life locked inside a hidden tower, but Rapunzel is no damsel in distress. The girl with the 70 feet of golden hair is an energetic, inquisitive teenager who fills her days with art, books, and imagination.  Rapunzel is full of curiosity about the outside world, and she can’t help but feel that her true destiny lies outside of the lonely tower walls.  Rapunzel has always obeyed Mother Gothel by staying hidden away and keeping her magical hair a secret… but with her 18th birthday just a day away, she is fed up with her sheltered life and ready for an adventure. When a charming theif seekd refuge in her tower, Rapunzel defies Gothel and seizes the opportunity to answer the call of the kingdom. With the unwilling Flynn Rider along for the journey, Rapunzel leaves the tower for the first time, and begins a hilarious, hair raising  journey that will untangle many secrets along the way.

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Tangled Meet Flynn Rider

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Character Bio: The ultra confident Flynn Ryder is his own biggest fan and he has relied on his wit, charm and good looks to get out of even the stickest situation-and Flynn’s life just happens to be full of sticky situations. Flynn is a thief looking for the one last, big score that will allow him to finally live the life he’s always dreamed of. He’s never been closer to having it all when he meets Rapunzel, an odd girl with ridiculously long hair. Rapunzel seems to be the only girl in the world immune to Flynn’s moves, and for the first time ever he seems to have met his match. An unlikely alliance with this girl from the tower sends Flynn on an adventure of a lifetime, and helps him realizethat sometimes you don’t know what you want…. until it hits you over the head… literally.

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Quick and Kosher Cookbook giveawayClosed

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Product Description: 

The “bride who knew nothing” is back! Five years after her wedding, Jamie Geller is juggling a career and running a busy household – and she still has no time to cook!    As her family and career rapidly grew, Jamie set out to learn how to cook with children around, how to cook meals that kids would eat (while not boring adult family and guests) and how to do it all without losing her cool.

I have one copy to giveaway

Leave me a comment telling me how you handle cooking with kids?

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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Fur Real Friends Newborn Panda Bear

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Product Description: Newborns need lots of love and attention, so cuddle up close with your new little friend! Cradle your Newborn Bear Cub figure in your arms and ‘feed’ him with his bottle accessory. When hes done, rub his soft tummy and hell blink and reach out for you because your little guy is ready to play and ready for lots of hugs and kisses! Stands about 7-inches tall when seated. Comes with bottle accessory.

****When I was first pitched about the Newborn Fur Real Friend I thought it was going to be big, like most Fur Real Friends. I had never seen them before, when it arrived I fell in love. These friends are so tiny and small, they coo and make other sounds. I seriously considered keeping this from having  my kids, but I had to share it with them. My son is attached to it and won’t let it go. It’s his baby doll without the girlyness.

Retail: $15.99

My rating: 9

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was received for my review.

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