Month: December 2010

Being Green with Avatar Extended Edition Blu-ray GiveawayClosed

- brandy3 413 Comments

Avatar is one of the great movies of 2010. The movie really makes you have a better appreciation for nature and helping the environment.

Avatar Extended edition features a video message from Pandora.  A Special Feature to watch with any member of your family who is concerned about the environment. It Features James Cameron’s trip to Brazil where we met some of the native tribes to show them his support, and to speak up against the building of a dam that will destroy the ways of the indigenous people who live there.

Watching this feature with your family, specially your kids will make a great discussion on helping the environment. On ways they can help the environment like….

  • Making sure the lights are turned off when you leave a room
  • Turning off the water when you brush your teeth
  • using tote bags at the grocery store, instead of plastic ones
  • carrying reusable water bottles instead of plastic ones, to reduce waste

I have 2 Avatar Extended Edition Blu-ray copies to giveaway

Please keep in mind these are Blu-ray copies and not DVDs.

Open to US and Canada

To enter tell me how your children help being green?

Extra entries:

  • Subscribe to my feed-8 entries
  • Blog about this-7 entries
  • Follow on twitter-5 entries
  • Leave a comment on any non giveaway post- 4 entries
  • comment on your favorite part of the movie-3 entries
  • Tweet this giveaway-2 entries (can be done daily)

Contest closes 1/20/11

Disclosure: No compensation or product was received. Giveaway products are being provided by sponsor

Early Christmas Fun

- brandy3 2 Comments

My husbands work/school held an event  just for the kids this year.  There was Santa and his elves, a magic show, face painting and fun.   Santa even had a present for each child.  I forgot my camera at home, so I was only able take the after pictures.

                                                                                                                          Face Painting

                                                                                                                              Balloons

They each got a present from Santa, but they were all upset that it wasn’t what they asked santa for.   We had fun though.

Last Minute Holiday Gifts for Kids

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One of my favorite places is Build A Bear, watching my kids faces as they make and dress their own bear, is always a delight. Christmas is only a week away but you can still get a last-minute loveable friend.

Here are some great Gift Ideas:

Frosty the snowman is only $15 reg $23 “Today only Dec. 18 you can get him for $10.

Turner Owl is $18 and when you buy him Build A Bear will donate 50 cents to First Book to provide new books to children from low income families, and 50 cents Build A Bear workshop Bear Hugs foundation to support other literacy and education programs.

Speaker Starz is the newest addition to Build A Bear. At $25 this bear also in black features a speaker in the bears paw. You can hook your MP3 player up and listen through the Speaker Starz bear.

If your on a budget there is always Small Frys and Misfit Toys for $5 each (limited time).

If you spend $30 or more you can get Very Merry Teddy for $5.00 (A great Deal)

You can always just give a Bear Bucks Gift Card

Visit www.buildabear.com to find the perfect gift for kids this holiday.

Disclosure: Nothing was received for this post, just sharing information

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Leapfrog Alpha Pet

- brandy3

Product Description: Dig into phonics fun with the AlphaPet Explorer This portable learning toy features Scout the puppy as your child’s guide to learning letter names, letter sounds and more. Four learning modes extend the fun with letter and phonics games, music and help from Scout.

****My son is 3 and still doesn’t know his full alphabet, just part of it. The alpha pet is a great way for kids to learn their alphabet. This handheld toy has the alphabet displayed in dog bones and says every letter you push, the sound and even has a game. The game is to see how fast you can find a letter, I was even enjoying the game myself!  I think my son has more fun playing with this toy than actually learning from it.

A big thank you to Leapfrog for also sending batteries with this toy.

Retail: $19.99 but you can find for $14.99 on www.leapfrog.com

My rating:9

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, A product was provided by the company. Thoughts are 100% my own.

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Leapfrog Scribble and Write

- brandy3 2 Comments

Product Description:

Children trace the lights to get practice drawing simple shapes and pictures, then graduate to learning upper- and lowercase letters with step-by-step guidance. Fun learning games help reinforce letter recognition and pencil control skills. Best of all, Scribble & Write uses a single retraceable surface for ease of use and portability.

****My daughter is 4 and she knows how to sing her ABC’s she still is having trouble getting the writing down. The scribble and write is perfect for kids around the preschool age. it breaks down letters by lines and even has a pad and pen for your child to trace the letter. My daughter was so excited to try this out and has really improved on her writing. Plus there is also letter and shape drawing to help children with shapes and so much more. I am so thrilled by this toy and have to say it really helps with preschool homeschooling.

Retail: $24.99 but you can find for $15.99 on www.leapfrog.com

My rating:10

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was received. All opinions are my own.

Winners 12-15-10

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Aurora Plush-#78 Ellen

Scholastic books-#87 Trisha Lynn

Hickory Farms-#57 Amanda Starr

Minion Madness #1 Karem M

1800 flowers second chance winner #22 Moms Holiday Cooking

Build a Bear gift card-#120 Rebecca Graham

Hickory Farms makes the Holidays taste good

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I did a review for Hickory Farms through Mom Central about a month ago and I wanted to write about it again.

I received a party planner box and a   picnic basket pack.

The picnic basket I loved it is filled with summer sausage and cheeses, strawberry candies and colorful mints. The only bad thing i can say is that it didn’t last very long in my house. Plus I really am excited that now I have an actual picnic basket that I can use over and over again.

The party planner gift box was seriously jammed pack full of all the favorites, tons of sausages and cheese. This box is perfect for the cheese lover because it has 5 different kinds of cheese. This gift box was the favorite among my kids.

You can read my full review here.

Visit www.hickoryfarms.com and pick out a basket for yourself or your loved ones this holiday.

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Hickory Farms and received a two signature gift boxes from Hickory Farms to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

Contests December 13, 2010

- brandy3

My Wee View-$100 g.c. to CSN stores/12/17/10

NYC Single Mom-Logitech HD pro webcam/12/17/10

My Wee View-Bounty prize pack/12/17/10

thatsITmommy-Strawberry Shortcake prize pack/12/17/10

My Wee View-Nicole Jane towel set/12/17/10

Moms Focus Online-Forest friends block puzzle/12/18/10

Everything Up Close-Zadyball item of choice/12/18/10

Here and There-Progresso prize pack/12/20/10

Moms Focus Online-RCA alarm clock radio/12/20/10

Moms Focus Online-Valentino Egyptian sheets/12/21/10

Moms Focus Online-$50 AMEX card/12/21/10

Val’s Kitchen-Swanson chicken/12/23/10

Mom Knows It All-Thomas and friends toy/12/23/10

Here and There-Big G family night gift pack/12/23/10

Here and There-Kidz Bop christmas cd/12/23/10

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