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Month: September 2011
Quest For Zhu DVD Review and Giveaway Closed
The heartwarming tale of four lively young teens (who just happen to be hamsters) on a quest to find the Palace of Zhu, where they believe all their dreams will come true. Join the feisty and lovable Pipsqueak as she gets swept away to the other side of the Zhuniverse. On her adventure, she befriends Chunk, Num Nums and Mr. Squiggles, and when they arrive at the Palace of Zhu, they realize it is just the beginning of their remarkable journey. A mean-spirited and controlling reptilian creature, Mezhula, tries to stand in the way of making all of their dreams come true but, by working together, our true Zhu heroes save the day! Pipsqueak realizes she already had everything she ever dreamed of and all she really wants is to find a way back home.
**** Quest for Zhu was a bit different of a movie than I was expecting. I was expecting a movie that would go along with the Zhu Zhu playlets and such, even though I don’t know where that would go. After Pipsqueak runs away from her owner she meets up with all the other Zhu Zhu and they head for palace of Zhu. When they arrive they find the palace has been taken over and have a bigger adventure to come and save the palace.
My kids loved this movie and even acted out the parts with their own little Zhu Zhu action figures.
Release date: September 27, 2011
I have 1 copy of Quest For Zhu to giveaway to a lucky US reader
To enter: Tell me your favorite Zhu Zhu Pet?
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How Stupid Half Day Kindergarten is
This year our school decided to go half day kindergarten, due to budget cuts. Well this past week was meet the teacher night, and my daughter kindergarten teacher was explaining how things would work for the Pm session. Well apparently the Am session gets it good and the PM (which I have) gets the short end.
Half days Pm does not have school, which means my daughter has like 6 days or more less school than everyone else.
Parades, concerts etc usually happen in the Am, so my daughter will miss out on those.
Everyone gets out of school, June 22 last day.
Half day afternoon gets out June 20.
I think half day Kindergarten is the stupidest thing ever and our future president needs to put more money into education.
Sorry just needed to rant
Spaghetti Tacos
My kids love watching iCarly, and when they saw Spaghetti Tacos being served on the show, they really wanted to try it. So I decided to make it and it’s not bad at all. Even I like It!
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The Mentalist: Red Johns mole?
During Season 3, Patrick is on a mission to identify who Red John’s mole within the CBI is.
I thought the mole within CBI would be Craig O Laughlin, who was also Graces Boyfriend. He has held back firing at enemies when another CBI agent was under attack, which made me think he is a dirty agent. Plus I really wanted Grace to see how bad he is and get back with Wayne. Turns out I was right, he is the mole. Get the dvd and see how it all went down!
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The Mentalist investigation sites
In Season 3 of The Mentalist Patrick Jane solving mysteries at locations including a racetrack, driving range, gold country and a mixed martial arts match.
I think that the hardest place to solve a mystery would be a mixed martial arts match, just because you have angry men, not releasing any information that you need. Plus there are always tons of people around.
I mean any of these places he investigated would be hard, just because they are all big areas and there are always people coming and going.
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Yoplait Yogurt at Sams Club $40 Gift card GiveawayClosed
We are not big yogurt fans, but when we do eat it we chose Yoplait. I love the variety that they have, they even have tons of varieties kids will love.
New Yoplait Light Yogurt now has 100% granola and real fruit, perfect for breakfast or snack.
Kids will love the taste and adults will love the goodness of new Trix yogurt, which has two colors in every cup and fruity “kids-only” flavors like Raspberry Rainbow and Strawberry Banana Bash.
My kids love the new Trix yogurt and actually beg for it all the time!
To help you stock your fridge with Yoplait Yogurt I am giving away a $40 Sams Club gift card to a US reader
to enter: Tell me your favorite flavor of yogurt?
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Wordless Wednesday September 21, 2011 With Linky
Playing in the rain
Share a smile with Build A Bear
When I was a little girl I had a stuffed animal that I loved, it wasn’t a teddy bear but more of a bunny. It was my mothers and she handed it down to me, I called it nitey nite and it glowed in the dark. I slept with it every night until I was 19 (seriously). After I had kids I handed it down to my daughter, he loves it.
Just thinking about how a stuffed aimal or bear can make a child feel so special is a great feeling and that is why I love Build A Bear. Right now there is so much going on in the world that every child needs a smile and you can share your smile at www.LoveHugsSmile.com
Build a bear sent me 2 bears one to keep so my kids will smile and another to make someone else smile. I chose to send the other in the mail to family. I haven’t seen my niece in 6 years and decided that sending her a bear would be a smile for both of us, since I haven’t seen her in forever.
I just sent it, so I am still waiting for pics to come back with her holding it. I will update when I have them.
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Hot Toy List From Toys R Us
Toy s R Us has just released their 2011 Holiday Hot Toy List. There are some really exciting items on the list.
BABY:
- Poppin Park-Elefun-Busy ball popper (Playskool)
- Topzy Tumblers-Twirlin Tumblin fun park (Fisher Price)
13 Months-2 Years:
- Sesame Street-Lets Rock! Elmo (Hasbro)
- You & Me Hide and Seek Friends (Toys R Us)
2-4 Years
- Angry Birds 5 inch plush (Commonwealth)
- Cabbage Patch Kids-Limited vintage edition (Jakks Pacific)
- Disney Rock Star Mickey (Fisher Price)
- Fast Lane Stunt City (Toys R Us)
- Imaginarium City Central Train Table (Toys R Us)
- Lalaloopsy Silly Hair Dolls (MGA Entertainment)
- Power Rangers Samurai-Samurai Megazord (Bandai)
- Power Wheels Dune Racer (Fisher Price)
5-7 Years
- Bizu Style Studio (Spin Master)
- Lightning McQueen Interactive Air Hogs R/C Vehicle (Spin Master)
- Hot Wheels-Wall Tracks Starter Set (Mattel)
- iMarker-Digital Stylus+ Crayola Colorstudio HD App (Crayola)
- Innotab (V Tech)
- Leap Pad Explorer (Leapfrog)
- Monster High Fearleading 3 Pack (Mattel)
- Mario cart Wii Bowsers Ultimate Building Set (K’Nex)
- Moshi Monsters- Moshling Mini Figure 3 pack (Spin Master)
- Radica-Fidjit Friends (Mattel)
- Redakai X Reader Starter Pack (Spin Master)
- Transformers-Dark Of the Moon (Hasbro)
- The Trash Pack Garbage truck (Moose Toys)
- Xia Xia (Cepia LLC)
8-11 Years
- Air Swimmers Extreme (Animal Planet)
- Fast Lane JLX Matrix (Toys R Us)
- Heroica Castle Fortan (Lego)
- I Am T-Pain Mic (Jakks Pacific)
- My Keepon (Wow Stuff)
- Nerf Vortex-Vigilon (Hasbro)
- Ninjago Lightning dragon battle (Lego)
- Skylanders Spyro Adventure (Activision)
Big Kids
- Air Hogs Hyper Actives (Spin Master)
- Halo-Anniversary Edition-UNSC Warthog (Mega Bloks)