Stride Rite Shoes Review

September 14, 2009June 2, 2020 - brandy3 1 Comment

The Stride RiteChildren’s Group, the leading provider of premier children’s footwear, announced today the launch of a new collection of baby shoes with patent-pending Sensory Response Technology(SRT). This revolutionary children’s footwear technology, developed in conjunction with the Leon Root, M.D. Motion Analysis Laboratory at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, improves the way a child learns to walk via a sensory feedback system, an ultra-flexible design that allows for more freedom of movement, and a unique construction that reduces the number of stumbles and falls.

Shoes in the SRT collection are also designed to make baby comfortable. They feature moisture-wicking linings, which help keep baby’s feet drier longer, and eco-friendly materials such as a recycled EVA heel cup and a partially recycled outsole to protect baby and baby’s future environment. A great feature for mom and dad is a removable insole containing a Fit Check system that easily lets them know when it is time to see a fit specialist.

The fall SRT collection is comprised of four boys’ styles and seven girls’ styles in baby sizes 3 to 8 in various widths, and features fun fashion touches such as suede fringe, metallic leathers and bright hits of color.

I have not received my shoes for review yet, so i’m going to share a little first steps story.

My daughter started walking at 14 months, and having shoes on her actually helped her to balance herself more. I remember her being in the playpen, and we’d glance over and see her go from one side to the other without holding on. She would never do it when we looked though. We took her to the zoo two days after she officially took off, and she just went wild running from exhibit to exhibit.

ah memories!

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contest closes at 12:00 am on 9/28/09 (my birthday)

Wow Wow Wubbzy: Wubbzy Goes Boo(giveaway)

September 8, 2009September 8, 2009 - brandy3 2 Comments

Product description: Grab your kookiest costume and head on down to Wuzzleburg for some ghoulish fun in the all new 70 minute Halloween DVD.

This dvd has 5 spooky episodes

Wubbzy’s Magical Mess Up– When Moo Moo the Magician asks Wubbzy to watch his magical wand, Wubbzy loses control and soon monkeys, elephants and kickity kick balls are running wild! When he returns, establishing order, Wubbzy promises to practice more before he tries any more magic.

Tea for Three-Wubbzy decides to throw a tea party, but he doesn’t know how. Widget builds a tea party machine, the Tea Time 3000, to make sandwiches and tea, but it malfunctions and does everything wrong. They’re afraid the tea party was a disaster, but Wubbzy has been having a great time, and thats what a tea party is all about.

Monster Madness-Wubbzy gets scared by a TV show and starts seeing monsters everywhere! Widget build a monster masher to take care of any monsters, but soon she starts seeing monsters too! They rush to Walden’s house and Walden takes out his flashlight to show them all the monsters they saw were just ordinary objects in the dark.

The Last Leaf- Walden is collecting leaves, and he is waiting patiently for the last leaf to fall off the Old Figgity Fig Tree. Wubbzy and Widget would rather play in the leaf pile. When they return, they find Walden fast asleep! And here comes the last leaf! As the wind takes it away, Wubbzy and Widget are left to chase the errant Leaf all over Wuzzleburg.

The Ghost of Wuzzleburg-It’s the Halloween party at the Wubb Club, and Wubbzy builds his own scary costume out of junk, and scares the party guests. While he’s hiding he notices a ghost sheet floating all by itself. It’s a real ghost! Then the sheet falls off and we see it was only birdy-bird. Birdy-Bird wins for most scariest costume, and Wubbzy wins for most scared person!

Plus there is a bonus episode

March of the Pumpkins-Wubbzy wants to find the biggest pumpkin, so he can be named Pumpkin King. But Walden and Widget warn him, look out for the real Pumpkin King! Before Wubbzy can get a pumpkin, the Pumpkin King catches them. Luckily he turns out to be a great guy, and he gives Wubbzy and daizy a ride back to the festival just in time for the big march!

***With Halloween just around the corner this movie is packed with scary fun for preschoolers. My Children enjoyed it very much. Our favorite episode is Monster Madness. My daughter has been having night terrors, and with this episode I can show her that even Wubbzy gets scared, but it turns out to be nothing. With Monsters, Ghosts, and Pumpkins this DVD is packed with halloween fun!

DVD extras include:

Coloring and activity sheets

Sneak peaks

More info:

Run time: 70 minutes

Release date-September 8, 2009

retail price $16.98 find it on amazon for $12.99

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contest closes September 12, 2009

Power Rangers RPM Race For Corinth

September 7, 2009September 7, 2009 - brandy3 1 Comment

Power Rangers RPM, Vol. 2: Race for Corinth

Product description: Get ready for the pure racing excitement as the Power Rangers rev up the action againstan evil army of mechanized “Grinders” in Volume 2: Race To Corinth. Battling from the doomed city of Corinth, Dr. K’s elite team of teenage heroes face the sinister Venjix Computer Network, which is intent on taking over the world’s communication and defense systems. Will the Power Rangers be able to master Dr. K’s high-tech racing performance machines in time to save all mankind.

Run time:115 minutes

Release date: September 8, 2009

retail price $19.99

*** I have to say I’m not a big fan of the new Power Rangers. I like the original Power Rangers. This movie was fun for the kids though, heros fighting a villian and saving the day.

Rating: 6

Little Einsteins Fire Truck Rockets Blastoff

September 7, 2009September 7, 2009 - brandy3

Product description:Sound the siren and hold on tight as the world’s biggest little heroes embark on their most amazing mission ever!

Full speed ahead for fun as rocket transforms into a flying fire truck! A rumbling volcano on the island of Java is about to blow, and the team needs to free a monkey stuck in a tree before things get really hot. Can they get there in time? They’ll need all of Rocket’s special firefighting gadgets-and your help-to save the day! Then, whoosh off to a thrilling car race in monaco, dash to the top of the Eiffel tower, and chug superfast up to the Andes Mountains when Rocket transforms again-into an ice-cream train! Bursting with music action and fun, Fire Truck Rocket’s Blastoff is a whielwind of nonstop adventure.

This movie contains 4 episodes:

1.Fire Truck Rocket (never before seen episode)

2. Melody The Music Pet

3.Carmine’s Big Race

4. Mr. Penguin’s Ice-Cream Adventure

This movie contains three fun and exciting ways to watch:

1. Fastplay-watch and enjoy the movie

2. Magic Mission mode 1(ages 2-3)-answer fun questions about colors and shapes

3. Magic Mission mode 2(ages 4-6)-higher level with more challenging questions.

*** My children love the Little Einsteins, and really enjoyed this movie. Mainly because they have a fascination with fire trucks. We used magic mission mode 1 to answer questions about colors and shapes. They really love how involved they can get with the DVDS. I like how it teaches about different countries and sites to see. My kids are asking so many questions about Different regions, its fascinating.

More info:

Running time: 95 minutes

Release date: September 8, 2009

Retail price $19.99

rating 8 1/2

Mickey’s Adventure in Wonderland

September 6, 2009September 6, 2009 - brandy3 1 Comment

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland

Product description: Get ready to join Mickey and his friends on their most amazing adventure ever-a new movie classic inspired by Disney’s Alice in Wonderland.

Don’t be late for a very important date: daisy’s surprise birthday party! Her present is a magical cuckoo clock, and when the cuckoo bird flies away, Mickey and Donald set off through a fairytale wonderland to find him. Will they choose the right mouseketools to locate cuckoo and get home in time. Find out as you set off on a remarkable journey. Meet Tweedle Chip, Tweedle Dale, and Goofy hatter, play croquet with Queen Clarabelle, and more! Packed with friendship, laughter and surprises, Mickey’s Adventures in wonderland is topsy-turvy fun for everyone!

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*** This movie is jam packed full of advebture and is fun for the whole family. There are three ways you can watch and we chose Adventure mode one, which lets you interact with your remote and answer questions about colors shapes and sizes. My kids had a blast answering Mickey and getting to plat along. This movie has a Alice in Wonderland theme, which is very fun, and my kids even became the characters. Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum, and mad hatter.

The other two ways to watch the movie are: Fast play- enjoy the movie without your remote.

Adventure mode 2(ages 4-6) a higher level with more challenging questions.

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Bonus episode: Goofy goes Goofy

**This episode is so funny, jst watching Goofy be his Goofy self.

Some more info:

Running time: 50 minutes

Movie release date: September 8, 2009

rating:8

Ringling Bros. Barnum and Baily 2009 circus tour

September 6, 2009May 25, 2014 - brandy3 2 Comments

The circus can be so much fun for kids. The tricks, animals, clowns. It can bring a big smile to your face.

This year Ringling Bros. Barnum and Baily have two shows coming to your town this fall/winter.

Over the top Hi res hat

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents Over The Top, an all-new live entertainment extravaganza featuring the ultimate tug of war between Ringmaster Chuck Wagner and clown eccentric Tom Dougherty over a magical top hat that controls the circus. When the Ringmaster dons the hat he conjures stupendous spectacles for his circus, like the stunt riding Royal Cossack Cavalry while the clown uses the hat to summon silly and whimsical acts for his circus, such as a cavalry of goats riding on ponies in a Barnyard Bonanza. They continue to top one another until the Ringmaster and clown realize that the magic of the circus is not in the hat but in the hearts of everyone. The show culminates in an amazing display of gigantic glowing rainforest flowers surrounding Chinese acrobats swinging on vines and propelling through the air. Over the Top is two circuses in one providing excitement for the whole family. Audiences will see nearly 100 animals including flying dogs, Asian elephants that skip, hop, and groove, miniature horses, llamas, pigs, and even a performing porcupine. In a daring feat, the courageous Daniel Raffo stands eye to eye with a pack of powerful Bengal tigers. Circus celebrities help rev-up the motorcycle madness featuring one cycle on a high wire and seven speeding riders in a Globe of Steel. Extraordinary aerial acts fill the arena sky with a rare double-decker trapeze and the Bombastic Bouncers who combine gigantic inner tubes and awe-inspiring acrobatics in a high-energy performance never before seen in America. And with the audience’s participation, this circus really goes Over The Top!

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents ZING ZANG ZOOM: Through the mystery of magic and the mastery of skill, audiences will be spellbound as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents ZING ZANG ZOOM®, a thrill-filled, mind-blowing circus spectacular where family fun is no illusion. Magical Zingmaster Alex and his assistant, the alluring Levitytia, lead audiences through a kaleidoscope of color and imagery revealing extraordinary worlds of fantasy, flight and phenomena that celebrates the uplifting spirit of the circus and wards off a cynical Mr. Gravity and his team of “heavies” who try to bring everyone down. Be mesmerized when a four-ton elephant disappears before your eyes, and a gravity-inducing nemesis transforms across species into a ferocious tiger. Stand in awe as a dazzling trapeze artist performs a perilous, anatomically unimaginable one-arm speed-spin high atop the arena floor, and two formidable, female human cannonballs are blasted through the air in a daring, awe-inspiring display of bravery. Become electrified as the dangerous double wheel of steel, the gasp-inducing high wire and soaring gigantic swings defy both gravity and logic. Fun-filled magic merges with traditional circus arts to create a world of infinite possibilities where apprentice illusionists levitate their parents with a wave of a wand, and audience spirits keep rising as the high flying circus is (literally) turned upside down. Perhaps the most magical of all, watch in amazement as an incomparable array of exotic animals including a herd of majestic Asian elephants, magnificent Bengal tigers and elegant Arabian and Friesian horses join forces with our human performers to create an experience that will surprise and delight Children of All Ages, rendering us speechless and reminding us that the magic of The Greatest Show On Earth® lives forever in our hearts and imaginations.

check their site to see what show and when they will be in your town.

If you wanted to go see them this year, I have a special code to offer my readers.

look for the box marked “MC Promotion” when purchasing tickets:

*Offer #1: Get 4 tickets for just $44 by entering the code “MOM” at select ticketing channels. Offer good on all weekday performances, which includes all weekday evening and Friday matinee performances; minimum purchase of 4 tickets required; additional tickets above 4 can be purchased at $11 each.
*Offer #2: All weekend performance tickets will be $4 off the original price.
Offer #3: Get the best Circus Celebrity, Front Row and VIP seats available – We have reserved seats in these sections just for you! Enter the code MOM. No discounts available on these sections.

This code is good for the following cities

Denver: September 30 – October 11, 2009
Boston: October 14-18, 2009
St. Louis: October 15-18, 2009
Cleveland: October 21-26, 2009
Rosemont/Chicago: November 5 – 29, 2009
Auburn Hills: November 18-22, 2009
Charlotte: January 27-31, 2010
Atlanta: February 12-21, 2010
Cincinnati: March 10-14, 2010
Dayton: April 29 – May 2, 2010

I will be going to see the circus next year in Feburary, and I’m so excited. I can’t use the code, but it shouldn’t stop anyone from going and having a blast. Make sure you showup early too. You can chat with the performers and mingle with the clowns before the show!

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Centralon behalf of Feld Entertainment. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

Disney Princess Enchanted Tales

September 5, 2009September 7, 2009 - brandy3

Product description: If you wish with all your heart and imagine the loveliest place you’ve ever dreamt of, you’ll find yourself in a dazzling fairytale castle. Cross the drawbridge, step inside and experience Disney’s spectacular Princess adventure! Accompany Princess Aurora on her first new “Once upon a time…” since the cherished classic Sleeping Beauty. And take a magic carpet ride to Agrabah, where Jasmine and your favorite characters from the academy award-winning masterpiece Aladdin. Return for a whole new world of never before seen enchantment.

Spend some golden moments with Aurora and jasmine as each discovers what it takes to be a true princess. With magical storytelling, memorable new songs and “….favorite Disney Princesses animated in classic Disney style.” This delightful gem celebrates the power of believing in yourself. Join the Disney Princesses as they realize that when you follow your dreans, they just might come true.

This movie also features games, Aurora dress up and find Sahara. There is also a music video featuring Belle “you’ll never lose this love”

2nd disc bonus features:

Footage from Disney’s new Princess and the Frog movie

never before seen music videos with Cinderella and Mulan

***Having two Princesses of my own, this movie was very much enjoyed. From Aurora learning that you can’t always take the easy way out., and Jasmine learning royal duties can be tough. This movie is filled with so much learning and adventure. this movie has a great meaning behind it. always follow your dreams, the lesson every girl should be taught.

**The games were fun my daughters loved getting to dress up Aurora and make her look stunning. The finding Sarah game was a bit challenging, but my kids are so young. so i helped them out and it worked out great

Rating:9

This movie will be released on September 8, 2009

running time is 56 minutes

Reatil price $29.99

Disney on Ice 2009 blog tour

September 5, 2009May 25, 2014 - brandy3 1 Comment

Disney on Ice is always a fun time with the family. You get to experiance all the Disney characters without the hefty price tag. Disney is taking the show on the road for the 2009 season with 4 different shows.

Disney On Icepresents Celebrations! It’s one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends! Enjoy a winter wonderland with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, a Halloween haunt with the Disney Villains, a Very Merry Unbirthday Party, a Royal Ball with the Disney Princesses and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivals from around the globe. Come join the party when this spectacular ice show visits your hometown

Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy: Rev up for non-stop fun with four of your favorite Disney stories at Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy. Thrill to high-speed stunts as Lightning McQueen, Mater and the crew of Disney/Pixar’s CARS race across the ice. Dive into The Little Mermaid’s enchanting undersea kingdom and experience the ‘Circle of Life’ with The Lion King. Then enter the mystical world of Pixie Hollow with Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies as they reveal the magic that lies within! From wheels to waves, Pride Lands to pixie dust, your family’s favorite Disney moments come to life at Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy with dazzling skating, special effects and beloved characters certain to create a lifetime of memories. Special Bonus! Come see a Disney princess and a dazzling display of gorgeous gowns at the Disney Princess Pre-Show starting one hour before show time! Complimentary to all ticket holders

800x600 Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic: Join the celebration as 65 of Disney’s unforgettable characters from 18 beloved stories come to life in Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic! You’ll be captivated by the one and only Mickey Mouse, the irresistible Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio and all the Disney Princesses. Be thrilled by exciting moments from The Lion King; Mulan; and Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Toy Story films; in a skating spectacular filled with magical Disney moments you’ll remember forever as Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic!

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Disney On Ice presents Princess Classics: Dreams really do come true! Disney On Ice is proud to bring you a dazzling tale of hope, heart, heroism and hilarity as Disney On Ice presents Princess Classics. This stunning spectacle is an awe-inspiring and fun-filled journey to the magical lands of Disney’s classic fairy tales. Travel to a kingdom under the sea, an enchanted palace in France, an Arabian castle and more! Enter the fantasy worlds of your favorite Disney princesses – Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Mulan and Snow White – as they bring magic to your city in this royal skating extravaganza.

visit Disney on Ice to see a date and show near you

I have a great special to offer you, so you and your family can enjoy Disney on Ice.

look for the box marked “MC Promotion” when purchasing tickets:

*Offer #1: Get 4 tickets for just $44 by entering the code “MOM” at select ticketing channels. Offer good on all weekday performances, which includes all weekday evening and Friday matinee performances; minimum purchase of 4 tickets required; additional tickets above 4 can be purchased at $11 each.
*Offer #2: All weekend performance tickets will be $4 off the original price
Offer #3: Get the best Front Row and VIP seats available – We have reserved seats in the Front Row and VIP sections just for you! No discounts available on these seats.
*Not valid on Front Row or VIP seats or combinable with other offers including opening night offers. Other fees may apply

This code is only valid for the following cities:

St. Louis: September 3-6, 2009
Chicago: September 8-13, 2009
Sunrise: September 17-20, 2009
Dayton/Cincinnati: September 17-27, 2009
Miami: September 23-27, 2009
Auburn Hills: September 30 – October 4, 2009
Charlotte: October 8-11, 2009
Philadelphia: October 14-18, 2009
Atlanta: October 14-18, 2009
Oakland/San Jose: October 14-25, 2009
Fairfax: October 21-25, 2009
Sacramento: October 28 – November 1, 2009
Baltimore: October 28 – November 1, 2009
Uniondale: November 10-15, 2009
Houston: November 11-15, 2009
NYC: November 17-22, 2009
East Rutherford: November 24-29, 2009
Denver/Broomfield: December 3-13, 2009
St. Paul: December 9-13, 2009
Los Angeles: December 17-20, 2009
Toronto: December 18-27, 2009
Anaheim: December 22-27, 2009
Philadelphia: December 23 – January 3, 2010
Boston: December 26-29, 2009
Ontario: December 30 – January 3, 2010
Cleveland: January 8 -18, 2009

Unfortunatly my city is not on there, but I will still be enjoying Disneys 100 years of Magic in Dec. at the Greensboro Colliseum.

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Feld Entertainment. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”