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Holiday Gift Guide: My Little Pony Lily Blossom

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Lily Blossom is known for being graceful when she flies, but she is just as elegant on all four hooves! Good friends always stick together – just like your LILY BLOSSOM pony figure and her adorable swan figure. Attach the wagon to your pony figure to pull and her little friend can ride in it everywhere they go! Keep your LILY BLOSSOM figure’s pretty yellow hair smooth with the brush, so she looks great no matter where her adventures take her. Pony figure comes with comb, swan figure and wagon.

****My daughter loves My Little Pony, her collection is piling up!  Lily Blossom is a newer pony to us and my daughter just loves that she is purple with Yellow hair. You can put her carrier on and she walks her pet swan. This would make a great gift for any girl and for under $5 it is a great bargain.

 

Retail: $4.99 at Hasbro Toy Shop

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Holiday Gift Guide: Cars 2 Blu-ray combo pack review

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Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places in “Cars 2” when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car.  But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.  Mater finds himself torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret mission orchestrated by master British super spy Finn McMissile and the stunning rookie field spy Holley Shiftwell.  Mater’s action-packed journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world.  The fast-paced fun includes a colorful new all-car cast, complete with menacing villains and international racing competitors.

Special Features:

  • Cars Toon: Air mater
  • Toy Story Toon: Hawaiian Vacation
  • Director John Lasser Commentary
****My son is a big fan of Cars, any kind of car actually. So we have been anticipating the release of Cars 2 on dvd, since we missed it in the theaters. The minute my son saw the movie he screamed with excitement.
This movie is really packed full of action and thrills. The first movie was all about Lightning McQueen, well this movie seems to be more about Mater. When Lightning gets challenged to a race by italian car Franchesco, he accepts and takes his team including Mater with him around the world. After their first stop in Japan, mater becomes to much of a distraction and embarrassment to Lightning to keep around. Lightning loses the race and ends his friendship with Mater. Meanwhile Mater gets mistaken for a secret agent and see out on a spy mission and ends up saving the day.   I don’t want to giveaway the whole movie, so you have to go see it yourself. This is a must have holiday treat for any little Cars lover.
The Toy Story Hawaiian Vacation short, is hilarious. i thought it was very cute and had my kids laughing so hard. Air Mater is of course another one of Maters, tales of imagination that he could fly. They are always funny.
Getting Behind The Wheel

Japan Fast Dirt

Get a $5 off Coupon for the 5 disc combo pack here
Retail: $39.99 but you can buy on Amazon for $24.99

Release date: November 1, 2011

Running Time:106 minutes

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

Holiday Gift Guide: Strawberry Shortcake Twirling Flower Fashion Doll

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Strawberry Shortcake - Twirling Flower Fashions Doll

 

 

Create fashion “magic” with your sweet-smelling Strawberry Shortcake figure! Put your stylish red-haired friend on her flower stage and start the spinning action. While she’s twirling, spray water from her flower spritzer and a design will “magically” appear on her skirt! Are you two ready to create a new look? Put on her other color-change skirt or just wait for the first one to dry and then use your flower spritzer to create another new design!

****My daughter absolutely loves Strawberry Shortcake, she even kind of looks like her. LOL! This doll makes playing with strawberry so much fun, just fill up the rose with water and spray Strawberry’s dress and watch it change colors. The flower was a little hard to get off and on the stem. It seemed that when i finally got it back o most of the water had dripped out. My daughter still had fun with this toy.

Retail: 19.99 at Hasbro Toy Shop

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post. A product was provided for my review. All opinions are my own.

Holiday Cleaning GiveawayClosed

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I have been putting items away I receive in gift bags, or items I received for review that I did not request. So now I am cleaning out my closet, for you.

One US reader will get these great prizes:

  • Scrabble Turbo Slam- Enhance your vocabulary knowledge and skills with this Turbo Slam scrabble. This crossword card game is ideal to be used during free time with your friends. It includes a deck of alphabet cards and a drawer to complete this set
  • 10 pack of Play-doh in a variety of colors
  • I love iCarly collection-featuring a variety of episodes, including iSpaced out, iSaved Your Life, and  iFight Shelby Marx
  • Nintendo 3DS glasses-helps your childs eyes while playing the 3DS



Disclsoure: Items were supplied for giveaways, No compensation was received.

Holiday Gift Guide: Victorious Season 1 Volume 2 DVD Review

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Hit the stage with Tori Vega and the students at Hollywood Arts High School in Victorious: Season One, Volume Two. The all-new two-disc set includes the last nine episodes of the series’ first season, including the hour-long special “Freak the Freak Out” and the hit TV event “iParty with Victorious,” which is included on the special features disc. Guest stars include Perez Hilton in “Wi-Fi in the Sky” and as well as Kenan Thompson and the cast of iCarly in the star-studded crossover special, “iParty with Victorious.” Plus, go behind-the-scenes for the making of the “iParty with Victorious” musical mash-up performance and the music video for Victorious star Victoria Justice’s single, “Best Friend’s Brother. 

Episode Guide:

  • The Diddly-Bops
  • Cat’s New Boyfriend
  • Sleepover at Sikowitz’s
  • The Wood
  • The Great Ping Pong Scam
  • DISC 2
  • Wok Star
  • Survival of the hottest
  • Wi-Fi in the Sky
  • Freak the Freak Out
  • Special Features
  • iParty with Victorious
  • Behind the Scenes:iParty with Victorious Mash up performance
  • Music Video: Best Friends Brother
****We absolutely love Victorious, it’s one of our favorite shows on Nickelodeon.  This dvd features some of our favorite episodes like Sleepover at Sikowitz’s where each of the kids has to improvise without breaking character. Tori dresses up as a cop who wears way to much red lipstick and is obsessed with raisin Bran. It is so hilarious.  This dvd also features our favorite Victorious movie: Freak the Freak Out.  where Tori, Cat and Jade trick two snobby girls into think Tori is a hideous girl, to win a singing competition.  If you have volume 1, you definitely need to add this volume to your collection.
Retail: $19.99 but you can find on Amazon for $13.99
Running Time: 240 minutes
Release date: November 1, 2011
Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was provided by Nickelodeon for my review. All opinions are my own.

Pampers Diapers and Lets Rock Elmo GiveawayClosed

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UPDATED WITH NEW WAYS TO ENTER:

Pampers Cruisers 3 way fit give baby the freedom to play their way with outstanding three-way fit that adapts to their waists, legs and bottoms. The diapers have been enhanced with a longer absorbent area and new soft quilted backsheet, like our Swaddlers diapers.

Pampers Cruisers 3 way fit are available in sizes 3-7

Pampers is giving one of mu US readers a totally awesome prize pack yet again.

1 winner will receive:

  • 1 Jumbo pack of Pampers Cruisers 3 way fit in choice size of 3-7
  • 1 pack of Pampers wipes (64 count)
  • Lets Rock Elmo
Who wouldn’t love this little guy to put under the tree!
 It’s music time and Elmo comes with his very own microphone, tambourine and drum set and sings six rockin’ songs. You can choose which instrument Elmo plays, and he magically recognizes which one you give him.
Now to the giveaway to enter:
Tell me one who you would give Elmo to if you won and what size diaper you would choose.
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Contest ends 11/4
Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, giveaway is being provided by Pampers.

Celebrate Back To School with Victorious

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Victorious is a sitcom about a girl named Tori Vega, who navigates life at an elite Hollywood performing arts high school.

One of my favorite shows on Nickelodeon is Victorious. Even though it has only been on for a little over a year, It’s the one show that my children and I sit down and enjoy together. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be on a lot.   One thing my daughter requested for back to school was a Victorious t-shirt or school supply. I couldn’t find any though.

Then recently Wal-Mart and Nickelodeon announced that they would sell a Victorious line of clothing and back to school supplies. My daughters were so thrilled, we immediately went out to look, but all we found was a Victorious folder.   We are still waiting to see Victorious clothes in our local store.

Luckily Nickelodeon sent me a Victorious folder and pencil-case for my back to school gift guide. They also sent me a Spongebob plush and band-aids.  These products are so cute and a must for any back to school list.

***The folder features Victoria Justice with  microphone on one side and the whole cast on the other side. The inside has 2 pockets with a name label and Make It Shine logo.  The pencil-case features the cast on both sides, but seems kind of small. Pencils still fit in the case though which is good. These would be great additions to any girls back to school list.   The Spongebob plush is so cute and cuddly, my son loves it. Spongebob wears sunglasses and a tux, his glasses lift to reveal him making a cool look on his face.

The Spongebob band-aids make getting hurt fun.  My kids think Band-aids are bad, when they get hurt they refuse to get a band-aid. Since we started buying character band-aids, that has all changed. My kids are now saying everything is a “boo boo” to get a Spongebob band-aid!

You can get the Victorious collection at www.walmart.com. Prices vary from $1.99-19.99.

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, products were provided by Nickelodeon for my review. All opinions are my own.

Back to school with Snapfish Giveaway Closed

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When it comes to Pictures and personalized products I love Snapfish by HP. They have a variety of products for back to school, like lunch boxes, notebooks, notepads and so much more.

My favorite is a notebook with Despicable me on the cover, and you can add your own photo to it for $9.99

I ordered this notebook with my sons picture on it. Even more than photo notebooks they have notebooks you can design with just a name or a design you choose.

I made this last year for my daughter and she absolutely loves the design.

 

Even more than photo printing, HP also offers computers for back to school or the new HP e-print.

HP e-print lets you print from anywhere.  HP offers ePrint technology which gives your student the ability to set up a customizable ePrint address, allowing the sender to receive documents, email  or photos from any smartphone or laptop, the same way they would send an email message. In just minutes of sending the ePrint, the photo, document or email will be received, whether they’re across the room or the world. Students can share their ePrint address with family and friends at home, which allows them to easily stay in touch while on campus, whether they need to print their class schedules for the first day, a boarding pass for a trip home, a crossword puzzle for the bus ride to campus, or a photo from Facebook of their fun weekend with friends.

To get you in the back to school mood, I am giving away a $50 gift card to Snapfish.

To enter: Just tell me what back to school product you would pick?

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Contest closes 9/3

Disclosure: Giveaway is being provided by Snapfish, who also provided me with a gift card for a review coming soon. All opinions are my own.

Back To School:dENiZEN from Levi’s Jeans

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dENiZEN is a new brand of Jeans by trusted and loved company Levis. These jeans are exclusively available at Target Stores and online at Target.   With a wide variety of styles for men, women, and kids, dENiZEN jeans are the perfect fit for fashion and value-concious consumers.

****I received a pair of dENiZEN Jeans for my daughter to try for back to school. I really liked them! My daughter usually can’t wear jeans,because she seems to be a halfway size, either they are to big or to small.  She tried on the dENiZEN and they fit perfectly, they were just a little to long which is fine. According to my daughter they are very pretty and comfy. I wish I would have chose these for myself.

She can move around in them very easily and they are not to tight on her body, which is great for wearing at school or on the playground.

Right now if you like dENiZEN on Facebook you can win a rebate ($3), a free pair of Jeans, or a gift card.  I think most people have won a rebate.

You can find dENiZEN jeans at Target ranging from $17.99-$29.99

Disclosure: No compensation was received, a product was received from dENiZEN through Team Mom.

Cards are the best memories we have

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I love saving cards from family and friends. My husband calls me a hoarder, but it’s the best way to keep the memories alive.   My Mil passed away a couple of years back and  the Christmas cards that I saved were able to preserve memories for my children since they are so young. They added them to our memory book and will cherish them forever.

I live thousands of miles away from everyone in my family, so I receive a lot of online Christmas cards. It’s always fun to show them to the kids when they are animated and move around.  I also print them out and we always have them hanging on the wall by the Christmas tree for the kids to enjoy and to bring in some holiday cheer.   One of my favorite sites to find cards is Storkie.com, they have a wide variety of Christmas cards and even have photo Christmas cards (my favorite).  I love photo cards because they actually give the recipient a true feel of who is sending the card, from the picture.  I know everyone in my family loves them. My mom has all the photo cards I have sent hanging on the wall.

Christmas is still over 5 months away but it never hurts to get in the mood early. Christmas in July!  Thinking of Christmas one of my favorite Christmas card memories was when I was 6 or 7, I had written a letter to Santa. I was  a little skeptical, but a few days before Christmas I received a card back from Santa and it has a little recordable message when it opens. It says: Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas Brandy! I know you’ve been good this year so I’ll make sure your on my special list. Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!  I was so shocked that Santa sent me a card and it actually had my name in it. I still have that card too, and it still plays.

Visit www.storkie.com to find a Christmas in July celebration.

Disclosure: I was compensated for this post from Storkie.com through Global Influence.

 

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