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iCarly iSpace Out DVD Review

- brandy3

Product Description: It’s a blast of iCarly episodes that are out of this world! Carly and the crew venture to a training facility to test their space survival abilities. Can they hack being locked in a space pod for 36 hours? Sam decides to reveal a shocking secret, Gibby wants to fight Freddie and guess who tries to find Bigfoot. Join the iCarly crew for more insanity!

Episodes:

  • iSpace Out
  • iWas a Pageant Girl
  • iEnrage Gibby
  • iFix a Pop Star
  • iWon’t Cancel the Show
  • iBelieve in Bigfoot

****We love iCarly, and its great to be able to play the best episodes over. iSpace out is hilarious, Carly, Sam and Freddie have to be locked in a chamber for 36 hours, to see if they can handle space, Carly ends up freaking out and breaking a window. Pageant girl you get to see another side of Sam, and so much more. We had so many laughs.

Retail:$16.99, but you can find on Amazon for $12.99

Release date: August 31, 2010

Running time:145 minutes

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

Shox Scooter For Those Awesome Tricks

- brandy3

Shred Sled , The comapny specializing in extreme sports products for children introduces the Shox Scooter, The first everactive shock absorber scooter that allows riders to perform higher, faster, more awesome tricks! The Shox scooter’s supreme shocks increase a riders speed and airtime, making stunts bigger and better.

Features:

  • Spring deck that absorbs impact when landing jumps and stunts, also springs back to increase riders power.
  • Deck has a rough grip for foot control, and back brake helps with control and safety.
  • handles adjust to fit children of all sizes
  • Folds in half for easy traveling and is also lightweight.

**** This scooter was a lot more than i expected. Now my kids are still a little young to be doing tricks, but they love the scooter. My daughter says its so much easier than riding a bike, and the her leg is getting to much exercise. It also so much easier to bring to the park, we don’t have a driveway and live on a ver busy road. So the park is the place to ride bikes, but we can’t fit three bikes in a car. This folds up for easy traveling, and can even adjust to fit all of my children.

Retail:$59.99 at www.ShredSled.com

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

Sid the Science Kid Gotta Know Microphone Review

- brandy3

Product Description: Sid the Science Kid is an animated television series on PBS Kids, starring Sid, a funny and inquisitive 5-year old. Join Sid and his friends as they celebrate their excitement and curiosity about the world through discovery, activity and fun.

Features:

  • Electronic microphone, modeled after the one in the television series
  • Lets kids tell jokes, interview and sing with its laughter, applause, theme song and echo features
  • Explore your world with an electronic microphone just like the Sid the Science Kid character’s on the animated television series
  • Fun push-button features let you create applause noise after you’ve interviewed someone, laughter noise when you’ve told a joke
  • For extra fun, set it to echo mode and listen to your voice echo echo everywhere you go
  • Even the Sid the Science Kid series theme song and silly sounds when you’re ready to sing

****My kids love Sid, and this microphone makes it so much more fun. they pretend to be sid and ask our neighbors questions in the microphone.  The microphone has an echo feature which can kind of get annoying after a while. This is so much fun between the music, applause, and so much more.

Retail:$14.99

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

Back To School with Zak Designs (Giveaway)Closed

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From site: Since 1976, Zak Designs has been committed to making mealtime fun for people around the world. Whether it’s through dinnerware and on-the-go products that feature children’s favorite characters or tableware and kitchen prep products that represent the latest global fashion statements, Zak gives people the mealtime products that fit their appetites.

I received a Princess Lunchbox and a princess meal set.

****This lunch bag made my daughters eyes light up, when we she saw it. We decided that it may be better for ud to just pack her lunch everyday since she is such a picky eater, (maybe healthier too).  The Princess lunch bag is the perfect size, reuseable,  and would make any little princess proud to take her lunch to school. The meal set is dishwasher safe and perfect for those little hands. I do think the plate is a little to small, we could barely fit all of dinner on it.

Retail: $19.99 for lunchbox and meal set together at Amazon

I have a princess meal set to giveaway

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Contest closes 9-11-10

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

Back To School with Crayola (giveaway)Closed

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Crayola is making crayons with solar power, markers from recycled bottle caps and colored pencils from reforested wood, they are doing this by using solar power, reducing waste and protecting the rainforest. To inspire our kids today to grow up to inspire a healthier world.

There new green products consist of:

  1. Crayola Markers – Thanks to new, innovative ways to manufacture Crayola markers from recycled bottle caps, “black” is the new “green!” Crayola markers will now have black barrels instead of white, which allows for more recycled plastic to be used and gives a second life to more than 1 million pounds of plastic bottle caps. Plus, switching to black barrels keeps hundreds of tons of plastic out of landfills each year. Available in 10-ct. Broadline Classic Colors, 10-ct. Broadline Assorted Colors, 10-ct. Fineline Classic Colors, 8-ct. Washable Broadline and 8-ct. Washable Fineline.
  2. Crayola Green 24-ct. Crayons – The quintessential school supply found in virtually every elementary classroom will be made with the power of the sun. More than 26,200 solar panels will convert sunlight into electricity, generating the energy required to make 1 billion of the 3 billion crayons Crayola makes each year, which equals 60 million 24-ct. boxes. Mother Earth will be smiling down on every forest green, pine green and jungle green crayon that rolls off the assembly line!
  3. Crayola Green Colored Pencils – Committed to protecting the rain forests since 1987, all Crayola colored pencils have been made from reforested wood instead of wood sourced from tropical rainforest or endangered species. For every tree used, a new tree of the same species is planted. The 12-, 24-, 36-, and 50-ct. boxes of Crayola Colored Pencils will be among the first to carry the “Eco-Evolution” callout on their packaging.

*** I really like that a brand we trust  is going the extra mileo  to help the earth.  We have always been big on trying to recycle and conserve, so getting my children more involved and helping them learn about the new green crayons is exciting for them. They draw and write just like the original Crayola.

I have a Green Pack of Crayola to giveaway to one reader(Everything featured below).

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Contest closes-9/10/10

Disclosure:Crayola provided me with the products, information, and giveaway through MyBlogSpark.

Wubbzy Goes To School DVD Review

- brandy3

Product Description: 

puts the “cool” in “school” with six charming episodes that will have everyone ready to hit the books.  In “Who Needs School?,” Wubbzy is nervous about going off to school for the very first time and decides he can learn all he needs to know on his own.  When things don’t work out as expected and Wubbzy has no one to play with, he realizes that maybe school isn’t so bad after all.  In another episode, “New Kid On The Block,” Wubbzy learns that meeting and accepting new friends can be a big! big! big! job. When Murphy, a larger-than-life new student, joins the class, Wubbzy finds that good friends can come in all shapes and sizes. 

 Episodes:

  • Wubbzy Goes To School
  • New Kids On The Block
  • Gotta Dance
  • Wubbzy The Star
  • You Gotta have Art
  • Magic Tricks

**** I was a little disappointed that the Wubbzy goes to school episode is kind of old. It’s one we have seen a lot actually. Wubbzy is all excited to start school, but when his friends tell him how unfun it is, Wubbzy is nervous about going. In the long run everything works out.  I have been trying to find ways to ease my daughters mind for Kindergarten, shes a little nervous and watching her fav characters, on their first day of day of school was helpful.

Retail:$16.99

Release Date:8/3/10

Running Time: 70 minutes

My rating:8

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a screener copy was provided by Anchor Bay Ent. for my review.

D Signed Clothing Line Review

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Parents of tweens and young  fashionistas on the hunt for the latest back-to-school fashions can now enjoy designs inspired by the style of their favorite Disney Channel characters such as Sonny Munroe played by Demi Lovato from Sonny With a Chance.  Disney and Target announced today a new line of clothing and accessories Called D-Signed for Tween girls sizes 4-16.

Read all about it and see Demi Lavatos music video she made just for the line

****This line is so cute, its based on Demi’s Sonny with a chance Character. My daughter was thrilled to put these clothes on, and even said “Do I look like a superstar!”  The shirt is loose fitting which is great for those hot days.  The pants were a little long, but they are cute.  The military style jacket is so great for those special occasions, and perfect fit.

Retail:$12.99-$19.99uct

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

Back to School with Sams Club and GiveawayClosed

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Sam’s Club is having a back to school event Aug. 11- Aug.31, where you can earn more cash for your school.  Get a head start on your collection and find 6 Box Tops on participating General Mills products. With your favorite Box Tops for Education brands at a great value, Sam´s Club is your one-stop destination for all your back-to-school supplies you need to send your kids off to school with confidence!

 
Upgrade your membership to a plus membership and you can earn even more box tops. Hurry though this offer is only good until Aug. 13! When you stop by your local Sam’s Club to upgrade your membership at the service desk, you will be handed a vocher good for 150 box tops

I have a $25 dollar gift card to Sam’s Club to giveaway

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Contest ends-9/9/10

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Leapfrog Leapster Explorer

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Description:  Leapster Explorer is an extraordinary new learning experience that encourages children to discover something new every day with endless ways to play and learn—from games, e-Books, videos, and online play to customizable learning skills and more.

****My daughter loves video games, but having a older system I can never really find educational games.  Now with my daughter starting kindergarten, I want to prepare her as much as I can. The Leapster Explorer is a great educational tool/game system. My daughter just loves it. She is getting better with her ABC’s, her shapes and more. Now the only problem I have is trying to get her off of it.  She is all set and ready for school! This is a great learning system for young children.

Retail:$69.99

Release date: July 15, 2010

My rating: 10

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

Sour Jacks Watermelon Candy

- brandy3

Description: Packed with an irresistable watermelon zing-get the juicy taste of summer all year around.

**** This candies look exactly like watermelon, red and green colored. They taste like Watermelon, so delicious, but the best part is they are fat free.  These are great treats for any occasion, my children and I really enjoyed them.

Retail:$1.25 pe 3.5oz pack 

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

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