There's a new trailer for the Quest for Zhu, the first feature length film starring the Zhu-Zhu Pets, coming to DVD this Fall. In this week's trailer, you'll get a sneak peek at the other side of the Zhuniverse and meet ZhuFu, the wisest of all the Zhus!
Check it out here:
Learn more about the Quest for Zhu here and here.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Remember
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.” The Crow
When I was a little girl, I played library with my books. I cut up little slips of paper and wrote my name on them. Each slip had a number and each book had a slip. I kept a list of all my books and their numbers on a sheet of lined paper on my bookshelf. There was a spot next to each title on the list, where I could write the name of who ever I loaned a book to. Not that anyone ever borrowed my books.
I was lonely then as I find myself tonight. I wish I could summon the innocence of that little girl. Back then I had all these ideas about life. I thought that destiny was tangible, that everything you wanted you would eventually receive, that fate was a force that worked with you, for you and not against you. That everyone got a happily ever after.
I’ve lost so many people I love since then. People who didn’t live to see their happily ever after. People who deserve to be here. People who still had places to go and people to meet and lives to change. People my boys will never know or never remember.
Pictures and memories are all I can offer my boys of these people.
This is Grandmom Anne. She would have loved you so much! She liked to do puzzles too, just like you do. She loved watching the birds. Cardinals were her favorites, she liked blue jays too. When she was a little girl, she could sing and dance just like Shirley Temple. Grandmom Anne made the best iced tea the world has ever known. She was the bravest woman I’ve ever known.”
“What made her so brave, Mom?” Sean asks.
Her parents were alcoholics. She once worked in a hot factory rolling cigars for hours on end. She lost the great love of her life when her babies were small. She worked hard, so hard and did it all on her own. She was made of something powerful, she was indestructible, she was inspiring, she was...
“She used to feed the squirrels cookies right from her hand.” I tell him.
“Wow…you’re right, Mom. She was really brave.”
"Mom, tell me again about when Aunt Peggy took me to the beach.”
“Aunt Peggy took you and Kevin to the beach.” I tell him. “You played games in the arcade. You told Aunt Peggy the sea gulls made you nervous and she thought that was really funny.”
“And she let me have soda , Mom. Remember she let me have soda?”
“Yes Buddy, she let you have soda.”
“And remember she always called kisses “smoochies” instead of kisses?”
“I remember, Bud.” I tell him.
“Yeah…I remember too.”
But some day...some day he won’t remember.
I’ll remind him.
It’s my job to keep everyone alive.
When I was a little girl, I played library with my books. I cut up little slips of paper and wrote my name on them. Each slip had a number and each book had a slip. I kept a list of all my books and their numbers on a sheet of lined paper on my bookshelf. There was a spot next to each title on the list, where I could write the name of who ever I loaned a book to. Not that anyone ever borrowed my books.
I was lonely then as I find myself tonight. I wish I could summon the innocence of that little girl. Back then I had all these ideas about life. I thought that destiny was tangible, that everything you wanted you would eventually receive, that fate was a force that worked with you, for you and not against you. That everyone got a happily ever after.
I’ve lost so many people I love since then. People who didn’t live to see their happily ever after. People who deserve to be here. People who still had places to go and people to meet and lives to change. People my boys will never know or never remember.
Pictures and memories are all I can offer my boys of these people.
This is Grandmom Anne. She would have loved you so much! She liked to do puzzles too, just like you do. She loved watching the birds. Cardinals were her favorites, she liked blue jays too. When she was a little girl, she could sing and dance just like Shirley Temple. Grandmom Anne made the best iced tea the world has ever known. She was the bravest woman I’ve ever known.”
“What made her so brave, Mom?” Sean asks.
Her parents were alcoholics. She once worked in a hot factory rolling cigars for hours on end. She lost the great love of her life when her babies were small. She worked hard, so hard and did it all on her own. She was made of something powerful, she was indestructible, she was inspiring, she was...
“She used to feed the squirrels cookies right from her hand.” I tell him.
“Wow…you’re right, Mom. She was really brave.”
"Mom, tell me again about when Aunt Peggy took me to the beach.”
“Aunt Peggy took you and Kevin to the beach.” I tell him. “You played games in the arcade. You told Aunt Peggy the sea gulls made you nervous and she thought that was really funny.”
“And she let me have soda , Mom. Remember she let me have soda?”
“Yes Buddy, she let you have soda.”
“And remember she always called kisses “smoochies” instead of kisses?”
“I remember, Bud.” I tell him.
“Yeah…I remember too.”
But some day...some day he won’t remember.
I’ll remind him.
It’s my job to keep everyone alive.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Another tease from our friends in the Zhu-niverse...
You may have seen my post a few weeks ago announcing the coming of the Zhu-Zhu Pets in their first feature length film, The Quest for Zhu, coming this Fall.
We're HUGE Zhu-Zhu fans at our house and I'm so excited for this movie to come out. The trailers looks so cute, I just know my kids are going to love it!
If you can't get enough Zhu-tastic action either, I've got great news for you. Our friends in the Zhu-niverse have released an extended trailer for The Quest for Zhu!!!
We're HUGE Zhu-Zhu fans at our house and I'm so excited for this movie to come out. The trailers looks so cute, I just know my kids are going to love it!
If you can't get enough Zhu-tastic action either, I've got great news for you. Our friends in the Zhu-niverse have released an extended trailer for The Quest for Zhu!!!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Mott's For Tots - Savings Alert
Have you heard about Mott's for Tots? Kids love it for the yummy taste, Moms love it for several other benefits:
* Mott's for Tots contains 40% less sugar than regular juice
* There's no artificial sweeteners
* Mott's for Tots contains 100% of your child's Vitamin C needs
* It's available in multi-serve bottles as well as convenient nine-packs of individual juice boxes
* Mott's for Tots is made from 100% juice and is pre-diluted with purified water
* It's available in 5 delicious flavors:
-Apple
-Apple White Grape
-NEW Immune Support Fruit Punch (with vitamins A, C & E to support a healthy immune system)
-NEW Bone Health Grape (with calcium and vitamin D to support healthy bones)
-NEW Mixed Berry
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* Mott's for Tots contains 40% less sugar than regular juice
* There's no artificial sweeteners
* Mott's for Tots contains 100% of your child's Vitamin C needs
* It's available in multi-serve bottles as well as convenient nine-packs of individual juice boxes
* Mott's for Tots is made from 100% juice and is pre-diluted with purified water
* It's available in 5 delicious flavors:
-Apple
-Apple White Grape
-NEW Immune Support Fruit Punch (with vitamins A, C & E to support a healthy immune system)
-NEW Bone Health Grape (with calcium and vitamin D to support healthy bones)
-NEW Mixed Berry
Click here to watch a short video and hear what kids love about Mott's for Tots from real kids just like yours and hear why Dr. Sears gives Mott's for Tots his seal of approval.
Ready to try Mott's for Tots? Sign up for more info., major savings and maybe even a sample or two at Vocalpoint.
Friday, June 17, 2011
How To Make Rainbow Cupcakes
We kicked off the first day of summer vacation today with a Rainbow Brite Play Date for the boys and a few of their favorite girls. I uncovered one of my favorite movies as a little girl, Rainbow Brite and the San Diego Zoo Adventure, and my guys quickly became obsessed with it!
Our Rainbow Cupcakes were a big hit! They're fun and easy to make, here's how:
1) Prepare a yellow or white cake mix as per the directions on the box. Then divide the cake better evenly into six small bowls. There's no need to measure, it doesn't have to be perfect, just eyeball it. Each bowl of batter will be made into a different color of the rainbow by mixing in food coloring.
For red - 18 drops of red
For orange - 12 drops yellow,4 drops red
For yellow - 12 drops of yellow
For green - 12 drops of green
Blue - 12 drops of blue
Purple - 9 drops of red, 6 drops of blue
2) Place baking cups in cupcake pan. Divide the purple batter evenly between in cup, then the blue on top of the purple. Then green, yellow, orange and red. Bake cupcakes as per the directions on the box.
The result is really cool rainbow or tie dye cupcakes. I'll definitely be making these come next year for St. Patrick's Day!
Our Rainbow Cupcakes were a big hit! They're fun and easy to make, here's how:
1) Prepare a yellow or white cake mix as per the directions on the box. Then divide the cake better evenly into six small bowls. There's no need to measure, it doesn't have to be perfect, just eyeball it. Each bowl of batter will be made into a different color of the rainbow by mixing in food coloring.
For red - 18 drops of red
For orange - 12 drops yellow,4 drops red
For yellow - 12 drops of yellow
For green - 12 drops of green
Blue - 12 drops of blue
Purple - 9 drops of red, 6 drops of blue
2) Place baking cups in cupcake pan. Divide the purple batter evenly between in cup, then the blue on top of the purple. Then green, yellow, orange and red. Bake cupcakes as per the directions on the box.
The result is really cool rainbow or tie dye cupcakes. I'll definitely be making these come next year for St. Patrick's Day!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
We Use Coupons!
Have you checked out WeUseCoupons.com? It's a fabulous online resource for both beginner and seasoned couponers! You can get the latest deals and scenarios from your favorite places to shop, look up a coupon you need in the coupon database or get coupons you want from couponers in Trader's World. This is a fantastic site and membership is free, sign up!
Looking for my Coupon Boot Camp? Get all the posts here.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Support The Faces of the Future Campaign
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), in partnership with Microsoft and Comcast, has launched the Faces of the Future campaign (www.facesofthefuture.org), designed to raise awareness about the importance of digital literacy. The campaign features youth from across America who have been positively impacted by the Club Tech program and shows how technology can transform lives.
Historically, Boys & Girls Clubs have been known as safe, affordable places where parents could send their kids to play sports, swim and get help with their homework. But now they are much more than that. The Club Tech program helps prepare young people through technology, tapping into the potential of future journalists, graphic designers, engineers and photographers.
Boys & Girls Club members, age 6-18, learn various skills from word processing and presentations to music production and filmmaking. Nearly 1 million kids and teens participate in the Club Tech program at more than 3,600 Boys & Girls Clubs around the world. Research has shown that participants not only learned the fundamentals of computers, but they also discovered how to harness technology in a way that made them more literate in current affairs and other topics that spill over from school and home.
Throughout the campaign, the Faces of the Future Showcase will feature artwork, music and films created by youth using the Club Tech digital arts curriculum. People all over the world will have the opportunity to see what young people can accomplish through technology when given access to the right tools and opportunities!
Speaking of accomplishments, Boys & Girls Clubs of America needs your help in reaching an important milestone--35,000 fans on Facebook! For every 10 likes they get, a Club member will receive Microsoft Office 2010. By clicking the "like" button, you're not only showing your support for an amazing cause, but you're literally putting tools in the hands of children who need them most.
**In full Ddsclosure: I was entered for a chance to win a gift card in exchange for this post. No monetary exchange took place.**
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