Getting ready…

Getting ready to go to the NY Toy Fair!  I am so super excited, and I will be on my way tomorrow.  Actually, I will be there tomorrow, LOL.  Hope you are up for lots of Tweets and photos, bloggy buddies!
There is sure to be lots to see and do!
I will try to get up one more fab contest before I go!  🙂   Peace and love!

~Samantha

Pocoyo Valentines Day Cards- FREE!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Pocoyo and friends by downloading for FREE Valentine’s Day cards from Pocoyo, Elly, Pato and Loula, and share them with your friends, family and followers!
You can print each card here (In Google Docs, click File, then Print PDF):
Pocoyo Valentine’s Day Card:
Pato Valentine’s Day Card:
Elly Valentine’s Day Card:

WIN! Pocoyo DVD Set

I am so, so jelly right now! One of you gets to win a cutie set of DVDs from Pocyo- [Read more…]

Good Deeds

Hey guys- I just came across a website (and talked with a nice woman) that does some good work, and thought I would pass their info on.
There are links below if anyone is interested!

Please Mark Your Prayer Calendar

We are a little less than a month away from our mission trip to Mexico. We are currently collecting non-perishable food items and monetary donations to help purchase much needed items for the orphanages.

Last year we were unable [Read more…]

Dinosaur Train Pajamas!

Did you know that Dinosaur Train is now making Pajamas? These adorable little footed PJ’s are now available at Kohls, and they are just too cute! Super soft, these adorable one-piece pajamas are sure to please any fan of the popular educational PBS series. (Did you see the latest episode, “The Good Mom;” “Diamond Anniversary,”? How cute was that?) It is one of Little Man’s favorite shows, and when he saw the Dinosaur Train fantastic footed pajamas, he about lost this mind! He had to try them on no, Now, NOW!!! So, we put them on right away. They were a little big on him- he was tripping on the feet- so he slept with it like an extra blankie, LOL. The next day, I had [Read more…]

Dinosaur Train Contest! Win a fun game from Dinosaur Games!

Who wants to win a fantastic game from one of our favorites, Dinosaur Train? Made by Pressman Toys, Dinosaur Train Make a Match sounds like so much fun for you and your little ones! So spread the love, and check it out!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Buddy and the entire Dinosaur Train clan by downloading for FREE and sharing with friends, family and your followers an all-new Dinosaur Train Valentine’s Day card. AND find the “perfect match” with the Dinosaur Train Make A Match game from Pressman Toy!

This Valentine’s Day, in addition to offering you the Dinosaur Train Valentine’s Day card, created exclusively for Valentine’s Day 2011, Dinosaur Train is offering a giveaway with the Dinosaur Train Make A Match game. I am so jelly of the winner of this game! It looks super cute and fun. And of course, since it’s from Dinosaur Train- you know there is an educational component- help your child increase their memory skills and hand eye coordination in this matching game! (Plus, since it’s fun- they won’t know you are teaching them things!)

In the Dinosaur Train Make A Match game, Buddy and his friends sharpen children’s memory skills in this special matching game that features a Buddy figure! To begin play, 48 game cards featuring favorite Dinosaurs from Dinosaur Train are shuffled and laid face down in 6 rows of 8 cards each. Players take turns turning over any two cards—so all players can see them—to find a matching pair. The game features “Take Buddy” cards, “Wild Cards” and “Lose a Pair” cards to add to the excitement. Players count their matching card sets at the end and add extra points for the player holding Buddy to determine who wins. The Dinosaur Train Make A Match Game is for 2 to 4 players, ages 3 to 6, and is available at Toys “R” Us stores nationwide for just $9.99.

The Jim Henson Company’s exclusive Dinosaur Train Valentine’s Day cards can be downloaded at the following links:
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And for more Valentine’s Day fun, check out the new Flying with Buddy game that reinforces counting skills [Read more…]

Disney’s Princess Wishes on Ice- my review

What a great, great show this was! Honestly, I didn’t think I would say it, but it is definitely as good as Toy Story 3 on Ice! It was really magical- and I know that is incredibly corny to say, but it was! LOL. I felt like a little kid. Feld Entertainment, the producers of Princess Wishes, did a fabulous job putting this show together. They used most of the Disney Princesses for the show, and added Tinkerbell, Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy for good measure!
The stories were a bit “cut up”, but they kind of have to be to fit for time. (Can you imagine trying to put 6 Princess Movies on ice? We would have been there all night!) They were very simplified versions of the kid’s favorite parts of the movies.
But by “very simplified” I only mean the plot was made more simple and short- I do NOT mean that she show was simple, at all! The show was spectacular! I am almost ready to go back again, LOL. It was amazing, and will not disappoint. Little Man was amazed! While your little Princess will certainly be enchanted- make no mistake, so will your little Prince! Who doesn’t love a dancing sea crew, or a sea captain (Prince Eric) who swings in from the rafters on a rope? That’s swashbuckling fun for anyone! Can I tell you- the sea crew men were doing flips- FLIPS!- all over the place! They had a platform, and they would climb onto it, and jump down onto a teeter-totter type board, flipping the man on the other end straight into the air! Once, they did this and caught him in a chair high above them all. It was nuts. Everyone (even the adults) were gasping and oohing and ahhing.
Tinkerbell, who appeared between acts and at the beginning of the show, was (energetic? enthusiastic?) completely spastic, LOL, as any good Tinkerbell should be. I must have been in quite “a mood”, because I found the whole thing really, really funny. It was cracking me up. There were so many little girls dressed up as Tinkerbell last night- I think Tink may have outnumbered [Read more…]

Zarbees Cough Syrup Review (and a coupon!)

ZarBees All Natural Children’s Cough Syrup has a long name, but it’s one worth remembering.
It’s safe for kids ages 2 and up- and you know most medicine is not recommended for kids under 4. No, now it’s 6. Soon it will be no medicine for kids under 18, good grief! 🙂
But ZarBees is available for your child over the age of 1 year. THANK GOODNESS! And it’s also all natural, which is such an added bonus. Who wants to put all sorts of chemicals into their kids if you really don’t need to?
Little Man likes the flavor, and he never gives me any problem taking it. He also likes the bee on the bottle- he thinks it’s “cutie” (his word).
A little bit about ZarBees All Natural Children’s Cough Syrup

  • Great for toddlers with night coughs
  • Children with sore throats, upper respiratory infection
  • Children with coughs caused by allergies
  • Children with hoarse or scratchy [Read more…]