Elmo Animal Adventures

by Briana October 15, 2009 Entertainment
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Who doesn’t love Elmo? In this exciting new adventure, Elmo Animal Adventure,  from Sesame Street, you can join Elmo and his friends on three fun filled adventures. Plus, adults will enjoy the guest appearances of Cameron Diaz and Patricia Arquette.
In the first adventure, help Little Bo Peep find her sheep cow by following clues and [...]

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Harry Connick Jr.: Your Songs

by Briana October 14, 2009 Music

Harry Connick Jr’s newest album Your Songs takes you back to another place and time. The album is a mix of classic songs from the “good ole days.” Like his previous album, Your Songs is full of Harry Connick Jr. singing known songs with a Jazz big band and a string orchestra. For this spectacular [...]

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Animal Planet: Elephants

by Briana October 13, 2009 Entertainment

What’s awesome about the Animal Planet is they actually teach you about the animals and here’s another great DVD to explore a beautiful and just massive creature: Africa’s Elephant Kingdom and Queen of the Elephants. When we visited our local zoo this past summer, my kids were enthralled with the Elephants. They particularly liked the [...]

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Leaving the Bellweathers

by Briana October 8, 2009 Books

Leaving the Bellweathers is an imaginative and whimsical story about a family and their butler, Tristan Benway. Kristin Clark Venuti’s first book is one that will keep the attention of your middle school child through the humor and off beat mayhem.
When the Bellweather’s four children discover that Benway is planning on leaving their family once [...]

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Animal Planet: Lions

by Briana October 7, 2009 Entertainment

Animal Planet recently released a new DVD called Lions, which travels to various locations with each one telling a different story about the “King of Beasts.” Spanning across Africa, the DVD includes four shows in one DVD including:

A Lion Called Christian
The Lion’s Share
White Lions
Rogue Lions

Your child will be amazed of the pride of the Lions [...]

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Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

by Briana October 7, 2009 Entertainment

Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, is a beautifully animated story about someone looking for a fast way to earn dough. Wallace & Gromit armed with a batch of ovens, an army of robotic kneading arms, and an old fashioned windfall, they start “Top Bun,” a new bread baking business. The business [...]

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Ninja Kitchen: Rule the Kitchen

by Briana October 4, 2009 household

In September, I was invited to the Ninja Launch in New York City by Euro Pro. Robin Miller, who has a Food Network Show as well as Quick Fix Recipe Books, was demonstrating the new product to a group of bloggers as well as traditional media. In addition to the Ninja Master Prep, we were [...]

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Suave Emmy House Party

by Briana October 3, 2009 Personal Care

In honor of Suave’s exclusive styling of actress and Emmy presenter, Kate Walsh (Addison on Private Practice/Grey’s Anatomy), Suave rolled out the red carpet for several of my closest friends. With help of Absolutely You stylist, Britni, we were all able to get celebrity hair with Suave’s styling products!
Doesn’t Kate Walsh look beautiful? You can [...]

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Healthy Choice “Just One Bite” Emmy Party

by Briana October 3, 2009 Food

So I kind of double “dipped” on the Emmy House Party night due to not being sure that one of the parties was set in stone. However, it still worked out great. In addition to our Suave Styling, we were also provided goodies and favors from Healthy Choice for a “Just One Bite” Emmy house [...]

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Girl Gourmet Cake Bakery

by Briana October 2, 2009 Baking

As you can see from this picture, my youngest daughter was very excited about playing with the Girl Gourmet Cake Bakery from Jakks Pacific Toys. I was gone while my oldest daughter (11) helped the littlest one (3), bake the cake!
The girls had a blast making their cake and I was a little jealous I [...]

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Baby Einstein World Animal Adventure

by Briana September 30, 2009 Baby

The newest DVD released from Baby Einstein Company, World Animal Adventure, brings exotic animals from all over the world home to babies. While my children are not babies, the youngest is just three years old, they were still able to enjoy World Animal Adventures. Kids love animals and adventure.
In World Animal Adventures, your child will [...]

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