Mickey's Great Outdoors on DVD with Mickey Mote Review and Giveaway

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Outdoors on will be out on  DVD May 24th from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.  This movie pack includes a DVD, a Digital Copy and a Mickey Mote ( a cute Mickey remote for kids).

I have been a Mickey fan since I can remember (about 4 years old lol). I was so excited to share Mickey and pals with my son. This DVD is great for the summer time. We are hoping to take our son fishing this summer at the lake. The DVD is full of the fun and action of all Disney movies plus some learning!  I love that the same characters I grew up loving I can now have my little Bubba watch! The animation is colorful and cute. I look forward to watching this one again with my little guy. This would be a great addition to any kids DVD collection. Our favorite story was the Fishy Story.

The Mickey Mote was something new to us. Of course my boy had to have it the minute he laid eyes on it. At first he started to wave his arm all around while he was holding it, he thought it was a new Wii remote lol. He loves pushing buttons on electronics so he had a fun time messing with the Mickey Mote. I am sure once he is a little bigger he will get the hang of it. I was happy to see there are many more Disney Mickey Mouse DVDs that use the Micky Mote. We will be looking for them in the stores.

ABOUT DISNEY’S MICKEY MOTE: 

Disney’s Mickey Mote works with any Disney Preschool DVD that includes the Discovery Mode™ feature – an interactive “Watch and Play” feature on the DVD.  All parents have to do is program the remote control - there’s an easy and quick set-up guide in each DVD - and select the Discovery Mode feature on the menu screen.  Within minutes, kids will be easily able to respond to questions about scenes they just watched by pressing one of four color-coded buttons on the device -- a yellow star, green circle, orange triangle or blue square – to click in their responses.  Discovery Mode features include two levels of play, which provides more challenging questions as the child grows.  To date, there are more than 13 Disney Preschool DVD titles for parents to choose from that can be used with the remote control. 

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*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts May 13, 2011 and ends on May 27, 2011 at midnight PST.  Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. I was provided for free the DVDs mentioned in this post for this review. The opinions are 100% mine and may vary from others.

 

22 Days Nutrition Bars Review

On my mission to get more fit by my 30th birthday I have been trying to find new foods to try to get me inspired to eat better. I found these bars called 22 Days Nutrition Bars. I was boggled by the name until I read about why they selected the name.

The website says:

"It was recently discovered that the human mind takes almost exactly 21 days to adjust to a major life change. We applied this principal to helping people live a healthier, more energetic and productive life. At 22days, we are committed to providing the nutrition and the tools to help make a positive and healthy difference everyday."

I thought this was really great. It makes sense to me. Its like kicking a habit! I had the chance to try all the flavors and definitely had my favorites! I would eat the Daily Mocha Mantra everyday! It has my two favorite things, coffee and chocolate! It was rich in flavor and sooo good!

Cherry Chocolate Bliss was my other favorite. It contains tart cherries that I loved.The other one I was surprised I liked was the Goji Mate Firecracker. It had a bit of kick to it and was flavorful.

The great thing about these bars is that they are either vegetarian or vegan with raw and organic super foods. They also are free from gluten, soy and dairy. I know many people have allergies to those common ingredients so these would be great to try for that reason alone.


You can buy the 22 Days Bars online at their store or in your local Whole Foods. They have a facebook page with an upcoming giveaway and twitter account for you to keep up on new products and other health food info.

*I was not paid or compensated for this post. The opinions in this post are 100% mine and may vary from other opinions. I was provided a sample box of 22 Days Nutrition Bars for my review.

Chiquita Banana and Rio the Movie

Have you seen the movie Rio? We have and we loved it!

Chiquita Banana sponsored a day trip to the movie theater for us to check out this new film. We saw it in 3D and that made the animation even more amazing. The singing was great and the story line was so sweet. I loved that there were a lot of big movie star voices in this film, it is fun to see who's voice we can recognize and how quickly we can recognize them. Each character was funny and had us laughing out loud!

What a great family film. Animation for the kids and humor for the adults, the best of both worlds I think. To celebrate going to the movies and Chiquita Banana sponsoring our event we came home from the movies and made delicious banana splits!! Great way to end a great day!

Chiquita Banana is hosting a sweepstakes Make Your Way to Rio to promote the movie.You can read our post we made last month when the sweepstakes started. Good Luck! Let us know if you win anything.

Ava's Guide To Garage Sale Gold Book Review

Ava Seavey has written a fun and practical guide on the art of having a garage sale. Most of us may think we know how to have a garage sale, but the tips and information in this book can truly maximize your profits. In this tough economy, who couldn't use some extra cash? We all have have stuff in our houses and garages that we don't need or don't want. Why not get rid of it and make some money? For those of us who dread all the work a sale requires, Ms. Seavy encourages us, cheers us on and makes it sound like it might even be fun.

She gives advice on getting organized, pricing your items, and how to advertise so that you can pull in the biggest possible crowd of buyers. There's also an interesting psychological profile on the seven different types of people that most of your customers will fall into. Are they a collector, a bargain hunter (usually annoying and cheap), an entertainment seeker, or even a thief (sad but true)?

I have had many a garage sale myself, the last one was a couple of years ago. The whole family got involved and it turned out to be a lot of fun for everyone. Between the coffee and muffins, buying each others stuff, and laughing ourselves silly, we still managed to make a lot of money. I do regret not buying the beautiful iron bed that my daughter-in-law was selling. I learned a good lesson. When you see something you really want, buy it, because it will be gone.

So maybe spring or summer is the perfect time for you to have your own sale. Read Ava's Guide To Garage Sale Gold, make some money and have some fun!

To connect with Ava you can find her at her facebook page or to purchase her book you can buy it on her website.

Brand Sponsored Facebook Giveaways: I Won One!

I love giveaways, sweepstakes and contests. I have great luck in winning too! I was the kid who would win the cake walk at the fair multiple times and the one who could always win at the claw game that picks up prizes. I even won a contest for the best reading tip and won a Leap Frog reader. I always say you won't win unless you enter.

Recently I won a facebook contest on the Learning Curve Facebook page. I was so excited since they make my favorite brand The First Years. Oddly I did not know much about The First Years brand until I started blogging. I knew of the standard Graco, Fisher Price and Safety 1st but was unaware of the brand. I am beyond happy we found it through blogging. All the stuff we love is made by them. My sons stroller, feeding chair and beyond awesome car seat are all The First Years brand!

I won a gift card from the facebook contest and at first I was going to get a toy or something until I found the cutest Sippy Cups! They are of some of our favorite characters, Toy Story and Winne the Pooh. I also found the coolest one ever. It is a cute little John Deere tractor character with a stay in straw sippy cup. I have my dreams of a farm so I had to buy that one!

I would definitely encourage you to enter facebook fan page contest for the brands you love. You never know when you will win! Plus the Sippy Cups are very reasonably priced and I would have bought them even if I had not won a Learning Curve gift card. You can find the sippys by The First Years on there website.

** I was not paid or compensated for this post. I love sharing when I win something to encourage everyone to keep entering giveaways! I love to enter!