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CURIOUS GEORGE: A Hallowen Boo Fest Premieres October 27th
You’re invited to the spooky return of CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest on PBS KIDS! On Monday, October 27, everyone’s favorite monkey returns in his Halloween special, kicking off season 9 with a week of new episodes from the popular series! Last year I had the pleasure of speaking with the Executive Producer of Curious George, Dorothea Gillim who also created Word Girl! She spoke about how difficult it can be to produce a show where the main character doesn’t speak. When she said this to me during our talk, I realized what an amazing job they were doing – the main character doesn’t talk… yet we all love Curious…
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Disney’s Maleficent Movie Review and Giveaway
“Angelina Jolie is wickedly good.” Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times DISNEY’s GREATEST VILLAIN COMES TO LIFE IN THE wickedly fun, FANTASY ADVENTURE STARRING ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNER ANGELINA JOLIE DISNEY’S “MALEFICENT” Arrives On Disney Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital HD, Disney Movies Anywhere, DVD & On-Demand Nov. 4, 2014! Last April we were fortunate to see a short clip of Maleficent at the Disney Social Media Moms event and even had her walk through the conference and give us all a little scare! It wasn’t Angelina, but boy did she do a great job at engaging the parents and kids up on stage! And even Sleeping Beauty…
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Fabulous Fall Fashion Tips for Busy Moms
Tis the season for boots, sweaters, scarves, jackets… in most parts of the country that is! We are having awfully hot weather here in southern California and at the moment we are just dreaming of wearing all this fun fall attire. But for those of you lucky enough to wear all these great layers, I went on a search to find out what are the fall trends. If you are like most moms, it can be tough to find time to read up on the latest fashion trends, but here are some easy outfit ideas to duplicate this season. I am so happy to see red this fall as I can’t seem to get…
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Tech :: The National PTA and LifeLock #ShareAwesome Campaign
Image courtesy of Flickr Sometimes I think about how much the world has changed in just the past five years. My daughter was about two years old when the first iPhone came out and boy did that open up our world! I mean we now had at our fingertips a computer that allowed us to check our emails, Twitter and Facebook pages at any time of the day and Google just about anything we might want to know, Yelp where to eat, etc., etc.! Whereas before I had to wait to come home and check my laptop. I do sometimes think that life has sped up a bit because of this ability to…
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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Helps Find Forever Homes
Image courtesy of The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Our family is a big supporter of adoption for we were looking to adopt prior to getting pregnant back in 2005. I was told that I would need some fertility “assistance” to get pregnant due to some female issues but I didn’t want to take that route and take a bunch of hormones since my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at an early age. We were going through the process of adoption when I did, in fact, get pregnant with my daughter. But adoption is such a wonderful way to add to your already existing family or help start…
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Enjoy Some Halloween Haunts at Disneyland
This is such a great time of year from visits to the pumpkin patch to the wonderful Halloween decorations that can be seen throughout your neighborhood and town. We absolutely love this time of year and look forward to that first bite of pumpkin pie for the season! One of our favorite places to visit during Halloween season is Disneyland. We love heading over to Disneyland to check out their Halloween Haunts! Their Halloween special events and décor start on September 12th and lasts through October 31st. Disneyland at Halloween is a Blast! To read all the fun events they have planned go here. There is a long…