Gift Wrapping Ideas For The Holidays

Magical Wrapping Ideas For Disney Princess Items #DisneyPrincessWMT

This weekend I picked up a few Disney Princess gifts to go under the tree for Bubbles. They’re going to be really fun to play with but the boxes they come in are a bit oddly-shaped which can make it a challenge to wrap them. Additionally as this is really the first Christmas that Bubbles has shown any interest in the holiday festivities I wanted to make the presentation of them as fun for her as possible. As they are Disney gifts I thought it was appropriate to add a little Disney magic!

One of my favorite Disney experiences is the Beauty and the Beast stage show. I love how the curtains draw back on the stage and the excitement begins. That inspired me to create my own “reveal” packaging for the Fisher-Price Disney Princess Songs Palace. Continue reading »

Sprinkling Disney Princess Magic Under The Christmas Tree

Bubbles is in love with Disney and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve mentioned two or twenty times how much I love Disney and seeing her get excited over the characters makes me smile. I can’t wait until we can take her to Florida so she can meet them in person!

She loves all the Disney characters (Minnie and Mickey were some of her first words) but lately she has really been taken with the Disney Princesses. If we see them on TV or in a magazine she points, squeals and yells “Princess!”. We’ve watched Cinderella, the new Sofia the First, and Tangled a number of times and she’s always entranced.

Our own little Disney Princess gets to look like one with the Royal Ball app

During the flurry of Black Friday sales promotions I saw an ad for the Fisher-Price Disney Princess Songs Palace and thought it would be the perfect introductory Princess playset for her. She has a few Little People that she likes and the Little People Princesses that coordinate with the Palace will say their name and play their theme song. In addition to the two Princesses that come with the set there are a bunch of other Princesses – plus Prince Charming and the Beast – that you can buy that go with it.

Yesterday we saw a commercial for Men In Black 3 on television. It was fun to be able to say “Hey, I already saw that!” – and to not even be talking about leaving the house! You may remember me sharing with you that Men In Black 3 will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 30th but by pre-ordering our copy from Walmart and then registering it online, we received an advanced digital copy to watch on November 16th. You can view my Google+ album to see the easy process.

Advanced viewing of MIB3 on Vudu #SeeMIB3

We’ve watched the movie twice already. The first time, my husband and I watched it together to decide which family members it was appropriate for. I’m glad we took the time to do so; the first few minutes of the film were a little too high on the “ick” factor to let Bubbles watch from the start. But after a couple of initial scenes, it was mostly humor and learning about Agent K’s back-story. Continue reading »

Men In Black 3 Is Available For Pre-Order!

Men In Black 3 DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Combo #SEEMIB3

I mentioned the other day that A2 broke his finger and had to have surgery last week. There isn’t a whole lot on TV on Friday nights, so while I was picking up a few things at the store, I decided to wander through the DVDs and Blu-Rays to see if there were any new releases that everyone might enjoy. Normally if I knew he was going to be laid up for a couple of days I’d be looking at video games, but with the contraption they have his hand wrapped up in, video games are out of the question for the next little while.

Are you an Avengers fan?

Our family is a group of huge Marvel movie fans. We first fell in love with Iron Man a few years ago, and since then each installment of individual Avengers characters has lured us in more and more. So it should be no surprise that the members of our household are all anxiously counting the days until next week’s release of The Avengers. All of the Avengers together in one huge blockbuster? It doesn’t get much better than that!

Marvel's The Avengers Graphic Novel #MarvelAvengersWMT

Both A1 and A2, as well as my husband and I, all had the chance to see The Avengers in the theater so we know it’s an amazing film. Leaving the theater I remember both my husband and I commenting about how we couldn’t wait until it came out on DVD so that we could add it to our home library. So that there was no chance on missing out, we were sure to pre-order a copy. If you haven’t pre-ordered yours yet, it’s not too late! Be sure to order from Walmart so you can get the exclusive Avengers Blu-Ray/DVD/Graphic Novel combo pack for $24.96! Only 100,000 of the graphic novels were printed so it makes for a great collectible. There are over 100 pages in it, as well. We have a copy of it and the story, colors, and quality are all great. Continue reading »

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Magical Wrapping Ideas For Our Holiday Gifts #DisneyPrincessWMT

Gift Wrapping Ideas For The Holidays

Creating Disney Princess Magic For The Holidays #DisneyPrincessWMT

Sprinkling Disney Princess Magic Under The Christmas Tree

Family Movie Night With Our Advanced Vudu Copy Of Men In Black 3 #SeeMIB3

Here Come The Men In Black! Men In Black 3 Now Available To Pre-Order #SEEMIB3

Men In Black 3 Is Available For Pre-Order!

Family Assemble! It’s Time For An Avengers Family Fun Night #MarvelAvengersWMT

Are you an Avengers fan?