BK Crown Kids Meals Review

I had to bring Princess A with me when I was trying to have my glasses fixed (they made the prescription wrong).  After being at my appointment for almost two hours, I decided to take her out to lunch.  MyBlogSpark had sent me a gift card to try out the new BK Crown program so we went to Burger King.  She ordered the kids meal which has the new BK Crown program.  Of course Princess A was first interested in the toy that came with her meal.  Next she had to try on the crown.  I remember wearing a cardboard BK Crown when I was a kid two.  As we were eating our lunch, we started reading the box the kids meal comes in.  There were lots of different activities on the box which Princess A explored when we got home.  On the box is also a code.  If you input that code at BKCrown.com your child can help BK decide which charity BKC will fund, the charities choices are: the Wildlife Conservation Society, National Parks Conservation Association, DonorsChoose.org and Have It Your Way™ Foundation.  Personally we voted for DonorsChoose.org, I have donated to them in the past as they help fund classroom project.

The BK CROWN^TM/MC Program information and coupon have been provided by Burger King Corporation through MyBlogSpark.

Giveaway: Crayola Technology (24 Hour Entry)

I have always been a huge fan of Crayola.  I remember the excitement of the huge, new box of 64 Crayola crayons with a built in sharpener.  Now they have the circle thing with over 100 crayons, and yes my girls have that too.  Of course now kids have more to than crayons and paper to express their creativity.  My girls love drawing on our iPad.  We have a few apps where they can use their fingers to draw or I should say finger paint but without the mess.  Crayola has discovered a way to improve that:  the Crayola iMarker.  You now have a 'marker' to draw on your iPad using the ColorStudio HD app.  You can pick if you want a crayon, marker, colored pencil or even paint.  The first time we tried it was a little hard to use and then I figured out that within the app you have to choose iMarker or finger.  Once I switched it to iMarker drawing was so easy and fun.  My girls love making lots of different drawing.  You can also save the drawings in the app to enjoy over and over. 

We were also sent three different  Crayola Story Studio sets: Disney Princess, Cars 2 and Spiderman.  The Crayola Story Studio lets you make a coloring book with your child in it.  Of course my girls couldn't wait to try out the Disney Princess Crayola Story Studio.  Each one comes with two binding clips so I could make two, one for each of my princesses.

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The Crayola High Tech Holiday prize pack, product information and prize pack for giveaway have been provided by Crayola through MyBlogSpark.

Sister Schubert’s Review

I love making my own bread and rolls when I have time. Time being the most important point. Making bread from scratch takes time and therefore you really have to plan ahead. I can't decide 30 minutes before dinner that homemade bread would beperfect with the meal and expect to make it in time. That is why I like to have breads or rolls that I can have ready in just a few minutes. This year we actually had family over for Christmas, my husband's cousin and her husband. I made the whole meal myself and since my Grandmother's stuffing takes forever to make I was not up for nmaking my own bread from scratch. I tried Sister Schubert's Mini Baguettes and they were so yummy. I was even asked if I had tried out a new bread recipe. I was tempted to say I made them from scratch but I confessed that they were Sister Schubert's Mini Baguettes. Now we are not doing anything for New Year's but for those of you planning on a New Year's party try out Sister Schubert's Breads. They have rolls, pretzels rolls and more.

I was sent product to facilitate my review.  No compensation was received for this review. All opinions are my own.

Adventure of TINTIN! Free advance screening passes for Seattle

My family and I have been watching previews for the Adventures of TINTIN and can't wait to see it. If you live in Seattle, or are close enough to drive, you have a chance to get free passes to see Steven Spielberg's upcoming film The Adventures of TINTIN!  The screening is next Saturday, December 17 in Seattle, location will be available on the passes. There is a limited supply of the free advance movie screening passes and they are issued on a first come first serve basis.

To sign ip for the free passes, Seattle only:

Go to www.gofobo.com/rsvp and enter code: CEFVWS1T

Remember, passes are on a first come first serve basis so you need to hurry!

Toy Story 3 Disney on Ice

We just got home from a great Disney on Ice show, Toy Story 3. It was simply wonderful and was almost perfect, minus the people behind us who talked and screamed most of the show. I do wish the show had been a little earlier, ending at 9:30pm is really late for my kids. They still have more shows available at the ShoWare in Kent so if you are interested you should go. Also since it was Scout night the girls also got a really cool Disney on Ice patch for their Girl Scout vests. I will try and post a picture of the patch later.

Giveaway: 3 Winners of Shutterfly Greeting Cards ends 11/14

If you came by my house you would see a stack of Shutterfly photo books and other Shutterfly photo products. We have a poster of the girls in Disneyland that I created on Shutterfly. We have calendars (they make great gifts for grandparents), cards, posters and of course photos. I discover Shutterfly a few years ago and they are my go to place for photo products, we even have mouse pads. I have made cards on Shutterfly but never Christmas cards. I love so many of their holiday card designs. I must admit I have not decided which one I want to use but I think I narrowed it down. Here are some of the cards I just adore:

Shutterfly has just so many choices for Christmas cards, Greeting cards, birth announcements, holiday cards, and of course, my favorite, their photo books.

Now three of you can win a Shutterfly code for 25 cards so you can make your own.  Just enter using the Rafflecopter form below.

I was not compensated for this post, but I was sent a code to make my own cards at Shutterfly to facilitate this review.  All opinions are my own.

Fall Festival

Since Halloween is not allowed in their school the PTA had a Fall festival after school. The girl decided to be Snow White twins.

Princess G Lost Her First Tooth

Princess G's First Time Bowling

Post Race Celebration

After our great run we went to a real doughnut shop and each picked out our favorite treat. I picked chocolate cake with coconut, I loved these as a kid. My other favorite is a maple bar which is what Princess G picked out. Daddy had an old fashion and Princess A a twist. I miss eating fresh made doughnuts in more flavors than available in grocery stores.

Running a 5K in Tutus

We just finished running a 5K race together, Princess G got a ride in the jogging stroller. Don't you just love our tutus? Daddy even wore one!

Giveaway: Real Steel Movie Prize Pack

Real Steel opens tomorrow Friday Octiber 7th.  To celebrate the opening of this new movie one of my readers can win a Real Steel prize pack!

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- REAL STEEL t-shirt in adult sizes of S, M, L, XL

- REAL STEEL bottle opener

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- REAL STEEL temporary tattoos

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Amish Friendship Breadmuffins

I have my first joint Girl Scout meeting tomorrow. Last year I had a Daisy troop(kindergarteners). This year I have my Daisy troop (1st graders now) and I took on my older daughters troop, Brownies (3rd graders). We have three meetings a month: just Brownies, then just Daisy, and the 3rd week together. I thought it would be fun to make the girls Amish Friendship Bread as they will hopefully become friends and sisters in Girl Scouts. Wish me luck as I have not had that many kids together outside of school.

Home Sick from School

I just picked up Princess G from school. She did not sleep well and her nose was a little stuffed this morning. She lastEd just a little over a hour before the school nurse called me. Hopefully lots of rest and hot tea will help her feel better.

Trying Out Crayola 3D Chalk

I won a package of Crayola 3D chalk and gave it to the girls this morning. They were so excited to try it out this afternoon. When you put on the glasses the different colors do seem to float off the ground and a different heights. I have seen these in stores but was not sure how well they would work on cement. The examples on the box all show the drawings on blacktop and we have only a sidewalk. The glasses are a little small to fit over my glasses but I still can see the 3D effect. The glasses do fit fine over Princess A's glasses just fine. We have been outside for over 90 minutes and I am sure they would stay out a few hours more. I know we will be put here many times until the rains comes.