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Dreamworks Animation and 20th Century Fox have made my childhood come out of the ‘wayback machine’ , and if you have no idea what I’m talking about then you must read on.  If you ever watched the original or syndication cartoons of The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show then you’ll remember the segments of Mr. Peabody & Sherman.  Gosh how my siblings and I loved watching that.

Whether you have an iTouch, iPhone or iPad, Talking Anya Dress Up & Pet Puppies is a free download app that will be enjoyed by most little girls.  While I’m sure the ages of children that would like this app vary, I would think it would most appeal to the ages of 3 to 7 year olds.  

Anya is like an interactive paper doll.  The child can dress her up, change her hairstyle/color, eye color and add accessories. The free version includes only a couple of options for personalizing Anya which are two dresses and two hairstyles and one pair of sunglasses.

Learn. Think. Create. That’s the motto of Sprite Kids.  And they’ve really hit upon the create portion in their new free iPad app; Mini Monet Creative Studio and Art Club for Kids – Lite.  We tried the app out ourselves, and since art is a pretty big deal in our home, we were really interested in seeing what it had to offer.  We haven’t had a whole lot of time to play with it, but from what we’ve been able to explore so far, it’s pretty cool.  Mini Monet is far more than just a basic coloring app.

My family is not much of the outdoorsy type.  Our idea of camping is the Holiday Inn Express and communing with nature is watching episodes of Duck Dynasty on TV. 

That being said when we go on vacation we’re up for short adventures, even going so far as taking in the wilderness on some occasions like when we were in Alaska and we went on a whale watching excursion. 

It must be noted that we were wholly unprepared for the weather that awaited us in Juneau that day, and we ended up having to purchase some gear the day before in Skagway because we would have been chilled to the bone otherwise with what we had packed with us.

As many of you know, our daughter is at the point in her life where she’s transitioning from that menatality of ‘child/teen’ to ‘adult.’
As parents it’s tough to always know when and where to help or the times to just step back and wait to see if a decision or plan of your ‘almost adult’ crashes & burns.  When it comes to finances we’ve chosen to help, we feel that too many young adults have no idea how to manage their money and we don’t want our daughter to be in that leaky boat.

When I was in junior high school I had a friend whose dad was a phenomenal artist.  Her bedroom wall had an awesome mural on it that her dad hand painted.  When I’d go over to her place, I would just lay on her bed and stare at that wall.  I always wished I could have a mural like that on a wall in my room.

We’ve got to do some painting to some of the walls in our home, and as much as I’d love to do something grand, that’s just not a talent in my genetic makeup.  But I’m pretty confident I could apply a wallpaper mural.

Generating over $850 million worldwide in its theatrical release to date, THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, Digital HD, Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View March 7th from Lionsgate! Academy Award ® winning Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) leads the all-star cast in the action-adventure based on the best-selling novel trilogy. Katniss (Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) return home after surviving the Hunger Games and quickly embark on a “Victory Tour.” Sensing a rebellion, President Snow announces a deadly 75th Hunger Games that could change Panem forever.

Little Caesars now has a $5 HOT-N-READY Lunch Combo. It features a 4-Slice DEEP!DEEP! Dish Pizza with Pepperoni & a 20oz Pepsi Product all for $5 plus tax at participating locations from 11AM-2PM.

I’m all about value and Little Caesars is always offering up the best of the best when it comes to that. 

TravelWise sent me a set of their Packing Cubes to review. This is a great product for whatever type of traveling you might do.

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