I've had so much going on with myself and my children this Summer and Fall. I've really been slacking with the blog posts and now it just seems like I'm not posting at all. So once my last giveaway ends {please enter it!!}, I am going to delete my blog. I hate saying that, and doing that, but I just can't keep up with it. I'm not online near as much anymore. I get on facebook on my phone and that's about it. But this has been good for me, for various reasons. I'm trying to get back to my old healthy, happy self and I need to make some changes in order to do this.
I love my blog and I have made so many wonderful blog friends through my blog and I really, really hate to leave you guys and I'm sorry I haven't been commenting on your blogs as much. If you would like to keep up with my family and I, e-mail me {thewondermomma@gmail.com} and I'll give you my full name so you can add me to your facebook friends, if you aren't already one.
In the exciting "Meet My Family" DVD you will meet Muno's cyclops family for the first time! Have fun dancing along with your favorite Yo Gabba Gabba! characters as they sing, dance, and play through simple life lessons. This is a super cute DVD that features 4 episodes and runs 96 minutes. The episodes include "Family", "Together", "Games" and "Imagine". Full of singing and dancing, great lessons, and all kinds of fun, the Yo Gabba Gabba way!! My sons really enjoyed this DVD and I did too, it really is a super cute show and the new family episode is so neat!
New Episodes!
Yo Gabba Gabba! had a big week last week! Andy Samberg, The Roots and MGMT were among the celeb guests who appeared with the Yo Gabba Gabba! gang during a week of new episodes, which aired Monday, Oct. 12 – Friday, Oct. 16 on *Nick Jr (*formerly named NOGGIN). Additional guest stars appearing throughout the premiere week included hip-hop legend Biz Markie, teaching preschoolers how to beat box in the recurring “Biz’s Beat of the Day” segment, singer/illustrator/composer Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO) in the recurring “Mark’s Magic Pictures” drawing segment, skateboarder Ray Barbee and musical guests Reeve Oliver, Lady Tigra and Little Ones. Yo Gabba Gabba!, currently shooting its third season, is created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz and is produced by The Magic Store and W!LDBRAIN. The series airs daily at 1:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr. These episodes will be replayed so you can still catch them if you missed them last week!
Yo Gabba Gabba "Music Is Awesome" CD
Keep the sing-along fun going at home or on the go with the Music Is Awesome CD, which features fun-filled songs performed by the Yo Gabba Gabba! gang! Plus, listen to some of the Yo Gabba Gabba! characters' favorite bands that are also featured on the CD, including The Shins, Money Mark, Biz Markie, Chromeo, The Roots, I'm From Barcelona, Of Montreal, and The Little Ones. We were especially excited about this new CD. It's always fun to find new children's CD's and this CD features all of our favorite Yo Gabba Gabba songs including one that we are ALWAYS singing around here, "Try it, you'll like it"! That's our mealtime theme song! haha It also includes "Party in my Tummy", a super cute song that likes to stick in your head! For a complete list of the 21 songs on the new CD, click here.
Christmas in Gabba Land board book
What happens in Gabba Land at Christmas time? The Gabba gang decorates the tree and makes presents... and takes pictures of the festivities! This padded board book with photo sleeves lets kids see themselves in Gabba land! All three of my sons loved this book, and of course, fought over it! They all wanted to put they're pictures in it! There are two spots for pictures and it's an extremely cute and durable book! It's always in one of my boys hands!
Buy it!
You can currently buy the new DVD AND CD in a bundle at the Yo Gabba Gabba store! You can also buy them individually as well. You can buy the super cute board book here!
Win the CD!
I have a Yo Gabba Gabba Music is Awesome CD to giveaway to one of my lucky readers! For your first and mandatory entry, tell me what your favorite {or your child's favorite} song is from Yo Gabba Gabba, or why you want to win this CD!
Extra Entries {please let a separate comment for each extra entry}
1 entry - Follow ME on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway!
1 entry - Add my button to your blog.
1 entry - Follow me on Blogger!
1 entry - Subcribe to my blog via e-mail ~ to the right.
Rules:
-- If your e-mail address is not visible on your blog or profile, please let it with your comment so I can contact you if you win.
-- This giveaway will end on Thursday, November 5th at 9 PM EST.
-- I will pick one number using random.org. I will then e-mail the winner and they will have 3 days to respond.
Momma's Boy and I enjoying the beautiful leaves. We've had some super cold weather but the past two days and today have been beautiful 60's Fall weather! I think today is the last of it so we better enjoy it!
..and since I'm a blog slacker lately, here are a few random pictures from the past couple of weeks.
I did the impossible! I got a picture of Baby J SMILING! We were at my moms making pumpkin gobs on this day, they were sooooo good!!! Planning on making more Saturday!
Here are the boys playinggathering up some corn in the corn crib on my family's farm. They had a blast!Then they all took turns shelling the corn, like little farm boys from long ago. It was super cute! Cade-Man has a big container of corn now that he gives to our chickens each day! The boys enjoy hanging out in Daddy's bike shop! Spinning pedals round and round never gets old!Remember they tree swing that Bike Boy put up earlier in the summer? Well, he's finally built Cade-Man a little tree house, nothing big so far but Cade-Man is in love with it {it's behind Bike Boy in this pic} and from the tree house, Bike Boy built a cable that the boys can ride a swing down, kind of like Diego! lol They love it, Momma's Boy isn't scared a bit, which really surprised me! Love his face in this pic, click to enlarge! Baby J wants to do it, but still isn't too sure. That's fine with me, Mommy think's he's too little anyway!! Boy does he hold on tight though!I love this picture! Baby J was throwing leaves up in the air and you can see one floating down right in front of his mouth, and his expression is so cute!
I'm really trying to keep up with my blog lately. There's just been so much going on with myself and my family. I haven't been on my computer much at all. I guess my Iphone spoils me because I can get on myspace, facebook & twitter from there. lol I'll try to do better though!
If you haven't already, please don't forget to enter my two giveaways that are ending TONIGHT! The links are above in my "current giveaways" box. One is for an awesome Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Prize pack including the new DVD, 2 books and a CD. The other is for Johnny Diaz's new CD featuring "More Beautiful You" which is an amazing song, please click on this giveaway and listen to it, every girl/woman should hear! 5 winners on this one! So be sure to enter them before tonight! I have a Yo Gabba Gabba CD giveaway coming up {hopefully today} too so be on the lookout!
Saturday, we decided we all needed to get out of the house, as a family. We went shopping for clothes for the boys and then stopped at a great corn maze on the way home! The boys and us LOVED it!
This is Baby J and I walking through the maze, you had a paper with fill in the blanks about a pumpkin story, and there were mailboxes hidden thoughout the maze with the words you needed, it was a lot of fun! Baby J carried this little ear of corn the whole time!
This is Cade-Man and I at one of the mailboxes! Baby J and his ear of corn!There were two little playhouses for the kids to play in. They loved them! Cade-Man looking out the upstairs window of one of the houses!The boys got free cookies at the end of the maze, and we tried to get a good picture, this is the best of three that we took. Baby J just doesn't like to smile for the camera! So we settled for a mouth full of cookie!
Lights! Camera! Wubbzy! “Wubb Idol,” the animated preschool movie hit from the Emmy® Award-winning Nick Jr. TV show, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, takes center stage in stores nationwide on DVD! The highly-anticipated release from Anchor Bay Entertainment is the newest – and most “A list”! – installment of the best-selling DVD series starring the cute and quirky character whose unique brand of heart, humor and huggability is “wow! wow! wow!-ing” and winning over preschoolers and their families nationwide. “Wubb Idol” makes its DVD debut on Tuesday October 13. New “Wubb Idol”-themed books from Scholastic and toys from Fisher-Price will help further the “four-star” presence for Wubbzy at retail this fall.
In “Wubb Idol” (SRP $16.98), Wubbzy, his best friends, Walden, Widget and Daizy, can’t wait for the most popular girl group, The Wubb Girlz, to pay a visit to host the “Wuzzleburg Idol” talent show! Everyone in town hopes to win the contest. If Wubbzy can wow the judges, he’ll get the chance to go on to Wuzzlewood and perform with Sparkle, Shimmer, and Shine at their big concert and maybe even become a movie star! But will he remember the importance of just being himself? Viewers join “Wubb-Z,” Walden, Widget and Daizy and special guest stars Beyoncé and former ET anchor Jann Carl – on the coolest, star-powered road trip ever filled with singing, dancing, best friends and more!
The new 93-minute DVD – with double the content of the “Wubb Idol” TV movie – also features special activities, coloring pages, music videos and more!
Helping to fuel the buzz around “Wubb Idol” are new interactive games and activities on NickJr.’s award-winning website, where Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! has consistently been the top game for two years running. Also a star on the online and social media circuit, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! boasts the first-ever podcasts for preschoolers.
The top-rated Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! supports a range of important preschool social skills, including sharing, listening, compromising, helping and appreciating others, self-awareness and the use of humor as a coping skill. Although their world is more fanciful and imaginative than our own, Wubbzy and his friends deal with the same social and developmental issues faced by preschoolers. They learn how they fit into the group, how to understand their own feelings and those of others, and how to get along with one another. Young viewers learn the value of friendship and community as they have fun watching Wubbzy and his friends tackle these issues in each new adventure.
My kids are 2-7 and they all love this show, they are such fun and lovable characters with great storylines! Do your kids love this show as much as mine do? If you said yes, you're in luck, because you have a chance to....
Win a Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Prize Pack!!
One of my lucky readers will win a prize-pack including the brand-new “Wubb Idol” DVD, two “Wubb Idol”-themed books from Scholastic and the new Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Sing-A-Song CD that features the original song composed and performed by Beyoncé Knowles!
How to Enter:
For your first {and mandatory} entry, tell me what your kids think of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy, or if they've never seen it, tell me why you are interested in winning it!
1 entry - Follow ME on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway! You can copy " Win a Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Prize Pack including WUBB IDOL @wondermomma! http://tinyurl.com/ylqhlsm " for your tweet!
1 entry - Add my button to your blog.
1 entry - Follow me on Blogger!
1 entry - Subcribe to my blog via e-mail ~ to the right.
Rules:
-- If your e-mail address is not visible on your blog or profile, please let it with your comment so I can contact you if you win.
-- This giveaway will end on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 9 pm EST.
-- I will pick one number using random.org. I will then e-mail the winner and they will have 3 days to respond.
Extracted From The Mind of Shasta / Label(s):
Giveaways,
Reviews
About Johnny Diaz, his new CD, and what the song "More Beautiful You" is all about, from his site:
When Jonny Diaz headed off to Florida State University on a baseball scholarship in the fall of 2002, he was prepared to focus his time and efforts on his athletic skills. However, God had other plans and He began a work in Jonny’s life that led him to put down his bat and glove and instead, pick up his guitar. When you discover that Jonny was the fourth of four brothers to attend college on a baseball scholarship, and that two of his brothers have played ball at a professional level (Matt Diaz is currently the left fielder for the Atlanta Braves.), you can begin to understand the enormity of this decision. But, with God opening the doors, Jonny embarked on an exciting new adventure. Since then, his tremendous songwriting talents, his vocal and guitar playing skills, and his ability to connect with his audiences, have sparked a grassroots buzz that has taken his music nationwide.
On May 5th, 2009, Jonny released his latest CD, More Beautiful You. This is his first as a signed artist to INO Records, the home to artists such as MercyMe, Caedmon’s Call, The Fray and many more. This aptly descriptive and intelligent pop effort reveals lyrics, melodies and instrumentation that go far deeper than the stereotypical pop hit. With all songs written or co-written by Jonny, More Beautiful You captivatingly illuminates Jonny’s heart – a heart that is passionate about reaching his generation with the message of God’s love, forgiveness, and grace.
The project’s powerful first single, “More Beautiful You,” has taken the country by storm. It quickly became the most played and requested song on Christian radio. Co-penned by Jonny, the song aims to tell women they were created by God with a specific purpose in mind.
“The idea that they need to look a certain way in order to be feel beautiful is completely false,” Diaz explains. “Through this song I hope to get the attention of females and tell them the truth found in God’s word, that there could never be a more beautiful you!” The song shares: “If you feel depressed with past regrets / the shameful nights hope to forget can disappear, they can all be washed away/ By the One who’s strong can right your wrongs / Can rid your fears dry all your tears And change the way you look at this big world He will take your dark distorted view / and with His light He will show you truth And again you’ll see through the eyes of a little girl”.
My Review:
When I first heard the song and lyrics to "More Beautiful You", I instantly LOVED it! What an amazing song and Johnny Diaz has an amazing voice! This is what drew me in! Then I listened to the rest of the cd, amazing! This cd is SO inspirational and easy to listen to and enjoy. "More Beautiful You" is my favorite song, I could listen to it forever, but my 2nd favorite would definitely be "Love Like You Loved"!
Read the lyrics to "More Beautiful You":
JONNY DIAZ MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU LYRICS
LITTLE GIRL FOURTEEN FLIPPING THROUGH A MAGAZINE SAYS SHE WANTS TO LOOK THAT WAY BUT HER HAIR ISN’T STRAIGHT HER BODY ISN’T FAKE AND SHE’S ALWAYS FELT OVERWEIGHT
WELL LITTLE GIRL FOURTEEN I WISH THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT BEAUTY IS WITHIN YOUR HEART AND YOU WERE MADE WITH SUCH CARE YOUR SKIN YOUR BODY AND YOUR HAIR ARE PERFECT JUST THE WAY THEY ARE
THERE COULD NEVER BE A MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU DON’T BUY THE LIES DISGUISES AND HOOPS THEY MAKE YOU JUMP THROUGH YOU WERE MADE TO FILL A PURPOSE THAT ONLY YOU COULD DO SO THERE COULD NEVER BE A MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU
LITTLE GIRL TWENTY-ONE THE THINGS THAT YOU’VE ALREADY DONE ANYTHING TO GET AHEAD AND YOU SAY YOU’VE GOT A MAN BUT HE’S GOT ANOTHER PLAN ONLY WANTS WHAT YOU WILL DO INSTEAD
WELL LITTLE GIRL TWENTY-ONE YOU NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD COME YOU STARVE YOURSELF TO PLAY THE PART BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THERE’S A MAN WHOSE LOVE IS TRUE AND HE’LL TREAT YOU LIKE THE JEWEL YOU ARE
SO TURN AROUND YOU’RE NOT TOO FAR TO BACK AWAY BE WHO YOU ARE TO CHANGE YOUR PATH GO ANOTHER WAY IT’S NOT TOO LATE YOU CAN BE SAVED IF YOU FEEL DEPRESSED WITH PAST REGRETS THE SHAMEFUL NIGHTS HOPE TO FORGETS CAN DISAPPEAR THEY CAN ALL BE WASHED AWAY BY THE ONE WHO’S STRONG CAN RIGHT YOUR WRONGS CAN RID YOUR FEARS DRY ALL YOUR TEARS AND CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS BIG WORLD HE WILL TAKE YOUR DARK DISTORTED VIEW AND WITH HIS LIGHT HE WILL SHOW YOU TRUTH AND AGAIN YOU’LL SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF A LITTLE GIRL
Aren't those lyrics just wonderful!!?? Every girl needs to hear this song! Johnny Diaz is obviously a very talented artist and I can see him going very far, I'm so happy to have gotten to review this cd and share it with you all!
Win a CD!!
By share, I don't just mean sharing my thoughts on the CD or sharing the lyrics with you. FIVE of my lucky readers will win Johnny Diaz's new CD! You get to own it and listen to it over and over just like me!
How to Enter:
For your first and mandatory entry, tell me what you think of the lyrics and/or the video to "More Beautiful You"!
Extra Entries! {Please let a separate comment for each entry you complete}
1 Entry - Become a Fan of Johnny Diaz on Facebook for lots of great info!
1 Entry - Follow ME on Twitter & Tweet about this giveaway! You can copy and tweet the following: Win the Johnny Diaz CD "More Beautiful You" @wondermomma http://tinyurl.com/ygjtttd 5 winners! "
1 Entry - Add my button to your blog!
1 Entry - Subscribe to my blog via e-mail {link on the right side}
1 Entry - Follow me on Blogger!
Rules:
-- If your e-mail address is not visible on your blog or profile, please let it with your comment so I can contact you if you win.
-- This giveaway will end on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 9 pm EST.
-- I will pick FIVE numbers using random.org. I will then e-mail the winners and they will have 3 days to respond.
Extracted From The Mind of Shasta / Label(s):
Reviews
Kids love sugar, so naturally, they are attracted to drinks with lots of sugar. Soda, Juice, Kool-Aid..there are so many sugary choices. I'm a huge fan of water though, it is pretty much the only thing I drink, besides tea. I just love the taste of it, and yes, water does have a taste. It's the only thing that can really quench my thirst so that's what I always drink. I'm pretty lucky that my two older boys like water too, and probably because they see me drink it. Water isn't always what they choose, they love milk and juice too and if there's soda in the house, they'll choose that right away. My youngest son however, does not like water. He loves his milk and that's usually all he wants to drink. So when we were asked to take the WAT-AAH Challenge, I was anxious to see how my kids would respond to it!
WAT-AAH! is the first 100% sugar-free, functional beverage brand designed especially for kids. This fall, WAT-AAH! is challenging families to stay away from the unhealthy, sugar-laden beverages and to DRINK MORE WAT-AAH! The WAT-AAH mission is to reverse the established behavior and dependency on sweetened drinks among American children, thus reducing the alarmingly high rates of childhood obesity. Ultimately, WAT-AAH! aims to teach kids that healthy bodies can be obtained through healthy hydration!
Did you know?
1. Water helps our bodies to maintain a healthy weight. 2. Water improves our attention span, concentration skills and appearance. 3. Drinking water will reduce tiredness and irritation and increase our capacity to exercise or be active. 4. Water is a vital part of our digestion and helps get rid of wastes. 5. Water is an "agent" and directs our cells to function normally. 6. Our immune system relies on water to help fight illnesses that enter our bodies.
WAT-AHH offers 4 different drinks, all ultra purified water with NO sugar! The blue bottle is "brain" which has added electrolytes, the pink bottle is "body" which is simply pure spring water with no sodium, chemicals or sugar, the green bottle is "energy" with added oxygen, and the orange bottle is "bones" with bone-building magnesium.
We were given one each of all 4 kinds to try! The bright, fun labeling on the bottles made my kids want to try it right away! They also LOVED the name and they have been saying it over and over ever since! I think the packaging and the name is a very clever way to draw kids in and make water a little more fun to drink. My kids also loved the different "themes". My oldest son wanted "brain" because he said it would make him smarter. My middle son picked "bones" and in the video, you can hear him telling me as he shrugs "I think it's making my bones stronger right now". So cute! My youngest son was even interested in this cool new water, which thrilled his Momma! He picked energy, and I said just what he needs, more energy! ha! He actually drank it and liked it. I'm hoping that he will be more willing to drink water from now on. So each of my sons had a bottle so there was on left over. My oldest son claimed it right away, because he loved the water so much! While we had these bottles in the house, and they lasted a while because they are big bottles, my sons chose water over any other drink the whole time we had them. I'm interested to see if this would continue if we got more WAT-AAH. I'm hoping it comes to a store near me soon!
You can buy WAT-AAH at amazon.com or go to the WAT-AAH website to see if there's a store near you that sells WAT-AAH! ...and make sure to check out this website because it's super cute!! My kids loved it!
A huge thank you to WAT-AAH for offering the products for this fun challenge!
My oldest son also discovered that these bottles not only look cool, but you can have lots of fun with them!
Posts
follow me on Twitter