MARVEL'S The Avengers GIVEAWAY!

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS opens in theatres everywhere next Friday, May 4th!!

My husband cannot wait to see this movie, and while I don't normally watch movies based on comic books, this one looks great!

I am extremely excited to have been chosen to offer the chance to win a MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS prize pack to my readers!
The MARVEL'S The Avengers Prize Pack includes an adult sized t-shirt, set of 6 buttons and one pair of limited edition 3D glasses!

My review of the movie will be coming next week!
Until then, enjoy the following clip...and enter to WIN!!

"Assemble Clip"

Screen Time vs. People Time

My 5-year-old son LOVES his screen time!
He can pick up any device with a screen, and he just knows what to do!
We have a Toshiba Thrive tablet, which he adores. He can also play any game better than I can.

Well, he does love to watch television, he hates going to the movie theatre.
There are just too many people there!

I am torn!
I love to go to the movies.
The big screen, buttery popcorn, and reactions of other people really appeal to my sense of adventure.

Since he has been in preschool this year, he has come out of his shell, and made some friends his own age. I pray that he continues to connect with other people, when he enters Kindergarten next year. I need for him to have friends!

Today's prayer is for those of our children who we see as good kids, but who may need a little extra understanding as the come into their own personalities.

I especially think of my middle child, who at age 5 continues to be a "pleaser", and wants to clean up, organize, and generally help me out in whatever way he can! He is so sweet, quiet, and unimposing, that I almost forget he is almost 5! This little man is a blessing, and I pray that I continue to see him as such!

"But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7

God Created Animals ~ Kids LOVE Animals!

My children ADORE animals!

My daughter loves horses, kittens, and mice.
My oldest son loves giraffes and elephants.
My youngest loves anything that lives under the sea, but especially whales and hippos.

As you can imagine, we love to visit zoos and aquariums, and can't get enough of any pet store or animal encounter!

We love to watch nature shows and movies too!

They have seen the previews for the new movie "Disneynature’s CHIMPANZEE" and keep asking to see it!


Since "Chimpanzee" does not hit theatres until April 20, we are making due with the what is on the web!

Here is my boys' favorite photo from the movie promotional material so far:


The newest feature is the music video below - "Rise" by the McClain Sisters. I hope you enjoy it as much as my children and I do!



“Rise,” written and performed by McClain Sisters after being inspired by Disneynature’s feature film CHIMPANZEE, is the latest Disney Friends for Change anthem. With the motivating lyrics “Together we can do anything,” the song captures the central message of the program: when kids and families work together, they can inspire each other and their communities to make a lasting, positive change in the world. “Rise” is the fourth Friends for Change anthem to be released with a benefit back to the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund. This contribution marks nearly $1 million awarded through the music campaign to charities working to protect the planet and conserve nature for future generations.

We are looking very forward to the movie premiering in theatres, and will be first in line to see the beauty of "Disneynature's Chimpanzees" on April 20, 2012!!


"So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good." ~Genesis 1:21
"Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ~Genesis 1:26