Christmas Lights in all their glory!! CONTEST

OK I know we all LOVE christmas lights. Even our nieghbors love glancing over and seeing what everyone else has done, driving down christmas lane and telling each other which ones we love the best. We used to have a great one in Kenosha WI where we heard carolers and it took 30-45 mins to get through all the christmas houses :)

Now http://holidayspecs.com/ has brought you the best addition yet!! Make the lights dance the way you want! Put on either the Santa Claus, Northern Lights, Angels, Snowmen, Holiday Dreams and see much more than just lights!



Amber had a blast (she wears glasses too so they fit right over them!) - she took one of each and just loved them. The Santa Claus ones you see who else but Santa in every light, The Northen Lights - you see the northern light shinning bright!, Angels - you see flying angels at every point of light, Snowmen!! I LOVE this one - see little snowmen everywhere, and of course the Holiday Dreams - sugarplums dancing in our head! - different holiday images are shown.

Their inexpensive - Amber managed not to tear a single one so they hold up well and they do really work. Give them as a gift for the holiday season, grab a couple prs to drive down Christmas Lane and see all the lights differently this year or just enjoy your own christmas tree cuddled up on the couch :)

Stop giggling at the video - but its a great way to give you the idea of how they work


*Believe it or not the neighbors have christmas lights out already and we got the chance to go outside and really give them a good use!

Enter to Win a set of 5 Glasses (1 of each kind) :

• Go to the site http://holidayspecs.com/ and tell me what other glasses you'd love to have
• Join my facebook page and post that you did
• Follow my Blog and let me know that you did
• Purchase glasses and post your order number below
• Blog about the contest and put the link to your blog below!

Drawing will be held Dec 1st!

Operation Santa Claus

We are now up to $530 and have boxes arriving weekly - we have tons of items and hoping to reach our goal of $1500 by Nov 23rd

We just had a box arrive from Keiko Lynn! Tons of goodies inside!! Feels like christmas and I'm just excited!!


Our local school Durand Jr High/High School - Go Bulldogs!! - Has stepped in to help out and are getting a real push this last week!

Thanks to all who have helped out with OSC, sent letters to soldiers, said a prayer for a military family or just taken a moment to think about a soldier overseas!!

K'nex Toy Review - Win $1000 worth!!

K'nex 400 Pc Tub Review and Contest!!

What I received:
1 Tub
400 Pieces
20 Building Ideas

I gotta say I love the container - lol as a mom who likes to be organized, its great with a solid lid. Inside was baggies separating all the parts. No breaking pieces off a sheet (you the kind where its all attached plastic!) - they are tough little suckers no matter how hard Amber shoved them into place lol. Lots of parts so kids can build & rebuild over and over again; endless hrs of building, playing - not a toy they will get tired of.


It even came with a booklet that had tons of ideas and step by step instructions on how to build them. We picked one and tried it ourselves :) Course afterwards my husband destroyed it and is building his own creation lol

I think my husband had more fun than Amber or myself. Brought him back to his childhood :) I think it turned out nice !! The video actually shows that it works LOL - There is alot of movement in the models - wheels on cars, propeller on airplanes, our ferris wheel and there's a merry go round!!

• Neat things - it works with Legos - so you can expand your Lego sets and add on with the K'nex!
• The storage set (you know I Love it!) has TONS of room for more sets to be thrown in there with it.
• MADE IN THE USA!!!
• Inexpensive - goes for around $20.99 - at Target, Wal-mart and Toys'R'Us
• Age range is 7 and up
  

Now to get Creative!! K'nex is having a Video Contest!
Win $1,000 worth of K'nex Building Sets and be featured on the KNEX.com website!

All you have to do is make a video that showcases your child's K'nex building skills and features your child building with the select K'nex Products. Be creative and use your imagination - construct your own story - as long as the video features building with K'nex the possibilities are endless!!

Contest Date: Nov 4th - Dec 7th 2009
Simply post a video on your own blog or website and submit the link along with a completed entry form, including your name, age, email address and phone number to knexvideocontest@knex.com
(No website or blog - no problem!! - send a dvd/vhs with entry form to :
Make a K'nex Video Contest, K'nex Brand, L.P., PO Box 700, Hatfield, PA 19440)

Video - must be atleast 30 seconds long but no longer than 3 minutes and includes one or more of these sets:

• K'nex 400 pc tub
  
• K'nex Sesame Street Building Sets

Remember the deadline is December 7th, 2009! (Video submitted by mail but be received by this date) The 10 finalist will be showcased on KNEX.com and the K'nex Facebook Fan Page and then K'nex fans will vote for their favorite "Make a K'nexion" Video. 1 Grand Prize Winner will receive $1000 K'nex products and have their video featured on the KNEX.com website. The 9 finalist videos will also be featured on the KNEX.com website.

Please go to the KNEX.com website to see the complete rules and regulations of the contest!

Toy Guide...

For those wanting to make a little extra money this holiday, don't forget to order the toy guide!!

If you order by Thursday, November 5th, you will be able to take full advantage of the Gold package and get all 8 weekly reports that are included.

You can order it here:
http://www.holidaytoyguide.com/

*all proceeds from this are going to the Operation Santa Clause :)

WINNER!!

Craftmom - Wins - Magnificent Manicure Kit !!!

Keep an eye out for more contests!!

Pumpkins, Facepaint and Invites for the Spookfest...

Sunday we drove to Kenosha Wisconsin to see my MIL and hang out - it was supposed to be Halloween day out there (the Sunday before Halloween - from 3-6 - been that way for YEARS) NOPE NOT THIS YEAR! It has to fall on Halloween lol ... Amber was upset but we made it up by going to Smith Pumpkin Farm out there and getting her face painted, some nice hot apple cider, walking around picking up small mini pumpkins and Grandma spoiling her rotten with a candy covered apple that has sprinkles... ohh I can't wait to be asked to cut that up and have her eat it - can we say sugar high??

It was fun, nice to get out and it was really a nice day weather wise, so it all worked out. Some pictures

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But in all the excitement I FORGOT to make her invitations for the party Saturday... I had to quickly make invites this morning - found a neat template online Click HERE

Then I whipped out the cardstock, some old ribbon, my glue gun and poof! I've got an invite that's not horrible lol Let me tell ya, I had 2 hrs and a kid calling from school asking if there were done yet and could I add pjs to the list since its pjs day and we didn't know. Ughh... Its definitely Monday!!

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