Saturday, November 26, 2011

Timmy Time: Go Kart Timmy (Review & Giveaway)

Join Timmy And His Preschool Pals For Fast Action Fun With Trains, Go-Karts, Sports And More In An All-New DVD From The Award-Winning Creators Of Wallace And Gromit And Shaun The Sheep
 Timmy Time: Go Kart Timmy
Release Date: November 22, 2011
About the movie:
Hold on tight for more fast-action fun with your pal Timmy and his preschool classmates! Enjoy the ride as Timmy speeds off in a brand new go-kart and runs into a big smelly problem. Then it’s off to the races at the nursery’s Sports Day, helping Otus with football and learning that winning isn’t everything. Surprises and laughter shift into high gear in these five delightful adventures the whole family will love!

Episodes Include:
Go Kart Timmy
Timmy on Wheels
Timmy Wants to Win
Timmy Plays Ball
Timmy's Train

BONUS FEATURES 
Timmy's Tune #1
Shaun the Sheep Episode: "Big Top Timmy"

Where to Buy
You can order Timmy Time: Go Kart Timmy on Amazon for only $11.99, plus free shipping with Amazon Prime!
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A big thank you to Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment for providing me with Timmy Time: Go Kart Timmy to review, and Timmy Time: Go Kart Timmy as a giveaway for one of our readers.  These are my honest opinions, your experience may vary.

Shaun the Sheep: Season Two Gift Set (Review)

 From the Oscar Winning Creators of Wallace and Gromit Comes the Complete Second Season of Shaun the Sheep With 40 B-a-a-arilliant Episodes Including Five Episodes Never Before Seen on DVD!
Shaun The Sheep: Season Two Gift Set
Release Date: November 15, 2011
He’s ba-a-a-ack! Get ready for a whole new collection of woolly antics with Shaun the Sheep™ and his barnyard buddies in Shaun the Sheep: Season Two Gift Set, available on DVD November 15, 2011 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. Featuring 40 fantastic episodes – including five on DVD for the first time ever – all your favorite characters return for more wool-raising adventures around the barnyard. Combining slapstick and classic silent comedy, Shaun the Sheep never fails to make you laugh! So flock to add this delightful collection to your home library today!

Five minute shorts of the series currently air in the U.S. on the Disney Channel. Fans can only find full-length episodes on the DVDs.

About the movie:
The complete second season of Shaun the Sheep has arrived with 40 hilarious episodes of woolly shenanigans! The Oscar®-winning creators of Wallace and Gromit™ strike again with the mischievous barnyard antics of Shaun, Bitzer, Shirley, Timmy and those naughty Pigs next door. From fancy wheels and outrageous deals to foxy crimes and Christmas time, there’s something for everyone in this fun-filled collectible gift set of must-have treats the whole family will love!



BONUS FEATURES
•   Behind The Scenes Gallery
• “Whack-A-Pig” Game
• “Sheep-Shearing” Game
• “Meet The Animals” video
• “Sing-Along With Shaun” Video
• “Building-A-Pig” Video
• “The Mini Making Of Shaun” Video
• Timmy Time Sneak Peek: “Timmy’s Tune”

Where to Buy
You can order Shaun the Sheep: Season 2 on Amazon for $25.49!

A big thank you to Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment for providing me with Shaun The Sheep: Season Two Gift Set to review.  These are my honest opinions, your experience may vary.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Gift Guide: VeggieTales Christmas DVD/CD Combo Pack (Review & Giveaway) CLOSED

When it seems you have nothing to bring... What gift can you give the King?
In this Veggie-version of a holiday classic, Junior Asparagus stars as The Little Drummer Boy, a lonely child who finds the true meaning of Christmas when he stumbles upon the birth of the baby Jesus. A story of hope, love, and forgiveness, this timeless tale will warm the hearts of children everywhere! 
The DVD includes the new Silly Song "The 8 Polish Foods of Christmas", watch it here:
Also featuring a new cut of the classic song "The Little Drummer Boy" by Dove and Grammy award winning artists Bebe and Cece Winans.

Other extra features on the DVD:
  • Trailer for VeggieTales' spring 2012 new release, Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men
  • Little Drummer Boy music video
  • Visit a drum factory with Junior
  • Behind the music of The Little Drummer Bot
  • Family Activity - Make your own drum
  • Singalong songs
Features never-before released on CD songs from Amy Grant & Matthew West, Steven Curtis Chapman, and BeBe & CeCe Winans!

Track Listing:
  • Hark the Herald Angels Sing
  • Do You Hear What I Hear
  • It's About Love - featuring Wynonna Judd
  • Can't Smile Without Ewe
  • Meant to Be - featuring Steven Curtis Chapman
  • Silent Night
  • What Child is This / The First Noel
  • Give This Christmas Away - featuring Amy Grant & Matthew West
  • Oh Holy Night
  • Away In A Manger
  • The Little Drummer Boy - featuring BeBe and CeCe Winans
Our Thoughts:
 I love everything about Christmas, so I was very excited to review VeggieTales, The Little Drummer Boy DVD as well as the VeggieTales Christmas CD, O Holy Night. When I put on The Little Drummer Boy my girls never left their seats! The movie was very entertaining and humorous, I especially liked "The 8 Polish Foods of Christmas" song. My husband is Polish, so I had to tell him to listen to the song, and he thought it was quite funny. Not only is the movie funny, but it continues to teach my girls about the gift of giving. It is very inspiring and I am very happy to have this video in our home during this season.
Along with the DVD, my kids have been listening to the O Holy Night CD. My oldest daughter is now at the age where she takes in everything so fast, so it is fun having this Christmas CD in our home and being able to learn these songs together!

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The Little Drummer Boy DVD and O Holy Night CD is available at WalMart or VeggieTales.com - or wherever DVDs are sold!
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This product is featured in our "2011 Holiday Gift Guide!"

A big thank you to VeggieTales for providing me The Little Drummer Boy DVD and the O Holy Night CD to review, and for providing The Little Drummer Boy DVD and the O Holy Night CD as a giveaway for one of our readers.  These are my honest opinions, your experience may vary.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Gift Guide: Shaun The Sheep: We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas (Review)

 Gromit Ring In Some Holiday 'Shear' With Shaun The Sheep
Shaun The Sheep: We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Celebrate with Shaun the Sheep™ as he revels in his first holiday-themed DVD in Shaun the Sheep: We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas arriving on DVD October 18, 2011 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. The sheep make sure The Farmer isn’t alone on Christmas, help to free him from his snowed-in house, take care of Bitzer, find him the perfect new hat and make merry in these seven hilarious episodes -- the perfect way to join Shaun and his barnyard buddies in ringing in some holiday “shear”!

About the movie:
‘Tis the season to be woolly, with Shaun the Sheep and his farmyard friends. Frolic with the flock as they decorate the farmhouse for The Farmer, watch Bitzer and Pidsley battle for a spot by the fire, join a massive snowball fight and much more in these seven hilarious episodes from the Oscar®-winning creators of Wallace and Gromit™.
Episodes:
We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas
Snowed In
Fireside Favorite
An Ill Wind
Bitzer’s New Hat
Chip Off The Old Block
Shirley Whirley 

BONUS FEATURES
· Sheep Shearing Game
· Timmy Time™ Sneak Peek -Timmy’s Tune #1

Where to Buy
You can order We Wish Ewe a Merry Christmas on Amazon for only $11.99!

A big thank you to Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment for providing me with Shaun The Sheep: We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas to review.  These are my honest opinions, your experience may vary.

Gift Guide: Angelina Ballerina, Barney and Thomas Holiday Favorites 3-DVD Boxed Sets (Review)

 Celebrate The Season With Holiday Favorites 3-DVD Gift Set Collections From Friends Barney, Angelina Ballerina, and Thomas & Friends
Release Date: October 18, 2011
From Lionsgate And HIT Entertainment

BARNEY™: HOLIDAY FAVORITES 3-DVD GIFT SET DESCRIPTION:
Have a holly jolly holiday this year with everyone’s favorite purple T-rex as he and his friends
ring in the joy of the season in Barney™: Holiday Favorites 3-DVD Gift Set, unwrapping
in stores October 18, 2011 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. Spend the night before
Christmas at Santa’s Workshop, search for the perfect gold star to top the Christmas tree and
welcome fellow preschool favorites Bob the Builder™, Kipper™, Thomas & Friends™ and
Pingu™ for additional frosty, festive fun.
DVDs Include:
Barney’s Night Before Christmas Movie
Barney: Christmas Star
HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends

ANGELINA BALLERINA™: HOLIDAY FAVORITES 3-DVD GIFT SET DESCRIPTION:
Give the gift of dance and good cheer this holiday season with Angelina Ballerina™: Holiday
3-DVD Gift Set, a collection of delightful DVDs waltzing into stores October 18, 2011 from
Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. Celebrate the season with Angelina and all her friends as
they prepare for the holiday showcase and learn all forms of dance at Camembert Academy.
With games and karaoke, it’s the perfect present for little ballerinas everywhere!
DVDs Include:
Angelina Ballerina: Nutcracker Sweet
Angelina Ballerina: Love to Dance
Angelina Ballerina: Ballet Dreams


THOMAS & FRIENDS™: HOLIDAY FAVORITES 3-DVD GIFT SET DESCRIPTION
A very, merry holiday is right on track when you present your little engineer with the Thomas
& Friends™: Holiday Favorites 3-DVD Gift Set, a new collection of adventurous, holiday-
themed DVDs featuring Thomas and his engine friends, chugging into stores on DVD October
18, 2011 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment. Whether reveling at the Misty Island
Christmas Party, sharing holiday cheer with the Sodor townsfolk or ringing in the holidays with
smiles, laughter and song, Thomas & Friends continues to teach timeless life lessons such as
discovery, friendship and cooperation, inviting children to enter a world of imagination through
the tracks of a train and the words of a story.
DVDs Include:
Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish
Thomas & Friends: Ultimate Christmas
Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express

Our Thoughts:
I must admit Christmas is my favorite time of the year, and what better way to bring the spirit of Christmas into our home than these three fabulous box sets! My two girls just can't get enough of Angelina, Thomas & Friends, and of course we can't forget Barney, so I love that each box set comes with three DVDs, so my sanity stays intact as we watch these over and over!! My oldest daughter has learned a lot about the holidays and the gift of giving by watching these wonderful movies. I would definitely recommend these box sets for your kids this year!
Where to Buy
You can order Barney Holiday Favorites, Angelina Ballerina Holiday Gift Set, and Thomas & Friends Holiday Favorites
on Amazon for only $15.99 each!
Makes a great 3-in-1 gift!

A big thank you to Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment for providing me with these three Holiday Favorite DVDs to review.  These are my honest opinions, your experience may vary.