Are you a Turkey? #TurkeyTrot13

What other than the turkey are you?  Get it, i used turkey instead of chicken...lol.  Sorry, bad joke.  anyways back to the point.  It is that time again, Turkey Trot 2013.

As in the past, the TXU Energy Turkey Trot benefits the Sheltering Arms Senior Services.  The announcement of the Grand Marshal has yet to be made.  But the turkey calling contest has been scheduled.

The turkey calling contest will be held at 9 a.m. at the Butterfly Stage in the Houston Zoo on Nov. 16.

My family has participated and will be participating again this year.  If you missed my recap of last year's turkey trot, click here.  We had so much fun.  The entire family; kids and all.

It has become a family tradition.  Want to join us?

Click here, http://bit.ly/TrotMoms to register and find out more information about this years event.. Remember if you register early you can take advantage of a discount, discounted early registration ends Nov. 22.

Money raised from the Turkey Trot benefit many.  Want to hear stories, click here, and to find out more information about the benefits, who you are helping, and much, much more; visit the Sheltering Arms page.

Free Birds out Today

Are you looking for something to do with the kiddos this weekend?  Like today?  I have a great suggestion, take them to the movies.  Halloween is over.  Yesterday it stormed here in Houston and if you did not take the kids out, they might be bouncing up the walls by now.  My family actually got to go to the advance screening of Free Birds.

***SYNOPSIS:

In this hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy for audiences of all ages, directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who!), two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu for good.

Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, and Amy Poehler are hilarious in this movie.  You will be laughing the entire time.  You and your family will enjoy a great laugh.  My daughter 2, teen 14, husband and I all enjoyed it.  We recommend it for the entire family.  My husband could not stop laughing.  He related to one of the characters, and it really had us laughing at his character similarities...

“Hang on to Your Nuggets” and “The Greatest Turkey Movie of All Time”  

It is in theaters today!!

Delivery Man is Coming This Month

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I can't wait to see this movie.  I think it is gonna be so hilarious!!  Coming this month.

DreamWorks Pictures’“Delivery Man” stars Vince Vaughn as affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years earlier resulted in 533 children. David must now embark on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self but also the father that he could become.

A DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment presentation, the film is written for the screen and directed by Ken Scott, based on “Starbuck,” the original screenplay written by Ken Scott and Martin Petit, and also stars Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders. “Delivery Man” is produced by André Rouleau and executive produced by Ray Angelic, Scott Mednick and Mark Sourian.

The film releases on November 22, 2013.

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Review

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Are you looking for stocking stuffers?  Like to shop early for my Christmas gifts.  This is the month I start looking for my gifts for the list of kids in our family.  One thing I love to give the kids is movies.  The kids get 2 weeks out for Christmas vacation and 2 whole months in the summer.  Movies can keep them entertained if even for 1 hour.  Also my son loves to keep his portable dvd player with him and watches movies when we are on the road.

GET READY TO RUMBLE WITH THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED

FEATURE-LENGTH EPILOGUE TO THE SERIES PHENOMENON, TRANSFORMERS PRIME

TRANSFORMERS PRIME BEAST HUNTERS – PREDACONS RISING Synopsis:

A resurrected UNICRON has taken over the now-lifeless body of MEGATRON to seek vengeance on the AUTOBOTS and ultimately, the destruction of Cybertron.  This formidable enemy forces an unlikely alliance between the AUTOBOTS, DECEPTICONS, PREDAKING and two new PREDACONS, who come together in an epic battle to help protect their newly restored planet.

Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Josh Keaton, Jeffrey Combs, Kevin Michael Richardson, Steve Blum, Will Friedle and Sumalee Montano lend their voices to this hit series produced by Hasbro Studios. Spearheading the creative efforts on TRANSFORMERS PRIME are executive producers Jeff Kline, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Duane Capizzi and Stephen Davis. The TRANSFORMERS PRIME series is currently airing on the Hub TV Network in the U.S. and on Teletoon in Canada. 

It is now available at Walmart.

It is a #HersheysHalloween

Are you planning a party this Halloween?  Do you have activities planned for the kids?  Some kids do not like the spooky and scary part of Halloween so sometimes you have to get a little creative with Halloween parties.  I love to create fun games for the all ages to enjoy from the little ones to the big ones.

First up, Halloween candy people.  The kids can let their imagination go wild and let them create little monsters, mummies, ghosts, whatever they would like scary or not.  There are no rules.  Just provide tools they can use.  Tools we used:

-Rolos
-Cadbury Creme Egg
-toothpick

Next, we made little Ice Cream and Candy Cemetery.  We made tombstones by cutting KitKats and Hershey's in smaller pieces.  Used food coloring to paint the whipped cream.  Also made little ghosts with the whipped cream.  Tools we used:

-ice cream single serve cups
-whipped cream
-green food coloring
-Halloween KitKat snack size
-Hershey's milk chocolate snack size

All treats are edible for the kids to enjoy while they are having fun using their imagination.  Next we played games.  One game we love to play all the time is Tic Tac Toe.  All we needed was a board to play on.  Tools we used:

-Halloween KitKat snack size
-Hershey's kisses (2 different colors)

Another fun game we like to play came inspired from the Carnival.  This one is fun and everyone gets prizes.  Each person gets 5 chances to get the candy in the cups without knocking over.  Or you can do 3 in a row.  Tools we used:

-plastic cups
-Rolos
-prizes (i picked up small toys from the $1 store)

If you are having a pirate themed Halloween party, you can also use the candy as props.  Tools used:

-Rolos (because they are gold)
-Hershey's kisses (because they are silver)

Of course after everyone has had a lot of fun, you can make candy bags for everyone to take home.  Or you can put the candy in witches pots and have them fill their own.  I love the Halloween candy shaped like pumpkins from York, Reese's, pumpkin spice Hershey's kisses, and the orange KitKats.

I fixed candy bags for the kids to take home to play with.  Each bag have lots of goodies for them to enjoy once they leave.  I also put their names on them just in case someone grabbed a bag before leaving so that the bags would not get mixed up.  You know kids they then to put things down and then lose them.

Planning a party this Halloween?  Got any ideas you want to share....I would love to hear what works for you at your parties.

SPONSORED by Global Influence with PRODUCT provided by Hershey’s. All opinions are my own.