I picked up my Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Upright Vacuum Cleaner almost a year ago, and it’s one of the best vacuums I’ve ever owned.  I personally am a bagless fan.  You don’t have to worry about not having a bag on hand.  If you ever wondered what your vacuum wasn’t picking up, the  Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Upright Vacuum Cleaner will definitely show you.  Before we switched to this vacuum, I vacuumed Will’s room with our old Hoover.  I then used this and filled the entire canister.  Will’s room is only 9′x11′.  Crazy, I know!  Not only does this vacuum work on carpet, it works great on hardwood floors too!  I have used this vacuum in every room in my house.  It just amazes me what it picks up.  Now, I think one of the few things it can’t pick up is pretzel rods.  I think I’ve tried pretty much everything too — crackers, playdoh, etc.  The handle also pulls out so you can easily get up high places and even steps without too much trouble.

Now, I know that the Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Upright Vacuum Cleaner is only the pricey side.  I thought the same thing.  However, sometimes you have to spend money to get quality, and the Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Upright Vacuum Cleaner is definitely a quality machine.

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Did you enjoy the first Curious George movie and soundtrack?  If so, you will be super excited to know that there will be a Curious George 2 movie and soundtrack that will be released worldwide on March 2nd!  This movie will be about Curious George and the man with the yellow hat  heading across the country to reunite Kayla, a homesick elephant, with her family.  Our kids will learn that with family, friends, and determination, you can overcome anything.  Like the first movie, the soundtrack is top notch and gives a great feel for the movie.  The tracks included are:

1)  “Life Less Ordinary”                Carbon Leaf
2)  “The Friendship”            Carbon Leaf
3)  “California Sun”            Brian Wilson
4)  “On A Roll”                 Carbon Leaf
5)  “Heart Of The Day”          Carbon Leaf
6)  “Let Your Troubles Roll By” Carbon Leaf
7)  “Walking In The Sun”                Carbon Leaf
8)  “Follow That Monkey”                Jackie Greene
9)  “Moon Man”                  Heitor Pereira
10)  “Going East”                       Heitor Pereira
11)  “Giving A Hand”            Heitor Pereira
12)  “Zoo”                      Heitor Pereira
13)  “Friendship”               Heitor Pereira

This is definitely a soundtrack that your kids will get up and dance too (well, mine did).  I have to admit though, my personal favorite has to be Life Less Ordinary.  Since we liked it so much, I’ve arranged for one lucky winner to win the Curious George 2:  Follow That Monkey soundtrack!  Here’s what you need to do:

Head over to 429 Records and tell me which song on this soundtrack you think you’d like best.

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From the time our kids are little, they are wanting to be in the kitchen with us.  eebee’s Mix & Mash is a great book for you for great adventures in your kitchen.  It is a board book, so even the littlest ones can’t wreck it (It’s for kids  months and up).  Will likes to go through this book and point out all the babies to us.  The other cool part is that eebee’s Mix & Mash is actually a baby food cookbook.  It has 12 recipes in there for you to make for your kids that they will love.  Every recipe is easy enough that your little one can actually help you make it.  There is everything from tof-ee finger food to blueb-eebee soup in here.

eebee’s Mix & Mash is a great book for both little ones and adults too!

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“Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby” . . . everyone knows that song, and there is now a really great book by the same name. Over The Rainbow is a book you can’t help but sing when you are reading it. The illustrations are beyond beautiful. The artwork was painted on linen and scanned (which is very different from other illustrated books created on a computer), and you can tell. The pictures tell the story without the words. You can easily get lost in just the pictures. Each page has a few lines of the song on it. The other really cool part of this book is that it comes with a CD. If for some reason, you don’t remember the song, you can listen to it while reading the book.

This is a great book for anybody in your life (young or old)!

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If you are a girl (and around my age), Rainbow Brite is definitely a character that you remember from your childhood.  I recently learned that there is an entire site devoted to Rainbow Bright and the gang.  It was awesome to introduce my 6 year old to Rainbow Brite and watch her have a ton of fun with it.  Not only does the site have 4 animated episodes on it, there are games, puzzles, coloring pages, etc on it.  You kids can easily get lost for hour in it!  (I know Madison was!).  Even more exciting than the new site is that the newest Rainbow Brite fashion doll collection is now available at Target stores and should be arriving to Toys R Us this month!

Rainbow Brite is a character that you don’t have to worry about your children watching.  She is wholesome, beautiful, and the stories are great for little girls to watch.  I highly recommend checking her out and even picking up a doll (I’m checking right now to see if my local Target has them!).

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