Family Fun Friday (late but here)

This week we did Backyardigans Super Secret Super Spy. If your kids are a NickJr fan, you probably know about this. There was a hour long episode for this that my kids watched. It was a great episode that taught about teamwork and having fun. There is also a game online you can play. It is a 3-D game that my son just loves. There is a 3-D thing you have to download to play it but that is not a big deal. I printed out some of the stuff you can do with your kids to have your own Super Secret Super Spy (SSSS) Scavenger Hunt. There are spy sheets that come with a decoder wheel. You can even make your sheet at home if you want to and use this decoder wheel. I did all the SSSS stuff the night before. I hid the scavenger hunt cards and put the bags somewhere where they would find them easily in the morning. I put some "spy gear" and a spy snack in there...every spy needs something for their tummy.

Here is my kids in their SSSS gear...check out kincaid...i bet you didn't even recognize him!

all i could keep on corrine was the bow tie...but she sure does look like a super spy.

kincaid found all the SSSS scavenger hunt cards. Here is the checklist...something every spy needs.

You can even buy the episode if you missed it. Your kids will love it and you can play and dance along with the Backyardigans!

Family Fun Friday

Make your own slide shows and scrapbooks

I am back from being sick. Just in time for family fun friday. This week I have something special. Last year I was looking for digital scrapbooking...and it is not easy to find scrapbooking sources that are free and internet based. but i finally found it...and i love it...and so does my family...i have been using this to e-mail new pictures and also to keep my family in the know on some social networks.

I had a great activity i was going to do with the kids but because we were sick all week i could not do it. But this is what you should to...go on a family scavenger hunt for something...halloween decorations, the first leaves of fall, cool cars...you pick. Bring the pictures back and do the Smilebox thing. You do have to do alittle download but no biggie. It is awesome. You can even pay next to nothing to be able to see the digital scrapbooks with no banners and to also print them off. So if you wanted to do an actual scrapbook, you can get awesome pages ready on Smilebox, print and go nuts. I love it and I know you will too!!!

They really are More Than Meets The Eye!!!

Have you had your Transformers Day?

I am kind of beginning to see a pattern for me on Fridays. I seem to have picked this as a sort of family fun day. So I guess I am going to call Fridays "Family Fun Fridays". And if you have not guessed it, this Friday is Transformers.

My son loves Transformers. He has for years (and he is only 5). So one day while he was just playing around on the computer he found a site with Transformer games on it (there are other fun stuff but today is just for the TFs--TransFormers). This site is a Hasbro playing site for all sorts of their toys. My son went nuts on it. You can play a racing with Bumblebee game. He, of course, was able to watch Transformer cartoon episodes...so many in fact it must have kept him busy for weeks. You can even make your own TFs cartoon, of sorts. It is very cool...we all had fun with this but we forgot to save ours.

He is able to window shop for Transformers stuff. This is where he learned the most important and disappointing words known to kid-dom--OUT OF STOCK! This is Brawl...and you guessed it...OUT OF STOCK!

But one of his favorite parts of the site is the activities part. As you can see, he has been busy doing all sorts of stuff that we hang on the fridge.

--this is note pad paper you can make---

---here is his poster---

---and a doorknob hanger---

And to make the day complete, I bought matching plates and cups (yes...i am that much of a cheeseball). I also made a TFs lunch sack to take lunch to school that day.

If you want to, you can even click to the Transformer, The Movie site...some younger kids may find that scary but you decide.

My husband and I we totally into Transformers when we were little. You can even find the TFs we played with (if only I had taken care of them...i would be rich). I secretly still am. I think Transformers help our young men...and little ladies...with teamwork and sharing. And in that sense...they really are more than meets the eye!

Have you done a Care Bear Day yet?

Do you go to the toy web sites you see on TV? Well, I do, and (for the most part) they are a fantastic way for you and your kids to spend some quailty time together.

What? You didn't know that the internet could bring you and your family closer together? It does...and your kids can learn something along the way.

We were watching a Care Bear commerical and my son noticed that you could also get your fill of the Care Bears on the internet. So we went and we have been going back ever since.

So we made yesterday Care Bear Day. We went on a hunt at stores to find some little care bears of our own. Kincaid picked grumpy and Corrine picked Hopeful Heart.

We printed off coloring pages... corrine loves to color and kincaid loves to color on the computer...but it all makes for a fun Care Bears Day. We all sat down at the computer ( yes, we did...people sit around the TV for hours a day...why not the computer) and watched some Care Bear's cartoons and music videos.

We played some games. Kinciad's favorite is Oopsy's Bubble Bumpers. It is like pinball...only cute and cuddely...and free!

And finally, we looked at a picture of some of them and decided which ones we wanted to buy next.

So the next time you and your little ones are bored, why not open up the Care Bear's world and jump in. You will be glad you did...and besides...they are ssssssssoooooooooo cute, even my hubby can't resist their do-gooder-must-hugger charm!