I’ve got a giveaway that you are going to just absolutely love because who doesn’t love babies?  No, I’m not giving away a baby but I am giving away BABIES on DVD!  The general release of the DVD isn’t until later next month, but it comes out this Sunday, August 29th exclusively at Target. Or if you’re impatient, you can watch it right now on Video On Demand.

Babies travels the globe following 4 children from vastly different corners of the world in their first year of life, featuring babies from Namibia, Japan, Mongolia and the U.S. The documentary is a life-affirming and universal celebration of the innocence and magic of babies, proving that that if you surround a baby with love it doesn’t matter what culture you’re from or what child-rearing practices you follow.

This movie looks very interesting and I’m actually looking forward to seeing it. If you’ve already seen it, check out these exclusive videos from the DVD bonus content that checks in a couple years later on each infant in their hometowns:

• Mongolia baby
• San Francisco baby
• Namibia baby
• Japan baby

Remember that although it hasn’t be officially release, you can still pick it up at Target starting 8/29!

Check out the trailer and then enter to win!

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You can purchase BABIES starting 8/29 at Target for a suggested retail price of $19.99.

Giveaway:

One (1) winner will receive a free copy of BABIES on DVD!

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This giveaway will end on September 9th at 10:00 PM Central time. Winner will be chosen via a random number generator. Giveaway is open to US entries. The winner must contact me in 48 hours to claim their prize. Good luck to everyone!

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As a child I remember watching and enjoying Sesame Street and now I still get to watch it and enjoy it with my own children.  We recently received Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting and what a treat it was. With it being released today, July 13th, you can enjoy it now too!

It was a nice surprise to insert the DVD and not have to wait through 2-3 advertisements to watch the movie.  This disc has a quick play feature that is a must in the house!

My children have been watching Sesame Street for pretty much all their lives and they were super excited to sit down and watch this DVD.  The show gets off to a pretty slow start for the children, but it was quite entertaining for me. It starts out with a little history lesson and my children who are all 7 and under could have cared less. Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting is hosted by the one and only, Bill Cosby, and features special appearances by Jim Henson, Kermit the Frog, Ray Charles and Placido Domingo. My children were absolutely thrilled to see Kermit the Frog but couldn’t appreciate the other special guests.

While the movie did provide some educational entertainment for the children, it really didn’t hold their attention very well.  When timeless favorites like Big Bird and Grover hit the screen you couldn’t pull them away, but the interviews and clips from past episodes weren’t their thing.

I think my young children were too young to appreciate this movie.  I think the movie is more suitable if you have older children who might appreciate the history of this movie or if nothing else, buy it for yourself.

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Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting is available for purchase for a suggested retail price of $14.98!

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Synopsis:

Join the Care Bears for eight wonderful tales filled with sharing and caring delight! Whether it’s the Care Bears welcoming Grizzle, Share Bear helping Harmony overcome her fears on Surprise Day, or McKenna learning the joys of giving at a Giving Party, the Care Bears discover that warmth and kindness bring friendship and fun! Get ready to journey into Care-a-lot for more charming Care Bears adventures! “Sharing and Caring” is the focus of SHARE-A-LOT IN CARE-A-LOT.

The episodes included are:

• Re-Booted
• Tempus Fugits
• Share and Share Alike
• Here Comes McKenna
• Night Shift
• All Give and No Take
• Bumpity and Tweazle
• Surprise Day

One of the things that I like about this DVD is the Kid Friendly Direct-Play feature.  This feature allows my children to play the DVD without needing my assistance.  I’m sure many moms have experienced the frustration while you’re cooking dinner and the children are asking you to start the DVD. It never fails. You put the DVD in to start dinner, get your hands all nice and dirty and then the previews are over and you have to hit play to start the movie.  The Kid Friendly Direct-Play feature eliminates this.

Each episode helps to teach children how to emotionally connect with others. Whether it be caring about a past enemy, giving others support, sharing and giving, Care Bears does a good job at teaching children very important skills that they will need to have successful social relationships.

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Care Bears: Share-a-Lot in Care-a-Lot is available for purchase with a suggested retail price of $14.98.

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We recently received Noonbory & the Super Seven: They’re Sense-ational! DVD for review and as expected, it was a hit. This is the first DVD release of this series which you can find on CBS on Saturday mornings. This DVD includes 4 episodes and in each episode Noonbory explores social lessons such as teamwork, sharing, patience and helping.

Synopsis:

When trouble is brewing or super silly villainy is taking place in the whimsical word of Toobalooba, it’s up to Noonbory and his sensational team of super-sensing problem solvers to save the day! Each of our superhero borys has a super sense, including sight, sound, taste, touch, smell and of course, a little common sense and nonsense never hurts!

This DVD is bright and colorful and is very intriguing for the little ones. It teaches social skills that children need to learn. Having three young children that are close in age, teamwork is something that I’m already trying teach them. Having them see it on TV and seeing the benefit from the characters of the show helps them to understand it more easily.

This DVD has a run time of 60 minutes, features 4 episodes and one bonus episode with narration.

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Noonbory & the Super Seven: They’re Sense-ational! is available for purchase with a suggested retail price of $6.99!

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Hurray for Huckle: The Best Outside Fun Ever! runs 66 minutes long and features 6 fun filled mystery episodes. Each episode is suitable for children of all ages and my children really enjoyed helping Huckle Cat solve the mysteries Busytown.

The episodes are short which make them perfect for short car rides and errands. It also keeps your children from sitting in front of the TV for too long!

Synopsis:

There are plenty of mysteries to keep the Busytown friends very busy! Missing playground items, a mysterious note at the Busytown Bank, an empty swimming hole and a flying saucer are only the beginning of the mysteries Huckle and the Busytown friends try to solve with some outdoor fun!

If you are a Richard Scarry fan, you’ll definitely be a fan of Hurray for Huckle!

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Hurray for Huckle: The Best Outside Fun Ever! is available for purchase for a suggested retail price of $9.99!

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Put your dancing shoes on, and enjoy the show! Prima Princessa features the world-renowned Paris Opera Ballet performing exerpts from Swan Lake, narrated by the adorable Prima Princessa, herself! Between acts Prima Princessa guides you through ballet steps performed by School of American Ballet students so you can become a Prima Princessa ballerina too!

The DVD runs 40 minutes and features the Paris Opera Ballet performing excerpts from Swan Lake, plus students from the School of American Ballet. It is a great introduction to the world of ballet and Taylor loved this show and sat through the whole 40 minutes. In addition to ballet there is also an underlying story line from Swan Lake that really makes it great for little girls.

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Prima Princessa: Swan Lake is available for purchase for a suggested retail price of $6.99.

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Synopsis:

Imagine a world of incredible color and beauty. Of crabs wearing jellyfish for hats. Of fish disguised as frogs, stones and shag carpets. Of a kaleidoscope of underwater life. Now, go explore it! The makers of Deep Sea and Into the Deep take you into tropical waters alive with adventure: the Great Barrier Reef and other South Pacific realms. Narrated by Jim Carrey and featuring astonishing camerawork, this amazing film brings you face to fin with Nature’s marvels, from the terrible grandeur (and terrible teeth) of a Great White to the comic antics of a lovestruck cuttlefish.

Under the Sea is an underwater exploration of all the incredible sea life through the Great Barrier Reef, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia. As you watch this amazing film you feel like you are the one behind the camera getting all this amazing footage. As host Jim Carrey leads you on this journey he also points out that things we are doing are contributing to the oceans’ carbon dioxide levels which could eventually lead to loss of ocean life and coral reefs.

This film is great for the entire family. It kept the attention of the younger ones with all the bright colors and constant movement and the older ones loved seeing all the sea life. I’m going to leave you with a trailer to give you a sneak peek of what to expect

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Under the Sea is available for purchase for a suggested retail price of $29.95.

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The world’s most beloved and inquisitive monkey is back in Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey, the fun-filled sequel to the hit animated movie. Join Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat as they set out on a madcap cross-country adventure to reunite Kayla, a homesick elephant, with her family. This unlikely trio faces all types of comic calamities and colorful characters and in the end learn that with family, friends and determination you can achieve anything. Featuring the voices of Tim Curry, Matt Lauer, Jamie Kennedy and Jerry Lewis, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey, “proves that family, friends—and curiosity—are number one.” (Francine Brokaw, Los Angeles Family Magazine)

While watching the movie there were times I was laughing and then times I wanted to cry. I really enjoyed the movie and the children did as well!

Buy:

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey is available for a suggested retail price of $19.98, but you can often find it cheaper shopping on Amazon.com.

Giveaway:

One Simply Being Mommy reader will win a Curious George prize pack that includes Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey DVD, CD soundtrack, and book!

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This giveaway will end on April 5th at 10:00 PM Central time. Winner will be chosen via a random number generator. Giveaway is open to US entries. The winner must contact me in 48 hours to claim their prize. Good luck to everyone!

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We received our complimentary review copy late last week but we just got around to watching it tonight.  All 5 of us loaded up on the couch watching the newest Disney Princess, Tiana! She is the ninth princess and she is the first African-American princess.  She joins the beloved Disney Princesses in royal sisterhood.

I’m a Texas gal and when I heard those southern accents I got all giddy inside. The Princess and The Frog is based in New Orleans, Louisiana and you can definitely tell my the characters voices.

A little about the movie:

The Princess and the Frog transports audiences to glorious, glamorous New Orleans as Tiana, the first African American Disney princess meets her frog prince and gives him the fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical, magical bayous of Louisiana. The Princess and the Frog’s colorful cast of one-of-a-kind new characters joyfully raises the roof, with voice performances from stars including Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, 2004,“Caroline, or Change”), Keith David (Crash), Jenifer Lewis (“Strong Medicine”), Jim Cummings (“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse”), Michael-Leon Wooley (Ghost Town), Bruno Campos (“Nip/Tuck”), Peter Bartlett (The Producers), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Jennifer Cody (Broadway’s “Shrek: The Musical”), Oprah Winfrey and John Goodman (Monsters, Inc.).

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie with my family. Watching it on Blu-Ray was simply amazing and the images and colors were so vibrant and joyful, I couldn’t help but smile. The animation and effects are simply amazing and really brings the movie to life.

While I loved the movie I did have a problem with the Shadow Man clips. It was pretty frightening and I don’t think its suitable for the younger children. The whole ghost, demon-like shadows were a bit much throughout the movie.

There is so much to learn from Tiana.  If you are going to dream – dream big and work hard at your dreams.

When you purchase the The Princess and The Frog Three Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Set you get so many extra features. Some of those features include:

• Magic In The Bayou: The Making of A Princess — Co-writers and directors John Musker and Ron Clements take a freewheeling, behind-the-scenes look at the making of Disney’s newest animated film as it grows from an initial concept to a lavish animated film set in the enchanting world of New Orleans and the surrounding bayous.
• The Return To Hand Drawn Animation
• The Disney Legacy
• Disney’s Newest Princess
• The Princess and the Animator
• Conjuring The Villain
• A Return To The Animated Musical
• Bringing Life to Animation with an introduction by John Musker and Ron Clements.
• Deleted Scenes introduced by the filmmakers
• Art Galleries — A collection of storyboard art traces the visual development of The Princess and the Frog’s rich gallery of characters and settings.

Disney has totally outdone themselves!  This is definitely a must watch.

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The Princess and The Frog is available for purchase for a suggested retail price of $44.99!

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We recently received a complimentary review copy of Super WHY!: Peter Rabbit and Other Fairytale Adventures. Super Why is a preschool series designed for children 3 though 6 and it provides children with the critical skills they need to read.

Super WHY!: Peter Rabbit and Other Fairytale Adventures includes 4 new-to-DVD adventures including:

• Peter Rabbit
• Tom Thumb
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Rapunzel

Each reading adventure presents a problem and the Super Readers must use their skills to get to the solution. These episodes will teach children about caring, getting help from others and teamwork. They will also practice spelling, rhyming and the alphabet with the Super Readers friends.

The DVD has a run time of approximately 100 minutes and includes special features including:

• Interactive Games
• Music Videos
• Coloring Pages

My children love watching Super Why and I feel good about letting them watch it. This series has received the 2008-2009 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Preschool Children’s Series. It’s a great choice for us, and I’m sure your children will love it too!

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Super WHY! : Peter Rabbit and Other Fairytale Adventures is available for a suggested retail price of $14.99.

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