Featuring Sarah Vowell as the voice of Violet, Holly Hunter as the voice of Helen, Craig T. Nelson as the voice of Bob and Huck Milner as the voice of Dash, Disney•Pixar’s Incredibles 2 is now out on DVD/Blu-Ray. Just like in the first flick, the Incredibles follows the adventures of a family of undercover, and technically illegal, … [Read more...]
Disney’s Tangled Before Ever After, Now on DVD
Disney's Tangled Before Ever After comes out on DVD today. I am guessing most of you have seen Tangled, Disney's take on the Rapunzel story. It shouldn't surprise any of my regular readers to know that my long hair obsessed kiddos enjoyed the original film. I liked it too. Rapunzel holds her own in a fight, wields a mean frying pan, and does as much saving as she herself … [Read more...]
Little Mermaid II and Ariel’s Beginning 2 {Review}
Do you have any Little Mermaid fans in your house? Well if so then you are in luck! Disney has The Little Mermaid II and Ariel's Beginning 2-Movie Collection that you can check out for Little Mermaid fun! In The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, one of Disney’s most beloved characters reveals the extraordinary events that led up to her transformation into a princess. Long … [Read more...]
Enjoy Feisty Pint-Sized Adventure with Disney’s The Pirate Fairy
My daughters love pirates. Captain Hook style hats, eye patches, scarves and cutlasses abound in our playclothes bin. My girls also love fairies. Pixie dust, flitting wings and weird shadows; excited shouts of bedroom fairy sightings are a regular occurrence at our place. Pirates and Fairies together? The mere idea is almost too much excitement for their them to bear (Whenever … [Read more...]
Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Jake’s Never Land Rescue {Review}
Last week the big kid had a cold. She stayed home sick from school, which was the perfect excuse for a Jake and the Never Land Pirates marathon. I knew my daughters liked this show but aside from a quarter of an episode that we watched together in a hotel room over the summer I had never seen it myself. The girls snuggled down, and I set up the TV fully planning to sneak off … [Read more...]
Memories & Mom Guilt a.k.a. Disney’s The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid. This is a Disney movie I have such fond memories of. I remember taking a trip to Florida to visit family, and visiting the newly opened MGM Studios at Walt Disney World. There are so many parts of that day that stand out in my mind; the rides, the stars, the food, but my fondest memories is of walking through the animation studio area and standing … [Read more...]
Disney’s Brother Bear & Brother Bear 2 {Review}
I had the chance to review Disney's Brother Bear Blu-ray Combo Pack. This two movie collection includes both Brother Bear and Brother Bear 2, digitally restored and in hi-def. I had seen Disney's Brother Bear when it originally came out on DVD a few years back, in my pre-mom days. I remember watching it while child-minding for a friend, and enjoying it at the time. I wasn't … [Read more...]
Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVDs GIANT $150 Christmas Giveaway ~ Holiday Gift Guide 2012
Scholastic wants to help make a very merry Christmas for one lucky Maple Leaf Mommy reader, with four very special gifts! Scholastic, best know for it's books, also has a phenomenal line of storybook based DVDs. Scholastic Storybook Treasures feature award winning kids books, classics and new found favourites, all transformed into fully animated, professionally narrated … [Read more...]
Tikki Tikki Tembo – Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD
Tikki Tikki Tembo and more stories to celebrate Asian heritage is one of the many DVDs in the Scholastic Storybook Treasures series. My husband happened to be home sick on the day when I first opened this DVD, so the family snuggled up on the couch and watched it together. My husband announced his intentions to just lay down on the couch and sleep. Half through the DVD, … [Read more...]