In just a few days my girls and I are headed to California for this year’s Disney Social Media Moms Celebration in Disneyland. This annual conference is one of the most celebrated among social media mavens and only a small number of bloggers are invited to attend each year. The coveted event is packed with dynamic speakers, opportunities to learn from industry experts, fabulous networking opportunities and plenty of doses of Disney MAGIC! Needless to say, we are all beyond {Read More}
The Disney Social Media Moms Celebration – A Magical Invitation!
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I am beyond thrilled to announce that I will be attending this year’s Disney Social Media Moms Celebration in the Happiest Place on Earth–Disneyland! The magical invitation arrived in my email at what was a very appropriate moment as my daughters and I were in the middle of decorating our house for our #DisneySide at Home Celebration when the happy news arrived. 2014 marks the 5th year the Celebration/Conference is being held and this is the first time it is {Read More}
Muppets Most Wanted Extended Game Day Trailer!
I am so excited about the revitalization of the Muppets. Growing up, the Muppets were a huge part of our family life. We watched the Muppet Show with my dad on Saturday nights and saw all the movies in the theaters. Later, when VCRs came out, The Muppet Movie was one of the first ones we rented. A couple of years ago I purchased the entire collection of the Muppet Show–Seasons 1, 2 & 3–for my girls on DVD, and {Read More}
Disney’s #Frozen Sing-a-Long Now in Theaters!
Great news for Frozen lovers everywhere–and this is certainly the case for the girls in our house! Friday, January 31st is the opening date of the sing-along version of the award winning Disney film Frozen, featuring Kristin Bell and Idina Menzel as princesses Anna and Elsa. My girls bought the soundtrack on iTunes and have been listening to and singing along with it pretty much non-stop since we saw the movie. I find myself singing the songs on my own {Read More}
I’m Hosting a #DisneySide @Home Celebration!
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Disclosure: As a Disney Side @Home Celebration host I received a complimentary celebration kit from Disney Parks and Mom Select. All opinions in this post are my own. I’m very excited to announce that I was chosen by Disney to host a celebration in honor of their new “Show Your Disney Side” campaign! As a Disney Side host, I will be throwing a party in my home that inspires and encourages my guests to show their Disney sides. I’ll also {Read More}
Delivery Man Comes to Theaters November 22nd!
From DreamWorks Pictures comes “Delivery Man”, the story of affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob, rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn’t look worse for David when he is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the identity of the donor. As David struggles to decide {Read More}
Before the Parade Passes By – Disney Mom’s Panel Hopefuls are Waiting for Pixie Dust!
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Today is a big day, folks! This afternoon, right about when the three o’clock parade begins in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney Mom’s Panel hopefuls will begin to see pixie dust sprinkling into their in-boxes. Applications for this year’s Mom’s Panel were due back in mid-September and Disney will be notifying applicants this afternoon as to whether or not they will be advancing to Round 2 of the application process. Despite its name, the Mom’s {Read More}
Toy Story of Terror Premiers Tomorrow!
When I was a kid, in the era before VCRs, DVDs and Netflix, holiday television specials were the rage and we waited with anticipation for the nights when our favorites would be aired each year. In this spirit, Disney’s Pixar Studios is releasing it’s own version of a holiday special tomorrow night with Toy Story of Terror, a televised Halloween episode that plays upon all of the quirks of the horror genre in the classically brilliant Pixar way. In the {Read More}
Disney Collection by Vera Bradley
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I don’t know about you, but I am a huge fan of Vera Bradley’s gorgeous prints. This past holiday season I purchased Vera Bradley bags for several of the ladies in my family and everyone absolutely adored them. And now, what fun! Vera Bradley is releasing their new Disney Collection and with it I have discovered my ultimate bag–beautiful Vera Bradley fabrics interspersed with little images of my favorite mouse and his adorable lady friend. The release date for the {Read More}
A Peek into Saving Mr. Banks
Walt Disney Pictures released the first trailer yesterday for it’s upcoming film, “Saving Mr. Banks” (to premiere December, 2013) which tells the fascinating story of how Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) obtained the rights to “Mary Poppins” from the books’ irascible author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson). Mary Poppins, the magical film as well as the books upon which the film was based, has been the favorite in our home for years and the release of “Saving Mr. Banks” has our family {Read More}
