It was a rare day today where both my husband and older daughter were off from work on the same day. We decided to make lunch and watch and watch Men In Black 3 together, streaming from Vudu.com…..before it’s even released on DVD to the public.

If you read my last post about pre-ordering MIB3 at Walmart, you’ll know that we registered for a free account at vudu.com, redeemed our code from the pre-order version that we bought at Walmart and now we can watch it streaming before it’s available for purchase on November 30. Cool, huh?

It only took a few seconds to connect our PS3 with Vudu. Go to vudu.com, hover over Devices in the top navigational bar, click your device and follow the directions. It’s as simple as clicking the vudu app on your device, installing it and watching your movie. You’ll even get a $5.99 credit towards future rentals.

So back to our day….we made lunch – I had a Boca vegetarian chicken patty (love them!) and my family had hotdogs. We’ve been buying organic hotdogs from Applegate and they really like them.  My younger daughter set up the PS3 in the living room (it’s her’s so it was in her room) and we watched MIB3.

I don’t want to give anything away, but it was really funny! It had some good one-liners in it, as you would expect from MIB. It had a little twist to it , kind of emotional, but not mushy. It’s a great family movie!

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My teen daughters (14 & 17) invited some of their friends over to hang out, play video games, have lunch and sample Unreal candy!! Before we tell you how it went, let me tell you about this innovative company.

Produced in the USA and Canada, Unreal’s mission is to recreate America’s most popular and best selling candies, without using corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils, artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. It was started by a family; father and two young sons after setting out to find a healthy replacement for the Halloween candy they collected trick or treating.

Everyone really enjoyed the candy! Some of the boys were asking me about it, wanting to know what it was – they were trying the peanut butter cups and thought they were Reese’s. One of the girls told me she saw Unreal candy in the store the other day and she had considered buying it so she was happy to have the chance to sample it.

My 14 year old daughter loved the peanut butter cups – she said they were better tasting than Reese’s and the peanut butter tastes “real”.

I gave out goodie bags, filled with all five types of Unreal candy to each family and the moms were very interested in tasting it and finding out more information. One of the moms said she has just saw an Unreal display in the store that morning and had bought a bag to try it out.

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From our friends at E.T, here’s a 30th anniversary coloring sheet, plus a cute stencil that you can use in many different projects. Enjoy!

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Happy Halloween from Autumn & Kids and Wreck-It Ralph!

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Here’s a Halloween twist to a classic favorite. This is great for kids parties or a movie night in with your family.

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With Halloween right around the corner and Thanksgiving coming up next month, gift giving is something we’re all thinking about.

Floral centerpieces make a beautiful gift, one that will add beauty to any home. It’s also the type of gift that would be appreciated because it’s usually not something we would normally buy for ourselves. Flowers are perfect for hostess gifts, but equally as appropriate for grandparents and family members who live out of state.

Teleflora creates awesome floral arrangements, like this one for Halloween. This limited edition, Teleflora exclusive comes in a black vase that you can reuse throughout the year. A friendly spider tops off this arrangement of orange roses, lilies and carnations mixed with green and red chrysanthemums.

This darling squirrel and acorn ceramic keepsake vase is part of Teleflora’s Flowers-in-a-Gift collection. It comes filled with orange gerberas, peach carnations, yellow and bronze chrysanthemums, oregonia and autumn oak leaves.

Teleflora has been in business for over 75 years. Shopping local is important and Teleflora works with florists in your area, who will create your arrangements and deliver them with care.

They have a section devoted to seasonal flowers, which can save you money because like anything, when you buy whats in season prices are typically lower because theres an abundant supply.

 
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My family is looking forward to watching Men In Black 3, which is being released November 30 on Blu Ray/DVD. We’ve seen, and enjoyed, the first two. I called my local Super Walmart ahead of time to check if it was available for pre-order, which it was so my daughter Jacqueline & I went to pick it up and do a little shopping for a get-together with friends that she and my other daughter Shawna, are hosting at our house.

We couldn’t find a display stand with the movie, so we asked a cashier in the Entertainment department and she quickly found it for us. We paid for the pre-purchase movie version and finished the rest of our shopping.
More pictures here.

These were so cute and soft! I think someone may get them from Santa this year. 

Creepy decorations for Halloween!

All done and time to check out!

When we got home, I went to vudu.com to create an account and redeem my code for my digital copy of MIB3. Plus, you can get one free digital movie when you sign up. Click the green, “Start Here” button.

Create your account. It took seconds to do.

I redeemed my code and my digital UltraViolet copy was instantly added to the ‘My Vudu’ tab under ‘Watch Movies’.

Vudu.com will mail me a DVD copy, but in the meantime I can watch the digital version using our PSP3 and TV. Check out this trailer from the movie and I’ll be back with a review of the movie after we watch it.

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I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Gutzy Gear and I was lucky enough to have just the right group of kids to help me – our local  homeschool group!

Gutzy Gear is a woman-owned business, founded by cousins Lauren Bass and Wendy Koolik. They were inspired by their grandmother’s keepsake golf sweater, decorated with patches of her accomplishments and travel destinations. They decided to duplicate the concept for kids and wanted to give them a way to show their hobbies and interests.

You start with a backpack, messenger bag, guitar strap, or any wide strap that you want to personalize and decorate. The Gutzy Gear strap covers – they come two to a box – secure around the strap using velcro closures. Then you add your patches and personalize it! The strap covers also come with a starter patch.

We had kids of all ages at our activity, which is always the case with our fabulous group, and the vast age span ranged from 5 – 17. After giving out the strap covers and starter patch to each child, we opened up all the patch packs and everyone picked out their favorite to add to their strap.

After that we played one of the games that Gutzy provided us with. We chose BINGO and each child got to randomly choose their third patch as they won. After that the kids traded patches and showed off their bags.

I wanted their opinions of Gutzy and here’s what some of them said;

11 year old boy: “Very, very fun and cool!! Really enjoyed playing bingo”
14 year old girl: “A lot of fun and very entertaining”
8 year old boy: “Had a lot of fun and wants to order more patches”

Here’s what the moms thought;
“Very unique, creative and easy to do”
“Really easy and the older kids seemed to enjoy it also”
“All the kids liked it and we’re going to check their website when we get home”

Thanks Gutzy Gear!!

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We’re thrilled to have teamed up with Kara’s Deals and Steals and 45 other fabulous bloggers to bring you this Halloween Cash Bash to give one lucky person the chance to win $220 Paypal cash! Kara is also celebrating 10k Facebook fans and the 6 month anniversary of cash bash giveaways.

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To help celebrate the start of apple picking season, Autumn & Kids has teamed up with Budget Earth and Mew Review to bring you an awesome apple themed giveaway. There will be two winners in this giveaway; one will win a collectors edition of Apples to Apples and the other will win an Apple Scented Soy Candle!

Apples To Apples is a fun board game for all ages. My kids are teens and we still play! To learn more about Apples To Apples, check out Mew Review's review.

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