Emma Watson To Play Belle in Disney’s Beauty & The Beast

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Usually, I hear the great summer anthem, “I’m Board” even though we just got back from the beach, the lake or something else fun. The great summer anthem rings through the house like an unwanted version of bohemian rhapsody. I will admit that during the summer, no matter how hard I try, getting them to read is a major battle. I’m so glad that I can grab a few “activity” books to keep on hand for when the anthem starts.
Fantasy Adventure Coloring Book
Enter an enchanted land of awesome ogres, legendary dwarves, and supernatural beasts. This imaginative coloring book will cast a spell on colorists of all ages, with fantastic visions of mythical creatures. Fantasy illustrator Eric Messinger presents dozens of detailed illustrations, ready to color with markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or gel pens.
Fantasy Adventure Coloring Book includes handy guides to coloring techniques like patterning, combinations, and shading. Guided Coloring Pages make coloring easy for beginners, with beautifully colored examples and ready-to-use color palettes. Each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper, and perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display.
Vera Bradley Coloring Collection
This deluxe boxed set provides four eye-catching Vera Bradley coloring card books in one attractive case! Printed on heavy cardstock with satin ribbon bookmarks and foil-embellished covers, each unique book offers 20 lovely coloring cards. The cards all feature authentic Vera Bradley designs, and detach easily from the book to share with friends. On the back of every card is the name of the design, a cheerful quote, and lines for personal notes. The Vera Bradley Coloring Collection is a wonderfully creative way to relax with simple beauty in the midst of our hectic lives.
Fun With Fidget Spinners
Become the ultimate spin master with this epic fidget spinner trick book. Work your way through 50 totally awesome tricks, ranging from beginner to advanced, plus cool games and challenges. Inside, you’ll find loads of tips and tricks for increasing your spin speed and time, plus tons of ideas for customizing your spinners to make them totally unique. Track your progress in the workbook section at the back of the book so you know which tricks you’ve mastered and your best stats. In no time, your tricks will go from super to the extreme!
A guide to the most popular spinners.
More than 50 great tricks and games from beginner to advanced.
How to care for and customize your fidget spinners.
Workbook for tracking tricks and stats.
Mind Magic
Everyone knows that most magic tricks are simply sleight-of-hand. Mental magic, on the other hand, can give the illusion of real paranormal powers. This dazzling collection offers a rich selection of mind-reading, spirit-raising, future-telling illusions, complete with tips on how to present them most effectively. Read palms with amazing accuracy, predict the future with tarot cards, conjure up table-tipping spirits, find psychic connections between people and their possessions, receive uncanny messages from the beyond, and even seem to know what people are thinking. Of course, it’s all in fun and all the explanations include the magician’s patter that goes with each trick–assuring that no matter how spooky the effect, the audience isn’t shocked or terrified, but delightfully amazed.
Geology Lab
Geology Lab for Kids features 52 simple, inexpensive, and fun experiments that explore the Earth’s surface, structure, and processes. This family-friendly guide explores the wonders of geology, such as the formation of crystals and fossils, the layers of the Earth’s crust, and how water shapes mountains, valleys, and canyons. There is no excuse for boredom with a year’s worth of captivating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) activities.
In this book, you will learn:
How to identify the most common rocks and minerals
How to maintain and display your rock collection
How insects are trapped and preserved in amber
How geysers and volcanoes form and erupt
How layers of rock reveal a record of time
How to pan for gold like a real prospector
Geology is an exciting science that helps us understand the world we live in, and Geology Lab for Kids actively engages readers in simple, creative activities that reveal the larger world at work.
What books do you have to keep your kiddos busy this summer?

As a mom to 2 young athletes and 2 anxiously waiting for their turn to hit the field I know just how overwhelming being the parent of an athlete can be. From Football to Basketball and adding Baseball and Soccer next year their needs just keep growing & with the holidays here I know just where I can go to get everything on their list and help out underfunded youth sports programs while doing so.
With our schedules & budget already stretched thin, I’m thankful that DICK’S Sporting Goods has extended store hours, great deals and promotions, plus a variety of ways to shop! DICK’S is the perfect place to find the “Gift that Matters” for the athletes and outdoor enthusiasts on your holiday shopping list this season.
DICK’S believes that sports make people better. As part of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation Sports Matter initiative, which helps youth athletic programs across the country receive vital funds to keep
their sports programs intact, DICK’S and The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation are once again helping to support youth athletic teams this holiday season.

Entenmann’s Little Bites is teaming up with Alvin & the Chipmunks just in time for the March 15th Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip DVD and Blu-ray release! From February through March keep an eye out for the specially marked Entenmann’s Little Bites Chocolate Chip-Munk Muffin boxes. Purchase of one box includes a FREE chipmunks song download, one fun on-box activity maze and a great coloring sheet inside the box! Entenmann’s Little Bites is also hosting Little Bites “Road Chip” Sweepstakes for fans to enter for a chance to win a 4 day/3 night family trip to Hollywood!
In the new movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip, Alvin, Simon, Theodore and their new companion, Miles, cross the United States in an epic road trip. They’re in a race against time to get to Miami before their dad, Dave, makes a life-changing decision. And Entenmann’s Little Bites® muffins are there to go right along with them as every family’s favorite on-the-go treat! That’s why they’re teaming up with Alvin and the Chipmunks for their Road Chip adventure!
Entenmann’s Little Bites are always appreciated in my house! The boys love to pack different flavors for our road trips. They are the perfect portions for holding them off till a meal time and who wouldn’t want a Chip-Munk Muffin?!
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Doesn’t every child deserve to go on an adventure? I am excited to announce that Crayon Crunch is launching a Kickstarter campaign to be the first personalized children’s book that is inclusive to every ethnicity and special need. While most personalized books allow the reader only to customize the lead character’s name, Crayon Crunch is taking personalization to a new level.
The printed picture book is filled with beautiful illustrations and allows readers to fully customize the lead character’s appearance. Including the name, facial features, eye color, hair color & style, skin tone and clothing. They even allow readers to add special needs such as glasses, wheelchair, prosthetics, and more.
The story is about your child who finds a magical box in the attic with a keyhole in the shape of the first letter of his/her name. Because the key is nowhere in sight, your child goes on an adventure where he or she meets many interesting characters that help him/her find the key. When your child finally unlocks the box there is a surprise for your child. Inside the box is a personal letter from a parent,family member, or friend who purchased the book.
About Crayon Crunch:
The idea for Crayon Crunch was born when co-founder Friederike Geiken visited her nephew for Christmas. She brought him a personalized book, where the lead character’s name was personalized to match her nephew’s. While everyone in Friederike’s family loved the book, her nephew could not associate himself with the character. There had to be a better way!
Friederike joined forces with Tim Osterbuhr and Kai Schmittat to launch Crayon Crunch. What started out, as a project to create a better book for her nephew quickly became a mission to represent every child in a printed book.
Check out their Crayon Crunch Kickstarter page!

Exercise is hard work, but it shouldn’t feel like a punishment. If going on a run before work at 6 am in the rain or hitting the gym feels like torture then it’s simply- don’t do it. Find something you do enjoy and go for that instead. You could try dancing, go swimming, go on bike rides or long hikes in nature with your dog. You could go ice skating, or to a kettlebell swing class- the options are endless. Exercise should feel good for the body and mind, there should be an element of fun and enjoyment there as this is what will motivate you to keep it up long term. If your current exercise regime doesn’t spark any joy in you then switch up your activities and try something else instead. Your frame of mind should be ‘I exercise because I care for my body and health’ not, ‘I exercise and put up with it because I have to’. Switch up your way of thinking and find activities to suit.
Get into cooking
Learning how to cook and getting pleasure from creating your own meals is one of the best things any of us can do. We all have to eat, and if you see preparing your food as a chore it’s always going to be easy to call in takeout or eat convenience foods that are bad for the wallet as well as the waistline. Self-care involves nourishing your body with the right foods, and if you cook from scratch is much easier to get the good stuff into your diet. You know exactly what your meals contain and can limit salt, sugar and fat. If you know how to cook well, everything will be flavourful and delicious without these unhealthy additives- get used to using herbs and spices instead. Cooking can be a relaxing activity, and feeding yourself well is one of the best ways to care for yourself. Start with simple recipes and work your way up as your understanding grows. Sites like Pinterest are full of ideas, or you could purchase a recipe subscription box to get you started. These come with simple instructions and all of the ingredients you need to make recipes you’ve selected.
Indulge carefully
We all need a little indulgence at times, to let our hair down and just enjoy life. Whether it’s having a bottle of wine at a party or tucking into a big slice of chocolate cake or sleeping in all day on Sunday and not getting out of bed. But it’s important to do these things carefully, as it’s where the line between self-care and self destruct can be a little less clear. If you only indulge from time to time, you really enjoy it when you give yourself the opportunity. Do it all the time and you can damage your health, it becomes part of everyday life and stops becoming enjoyable. Do give yourself a break now and again, we all deserve time off and some guilt-free indulgences. But get back to living your normal happy, healthy life afterwards.
How do you practice self-care, and do you ever sometimes do things that could possibly toe the line of self destruct?