Sunday, May 9, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Different Era (Thankfully)
Last night I took my son to East Side Marios (FYI Kids eat free is on from Mon-Wed where we live).
We sat so we could see the screen with the Canadian Women's Hockey playing Sweden.
My son asked Do you know how many medals the Canadian Women's Hockey team has won? I said I know at least 2 gold medals
(I've since looked it up 1998 - Won Silver Medal 2002 - Won Gold Medal 2006 - Won Gold Medal)
& he responded THAT'S IT? Only 2 we're known for hockey!!! Why only 2?
That's when it clicked.
I told him that the Women's hockey has only been recognized as an Olympic Sport for the last 3 Winter Games (as well as the one we were currently watching).
He asked WHY?
Goes to show you how things change. He's not from the mindset that girls can't play sports. He doesn't have a sister so it's not like he can see her play. It's great to know that our kids have a different mindset.
It also makes much more sense to why he laughs so hard at this EGGS commercial. He keeps saying, those guys don't know that these girls are in the Olympics. Most chuckle because of the whole girls playing hockey thing.
I'm glad to know there's a shift in this thinking. No more Us VS Them when it comes to sports. We can all play (well except me, due to an extreme lack of co-ordination, but I'll cheer from the sidelines).
Here's another great example of sports commercials with more forward thinking
We sat so we could see the screen with the Canadian Women's Hockey playing Sweden.
My son asked Do you know how many medals the Canadian Women's Hockey team has won? I said I know at least 2 gold medals
(I've since looked it up 1998 - Won Silver Medal 2002 - Won Gold Medal 2006 - Won Gold Medal)
& he responded THAT'S IT? Only 2 we're known for hockey!!! Why only 2?
That's when it clicked.
I told him that the Women's hockey has only been recognized as an Olympic Sport for the last 3 Winter Games (as well as the one we were currently watching).
He asked WHY?
Goes to show you how things change. He's not from the mindset that girls can't play sports. He doesn't have a sister so it's not like he can see her play. It's great to know that our kids have a different mindset.
It also makes much more sense to why he laughs so hard at this EGGS commercial. He keeps saying, those guys don't know that these girls are in the Olympics. Most chuckle because of the whole girls playing hockey thing.
I'm glad to know there's a shift in this thinking. No more Us VS Them when it comes to sports. We can all play (well except me, due to an extreme lack of co-ordination, but I'll cheer from the sidelines).
Here's another great example of sports commercials with more forward thinking
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Thank-You for our newest source of fun! & our 1st Flip Video
As you may know Tweens love anything that sounds gadgety. I don't know how many times I've been asked to purchase a SHAM WOW or MIGHTY PUTTY (infact one time I had a pimple & was told I NEED TO BUY THE MASK=PROACTIVE). They advertise all these products on Teletoon Retro (which is something I should add to my post from a few days ago about what to watch with a tween).
Back to gadgets. We do have some gadgets, but not many Hi-Tech ones.
That all changed!
On twitter we won a Flip Ultra HD!
Courtesy of @ParentClub (follow her, she rocks)
So here's our thank-you card/video
Back to gadgets. We do have some gadgets, but not many Hi-Tech ones.
That all changed!
On twitter we won a Flip Ultra HD!
Courtesy of @ParentClub (follow her, she rocks)
So here's our thank-you card/video
Sunday, January 17, 2010
What to watch with a Tween ?!?!?!?!!?
I myself am looking forward to the arrival of THE A-TEAM to theatres this summer (take a look)
Once again I'm up in the air if it's appropriate for my son.
Seeing this brings me back to the days of watching shows like
THE A-TEAM & THE DUKES OF HAZZARD. These were just fun shows filled with comedy & adventure (& a lot of car chases).
Where are those shows now?
Heck I'd even settle for something like Love Boat or the Cosby Show we can watch & not have to discuss later.
Everything now is full of CRIME DRAMA or INAPPROPRIATE COMEDY for his age.
What happened TV networks?
Did you forget families do like to watch TV together? You know, just turn it on & click to something funny or action packed.
If you want to do that now, it involves renting a movie (which then means making popcorn, turing the house into movie theatre etc).
What do we watch?
Survior, YTV & Sports
Survivor is funny & adventurous. He gets bored during the monologues, but joins me to see the challenges & the voting at the end.
YTV has shows like Drake & Josh, as well as iCarly (but have heard those shows are moving to Nick Canada & I think I'll have to pay to get that channel).
As for Sports. This used to be the true fun experience for us. We would watch the games at night & in the morning we'd watch the Sportscentre highlights.
That all changed with Tiger Woods. Not that I think Athletes are role models, it's just that one morning Sportscentre spent most of it's show talking about that whole fiasco. I kept clicking away & back to the station since I kept hearing "I really want to see the scores". I'd click back, still talking about Tiger. Click away & click back & the announcers are talking about Tiger. Click away & click back, now everyone on the show is joking about Tiger.
Seriously? I when did TSN become TMZ ?
So here I am hoping that the A-TEAM movie will be so successful that they make a TV spinoff, which would then bring that whole thing full circle (expecting the new plotlines not to be extremly violent & controversial).
One can only hope.
What do watch with your children? I'd love to hear, maybe we would enjoy it too!
Once again I'm up in the air if it's appropriate for my son.
Seeing this brings me back to the days of watching shows like
THE A-TEAM & THE DUKES OF HAZZARD. These were just fun shows filled with comedy & adventure (& a lot of car chases).
Where are those shows now?
Heck I'd even settle for something like Love Boat or the Cosby Show we can watch & not have to discuss later.
Everything now is full of CRIME DRAMA or INAPPROPRIATE COMEDY for his age.
What happened TV networks?
Did you forget families do like to watch TV together? You know, just turn it on & click to something funny or action packed.
If you want to do that now, it involves renting a movie (which then means making popcorn, turing the house into movie theatre etc).
What do we watch?
Survior, YTV & Sports
Survivor is funny & adventurous. He gets bored during the monologues, but joins me to see the challenges & the voting at the end.
YTV has shows like Drake & Josh, as well as iCarly (but have heard those shows are moving to Nick Canada & I think I'll have to pay to get that channel).
As for Sports. This used to be the true fun experience for us. We would watch the games at night & in the morning we'd watch the Sportscentre highlights.
That all changed with Tiger Woods. Not that I think Athletes are role models, it's just that one morning Sportscentre spent most of it's show talking about that whole fiasco. I kept clicking away & back to the station since I kept hearing "I really want to see the scores". I'd click back, still talking about Tiger. Click away & click back & the announcers are talking about Tiger. Click away & click back, now everyone on the show is joking about Tiger.
Seriously? I when did TSN become TMZ ?
So here I am hoping that the A-TEAM movie will be so successful that they make a TV spinoff, which would then bring that whole thing full circle (expecting the new plotlines not to be extremly violent & controversial).
One can only hope.
What do watch with your children? I'd love to hear, maybe we would enjoy it too!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
My 1st Retail Giveaway!
Hey there Holiday readers, hope you are well this holiday season!
Things are very exciting around my place! We're busy playing Squeeballs for Nintendo Wii & DS
This game is rated E10, which is perfect for my son!
It's a game about being a toy tester. As a player you must run these toys balls through a variety of challenges to see if they hold up under the Extreme playing situations.
The Squeeballs that pass the tests make it off their island & can go to the toy store.
It's truly a fun & silly game, which makes it perfect for family play.
There are several ways to play it. On our Wii we chose PARTY MODE so we could take turns playing the challenges on the Ladder. As you get better, more challenges are unlocked & added to the Ladder.
I don't know about the DS version yet, as my son won't let me get my hands on it (so I'm guessing that's a good thing).
Want to see why we're giggling all day with this game? Take a look at this short video http://www.squeeballs.com/#/see-us-in-action
Also on the site you can see other info about the game by clicking the buttons on the blender (yup you get to blend a Squeeball - too funny!)
I'm giving away a copy of Squeeballs for Wii & a separate copy of Squeeballs for DS.
Here's how to enter
Answer this question in the comment section... Where do the Squeeballs that pass the tests end up? Answer that along with your name & email in the comment section.
I know some of you like to get extra entries, so for each of these you do, leave a separate comment for each one you have done
1. Follow me on twitter @those2girls
2. Tweet this... Wow @those2girls are doing @Squeeballs giveaway here http://itsnoteasyraisingatween.blogspot.com/ #squeeballs
3. RSVP to the TWTvite for MeFest on the sidebar of this page.
4. Join the Those 2 Girls Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&viewas=0&ref=mf&gid=29614118262 & leave a comment on the wall there
5. Put a link from your Blog, Facebook page, YouTube channel to this post, send me the links for them
Winners will be contacted by email
Alright everyone hope you all have a great time over the Holidays!
This contest ends at Midnight NEW YEARS EVE so get in on it before that GIANT SQUEEBALL in NEW YORK drops-ha!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Star Wars in Concert
As many of you know we went to STAR WARS IN CONCERT last week.
It was well worth the ticket price & I would go again.
I made it an early Christmas gift for my Tween & myself, as we are both STAR WARS FANS!
We got there early & somehow got in with EARLY VIP's (one of those right time, right place kind of things). This meant no lineups for the Displays. Yes that's right DISPLAYS!! All from George Lucas's archives. So awesome!
Here's 4 clips
1st is a slideshow of the displays, made by me with my pics (& with fun music to make the 2 minutes go by fast)
The 2nd clip is not from me, but you get an overview of the show
(no video or flash photography allowed during the show & I wasn't going to risk it after the price I paid for tickets)
This clip is also not from me, but just to show you, we'd be watching the screen & forget that it's a live orchestra playing the music (the music is not added to the film). See you catch yourself forgetting as well
This final clip (again not mine) is to show how each piece was presented.
First Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C3PO (okay the GOLD ROBOT for those who still don't know who I mean) would introduce the piece live on stage, then the orchestra would play while the segmanet played on the GIANORMOUS screen!
There were two standing ovations for the show. For the second ovation Anthony Daniels came out in a Toronto Maple Leaf Jersey with the #3 on it (do you get it?)
So as you can tell it's all still fresh in my mind & I will sign off by saying
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.......ALWAYS
It was well worth the ticket price & I would go again.
I made it an early Christmas gift for my Tween & myself, as we are both STAR WARS FANS!
We got there early & somehow got in with EARLY VIP's (one of those right time, right place kind of things). This meant no lineups for the Displays. Yes that's right DISPLAYS!! All from George Lucas's archives. So awesome!
Here's 4 clips
1st is a slideshow of the displays, made by me with my pics (& with fun music to make the 2 minutes go by fast)
The 2nd clip is not from me, but you get an overview of the show
(no video or flash photography allowed during the show & I wasn't going to risk it after the price I paid for tickets)
This clip is also not from me, but just to show you, we'd be watching the screen & forget that it's a live orchestra playing the music (the music is not added to the film). See you catch yourself forgetting as well
This final clip (again not mine) is to show how each piece was presented.
First Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C3PO (okay the GOLD ROBOT for those who still don't know who I mean) would introduce the piece live on stage, then the orchestra would play while the segmanet played on the GIANORMOUS screen!
There were two standing ovations for the show. For the second ovation Anthony Daniels came out in a Toronto Maple Leaf Jersey with the #3 on it (do you get it?)
So as you can tell it's all still fresh in my mind & I will sign off by saying
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.......ALWAYS
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Parade Etiquette
I was lucky enough to have a Saturday night off the same night as the Cambridge Nightime Christmas Parade.
It was a great time for us, yet I feel some out there could have used these DO & DON'T lessons......
DO Allow time for travel, parking & picking out the perfect site.
The parade started at 6pm & Cambridge is about a 20 min drive from my house, plus I wanted to park somewhere that is easy to leave from. Also being the shorty that I am, I always like to get there early enough so we can both see, yet not too long before otherwise my son will get impatient & want to leave.
DON'T Arrive late, & expect to stand right in front of my perfect spot that I've been waiting at least half an hour
DO If someone does stand right in front of you be polite. In my case I said "Excuse me, I don't mind if you block my view, but please don't block my son's"
DON'T Be like the lady next to me who then yelled out "Yeah how ignorant is that!"
DO Get everything organized before the parade starts. Camera out, water bottle opened etc.
DON'T Do things you should have done while walking from the parking lot IE start yelling "Well I'd go to Tim Horton's but no one will move for me" or my fave light up your smoke in a crowd of children (I don't really care if you smoke, just don't do it in a dense crowd).
DO Dress properly. Yes it was a beautiful 15 degrees Celsius in November yesterday, but I knew that once the sun came down it would not stay that temperature. We brought toques & gloves.
DON'T Think it will be warm enough for your child to wear a sleeveless vest so that their nose can drip beside me the whole time.
DO Help the people out around you. Taking family pictures, passing money for cotton candy etc.
DON'T Keep up your conversations by trying to yell over the bands passing by
DO Cheer for Santa!
DON'T Run in front of others to get to the front (see 1st "DON'T)
DO Wait for the crowd to disperse to pack up folding blankets, folding chairs etc.
DON'T Come stomping through, pushing around all the small children in your path.
DO Ask your child what he/she enjoyed most about the parade on the trek back to the vehicle
DON'T Feel that everyone around you needs to know you're going home to enjoy a cold one!
Yes, agreed most of these items are common sense, yet these DON'Ts are actually things I witnessed last night. That's why I now refer to Common Sense, as RARE Sense (it rarely gets used in these situations). So make sure to review these few simple steps to enjoy the parade as much as he did!
For a listing of parades in your area, please visit http://yummymummyclub.ca/santa_claus_parades
It was a great time for us, yet I feel some out there could have used these DO & DON'T lessons......
DO Allow time for travel, parking & picking out the perfect site.
The parade started at 6pm & Cambridge is about a 20 min drive from my house, plus I wanted to park somewhere that is easy to leave from. Also being the shorty that I am, I always like to get there early enough so we can both see, yet not too long before otherwise my son will get impatient & want to leave.
DON'T Arrive late, & expect to stand right in front of my perfect spot that I've been waiting at least half an hour
DO If someone does stand right in front of you be polite. In my case I said "Excuse me, I don't mind if you block my view, but please don't block my son's"
DON'T Be like the lady next to me who then yelled out "Yeah how ignorant is that!"
DO Get everything organized before the parade starts. Camera out, water bottle opened etc.
DON'T Do things you should have done while walking from the parking lot IE start yelling "Well I'd go to Tim Horton's but no one will move for me" or my fave light up your smoke in a crowd of children (I don't really care if you smoke, just don't do it in a dense crowd).
DO Dress properly. Yes it was a beautiful 15 degrees Celsius in November yesterday, but I knew that once the sun came down it would not stay that temperature. We brought toques & gloves.
DON'T Think it will be warm enough for your child to wear a sleeveless vest so that their nose can drip beside me the whole time.
DO Help the people out around you. Taking family pictures, passing money for cotton candy etc.
DON'T Keep up your conversations by trying to yell over the bands passing by
DO Cheer for Santa!
DON'T Run in front of others to get to the front (see 1st "DON'T)
DO Wait for the crowd to disperse to pack up folding blankets, folding chairs etc.
DON'T Come stomping through, pushing around all the small children in your path.
DO Ask your child what he/she enjoyed most about the parade on the trek back to the vehicle
DON'T Feel that everyone around you needs to know you're going home to enjoy a cold one!
Yes, agreed most of these items are common sense, yet these DON'Ts are actually things I witnessed last night. That's why I now refer to Common Sense, as RARE Sense (it rarely gets used in these situations). So make sure to review these few simple steps to enjoy the parade as much as he did!
For a listing of parades in your area, please visit http://yummymummyclub.ca/santa_claus_parades
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