New App for Twilight Loving Tweens

My daughter as you know is addicted to her itouch. Well she has just discovered a new App which has her full attention. It's Scene It? Twilight. It's a cool trivia game. It asks you questions to find out your Twilight knowledge while showing you scenes from the movie. It also has cool puzzle games. She's played with her friends and they had a great time doing it the little twilight addicts.

There is also a board game and there will soon be a Scene It? Twilight Wii game. I may have to look into the Wii game for Christmas or her birthday.

My 8 Year Old's Christmas Wish List

Okay well I gave you a hint into my 12 year olds Christmas List now here is my younger tween's wish list. She's still loves little girl things and I'm so happy Santa gets to buy Barbies and American Girl dolls still. So here we go.

First off she wants another Harumika Set As I've said before she loves this and honestly can not get enough of it.

Next she's hoping for a Liv Fashion Doll She has one and loves her. They have different wigs that they can wear and you can play online with them as well. It seems like every toy out there has some connection to the internet.

She's really hoping for Lego Rock Band for the Wii. We have Guitar Hero World tour and to be honest she doesn't really know a lot of the songs but she loves to play. This game has much more familiar songs and it's made to be a little easier for younger players. Maybe I'll even be able to play without screwing up.

She wants the Polly Pocket Roller Coaster Resort Playset. This is actually one toy I wish she would grow out of, but she just loves them. My vacuum loves them too. I honestly don't know how many Polly Pocket shoes it's sucked up.

A list can not be complete without wanting the Disney Fairies: Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure DS game. My daughter loves Tinker Bell and her friends but really who doesn't.

She's also hoping for A Zhu Zhu Pet. These things are impossible to find, but lucky for her Santa happened to walk into a Toys R Us and there they were. It's going to be a very happy Christmas.

Finally she wants a sewing machine so she can make clothes. She wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up. She wants to be on Project Runway. If anyone out there knows a reasonable priced sewing machine that would be good for an 8 year old to learn to sew with please share your knowledge.

My Tweens Christmas Wish List

I love Christmas it's my favorite time of the year without a doubt. It seems a little early to worry about buying Christmas presents. I mean we haven't even gotten to Thanksgiving yet. However, every store you go into now has Christmas decorations up and they're all playing Christmas music. That means get out there and start buying.

So I asked both my daughters for their Christmas wish lists. Let me tell you about a few of the items my daughter is hoping to receive. She's on the nice list now, but she better be careful or she could end up on the naughty list. I love having that threat to hang over them this time of year. Santa is always watching after all.

First item she's hoping for is a small Coach Bag. Not one of the really expensive ones. Just a cute little one. My daughter dreams big. Tween girls always want to be cool and this is definitely cool. We'll see what Santa can do and who Santa knows to make this one happen.

Another item she is hoping to receive is the Style Savvy DS game. It looks like fun and since she is a huge fan of Project Runway I'm sure she'll have fun with it.

Next she really wants The Sims 3 computer game. These games are huge with all her friends right now. They talk about their sims like they're real people.

She's hoping for some Twilight make-up that you can get at Nordstroms. She likes Alice's palette the best. Oh and the Lullaby lip balm. We'll see on that one. Anything Twilight is high on her list right now.

I've already mentioned in previous posts that she wants the Bella and Edward Barbie dolls. I'm hearing these are getting harder and harder to get. Luckily Santa pre- ordered them from Amazon.

Finally, she's hoping for some clothes from Abercrombie and Aeropostoale. We'll see what goes on sale before Christmas.

There are a few other items that she's hoping for and I'll probably bring them up in another post. This seems like quite enough for now. Tomorrow I'll post my 8 year old's list. I really do love playing Santa.

Glee Is Back!

Well last night brought Glee back to TV after a 2 week break for the World Series. I wouldn't have minded if my beloved Red Sox were in the series, but they weren't so I found the whole thing annoying as did my daughter. Both her and her friends have been counting down the days. The only thing we had to sustain her was the release of the Glee Vol. 1 Soundtrack. We have been listening to it nonstop in the the car. It's totally worth the purchase. Glee Vol. 2 Soundtrack will be released on on December 8. I will totally be getting that.

Last nights episode was great and had a really nice message. The episode was entitled "Wheels" and focuses on Artie, a member of the glee club who is restricted to a wheel chair because of a car accident. The club needs to earn money for a special bus so he can ride with the club to regionals. At first the club seems to not be concerned until the teacher, Will, makes each of the other members of the club use a wheel chair for 3 hours a day. Soon they all learn how difficult things are for Artie and they work hard to earn the money. On one of the side stories the cheer leading coach allows a cute girl with down syndrome to join the cheer leading team. Will believes she is up to no good, but it is soon revealed that she wants the girl to be happy and treated like everyone else. This shocks Will and the audience is surprised to learn that Sue's sister also a sister with Downs Syndrome that she visits regularly. This woman does have a heart. Who knew? This was a real feel good episode.

The songs were again fabulous. My favorites being Defying Gravity sung by both Rachel and Kurt in a diva off. Oh and Proud Mary sung by the cast but mainly by Artie, Mercedes, and Tina. I'm really looking forward to next weeks episode as is my daughter. She can not get enough. We are such Gleeks.

My Scifi Tween and V

Back in the 80's all scifi geeks were treated to a fabulous mini series on ABC. This series was V It had a sequel mini series entitled V - The Final Battle and a wonderful television series simply entitled V - The Series I remember thinking this was the coolest show ever and I never missed and episode. When the series was released on DVD I ran out that day and purchased it. I have watched it many times as has my 12 year old. She loves all things scifi. She can thank her Star Wars loving mom and Trekie dad for this. She really had no choice, but to watch these shows. Good thing she likes them and wants to see more.

For anyone out there that isn't aware of what V is. First off V stands for Visitor, alien Visitor that is. It's a Scifi show that has aliens come to Earth in these large mother ships offering to help us cure diseases and give us technology looking only for our friendship. They look exactly like us so they are welcomed with open arms. Little do we know they are lizard people in disguise who really want to use us as a food source, very diabolical. Anyway a resistance forms and the battle for survival begins. Who sides with the visitors and who is on your side? Very exciting stuff here.

When I found out V was being made into a new series I was so excited and shared this excitement with my daughter. We could hardly wait. I of course went away the premier week so was unable to watch it. My daughter watched with her grandfather and he is now hooked on the show. I watch episodes 1 & 2 last night. Thank you DVR. I'm so hooked.

They have an amazing cast. Elizabeth Mitchell from lost as Erica our future resistance leader, Morena Baccarin from Firefly as Anna the Visitor leader and Scott Wolf from Party of Five as a reporter not sure which side he's on other than his own at this point. I'm loving them. They are doing an awesome job with these characters.

My daughter is all about the teen characters Tyler, who is Erica's son and Lisa a visitor. She sees total forbidden love in their storyline and is all over it. She can't wait to see what happens with them next. She is convinced Lisa will be good. I'm not thinking that's the case, but we'll see. Her friends our loving it too. At this point in time I find the show to be fine for her to watch. Again I watch with her so if it ever jumps over what I define as okay the show gets clicked off at least till she goes to bed. I do anticipate the show getting more violent. I'm not sure how far they will go with sexual aspects. The new Battlestar Galactica went too far and she was not allowed to watch that. I actually felt it went to far for me to watch it. I just don't think it's necessary. I hope V will keep it light so she will be able to keep watching it.

Please give this show a chance. It will be worth your while even if you don't like scifi you will be treated to a well acted show that may surprise you. My only concern is that they only plan to air 2 more episodes before it goes in hiatus till March. I don't like it when shows do this. Hopefully it will be okay. People can be so fickle.

What is TDA or Total Drama Action?

If you have a tween you have probably heard them mention TDA. The first time I heard it I had no clue what my daughter and her friends were talking about. Now I know and knowing is half the battle, G.I. Joe Whoops sorry just having an 80's cartoon moment.

Okay back to TDA. It stands for Total Drama Action. This is a cartoon that airs on the Cartoon Network. I am not a huge fan of the newer cartoons. I much prefer The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Jem (I just loved the theme song of this one). Well there are others but those are some that I enjoyed when I was younger. Now TDA is the in show to watch.

It's actually the second season of Total Drama Island. My daughter loved that show as well. She is actually hoping to get the Total Drama Island DVD for Christmas.

Both of the shows are basically a cartoon version of Survivor. They have to do silly challenges and at the end of the episode the contestants vote someone off. There are a wide range of characters some you love and some not so much. My daughter's favorites are Courtney and Duncan. I have no idea who they are, but I have watched and episode with her and I find it too be very silly. I don't see the attraction, but she seems to like it. The challenges are absurd and something always goes wrong. There is even a crazy chef. Basically this show is picking on Survivor and I'm all for that. It's mindless fun.

I hear the next season is called Total Drama Music. I wonder what this one will be like?

We Have a Winner.

The winner of the Harumika Starter set is Kristin. My daughter picked your name out of her purse. I'll be sending you an email ASAP. Congratulations. I know your friends daughter will love it.

Thanks to all who entered. This is such a great product. My daughter and all her friends just love it and I know you'll love it too. I hope I'll be able to do more giveaways in the future. It's very exciting to give away anything, but especially a product that I feel so strongly about.