Holiday | Table for Five

Gotta Catch Santa Claus

October 23, 2009 By Elizabeth

From Amazon.com: Funky music, holiday magic and a supersonic sleigh are all wrapped up in this CGI-animated family adventure starring William Shatner as the voice of Santa! Trevor is a true believer in the holiday spirit, so his skeptical best friend, Veronica, challenges him to show the world actual proof that Santa is real! Trevor and his friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to catch Santa in action and reveal the true magic of Christmas. But they've got to find Santa before LeFreeze - a dim-witted monster who's carrying a serious 100-year-old grudge - and his snowman minions put Christmas on ice forever! Join the race to save Christmas in Gotta Catch Santa Claus, the jolly, jammin', modern-day holiday classic destined to become a family tradition! Kaitlyn has watched this DVD every day for the last week. She loves it! The movie isn't rated but I found nothing at all objectionable. The "monster" is much more silly than at all scary. This is a fun Christmas movie for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DVD and Blu-Ray reviews Tagged With: Amazon.com, Christmas, dvd, holiday, Kids and Teens, Santa Claus, William Shatner

A Family Visit

January 6, 2009 By Elizabeth

This past Sunday we visited Chris' sister and her family at their house which is about a two hour drive away. It was our first time visiting them at their new and gorgeous house.Â We had snacks, gave presents to the kids, went to dinner, it was a nice visit! The kids were thrilled with their gifts- Ryan got the ROFLcopter t-shirt from ThinkGeek and a Nuttin' But Stringz CD, Nathan got the Star Wars game for his Leapfrog Didj, and Kaitlyn got a cute MegaBlocks piano and a "Come to the Dark Side, We Have Cookies" shirt from ThinkGeek.Â My SIL also made us a wonderful gift basket with homemade Organic Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread, two mugs, a jar of her homemade hot cocoa mix, and two framed photos of her and Chris dancing at her wedding. I forgot to take a picture of it!Â I did take photos of everyone while we were there though: Nathan, J., and Ryan. J. doesn't usually look so serious! SIL, Chris, and MoMo the cat. My brother-in-law: Beautiful Holly the Golden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, I love the Holidays Tagged With: Aunt, brother in law, Family, holiday, nephew, sister in law

Books from Candlewick Press make Great Gifts!

December 10, 2008 By Elizabeth

Candlewick Press is one of the largest independent publishing companies, not just in the country, but in the world, and it's 100% employee owned. They are committed to publishing only "those books we believe in, only those books that speak to children, and only those that have both words and art of the highest quality." And that is exactly what I have found to be true every time I review a Candlewick Press title. Two books I'd like to share with you today are Moon Landing, by author Richard Platt, with design and paper engineering by David Hawcock, and A Present for Santa Claus by author David Wood, with illustrations by Dana Kubick. In A Present for Santa Claus, young Sam wakes up on Christmas morning to find that Santa has brought him just the present he had asked for. That night, he dreams that Santa is back at the North Pole, sad because no one gave him a present. So Sam decides to save his money and buy something for Santa for the next year. He writes Santa a letter and much to … [Read more...]