Showing posts with label Beautiful Creatures music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beautiful Creatures music. Show all posts

Sunday, August 29, 2010

We tried it! Weekly Roundup

It's a long weekend, and that means I get to spend extra time with daddy. I really don't want to be blogging too much, so I am going to give you a brief update on some of the great things mami and I have been trying and a special giveaway to 5 lucky winners around the world!

Munchkin: Bath toys and shampoo rinser
As you know, I am now much happier now with my new FlexiBath because I can actually fit in it. But there is still a little problem. See, bath time is ruined when mami throws a bucket of water on my head. She tries to lean me back but I don't like that feeling at all! 

So when Munchkin sent us a some cool new toys, including a star fountain (its spins and shoots up water) and a special shampoo rinser that allows the water to go over my head but not in my eyes, I was the happiest of all. Now we can get along and I don't have to resort to splashing her to get away. 

Munchkin is a US company - I know it well because mami got a lot gifts for her baby shower. The shampoo rinser has a good grip and a plastic band that goes on my forehead and stops the water from going in my eyes. 

Two hands up for Munchkin, their toys and the special rinser! 


Kaloo Blue: Baby Cologne (Mami LOVES this)
Remember, I'm half Chilean. I say this so you won't gasp when I tell you that I wear cologne and I am not ashamed. Yes, you read right, COLOGNE. But don't worry, it's baby cologne, not the kind mami or daddy use. I do smell really good the girls at nursery seem to like it too! 


See in Chile baby cologne, which is alcohol-free and a light "spray" is as common as buying baby lotion (which smells too) soap, oils and baby cream .Mami just sprays a little on her hand then dabs my shirt or runs it through my curls. 

She had no idea that you could get some here (when we go to Chile she stocks up!) so when Kaloo Parfums sent us theirs, she was very excited. Kaloo Blue is a refreshing scent for boys. I tell you, give it a chance, its not like I'm drenched in it, it just gives me that fresh, baby smell. They have scents for boys and girls, and I've seen mami use it too! And it may say its just for babies, but I know for a fact I will be using colognes for a long time.

I give this two hands up, two more from mami, and two hands up from daddy (he "gets" it now).


TommeeTippee: explora Active Sporty Cup
I have gone through several cups. Some with straws, others that are non-spill (mami's favourite) and some like my green one that I know will always have orange juice. But then we got a new one. This one was so cool! 
Mami has been trying to get me "off the bottle" (of milk) for some time. I really enjoy my bedtime bottle, but mami wants me to drink milk from a cup. I don't know about you, but it's just not the same. I usually make her pour it out of the cup and into my bottle and then I will drink it. 

drinking my milk and checking out the squirrels

When Tommee Tippee, who were at CyberMummy sent me one of their cool explora Active Sporty Cup, I  thought I would give it a try (that, and mami didn't back down when I started crying so I had no choice!) It was about time I moved on to a big boy cup. 

Still non-spill and perfect for when we go out. I will drink to that!


Beautiful Creatures: Children's Music
A few months ago, mami and me received a very special, very funny and different music CD called Beautiful Creatures. They are from a place called South Africa where there are lots of animals and fun things to do. You may remember I told you about dancing to “Mafutha the Elephant” with mami. It was a very fun day!


Mami and daddy also liked very much that it was from South Africa. See, they spent lots of time in South Africa and they have very special memories of their time. They said they would like to take me one day so that I can see real live lions, hippos and giraffes like they did on their safari! Mami said she was very scared when they encountered a hippo. They are dangerous you know! So this music is a little piece of South Africa they can share with me. 

Even daddy got into it and said it was “different” and “I can listen to this”. Good, because I love it! When I listen to it, I start to wiggle a little, then I really put my booty into it and shake, shake shake!

The CD has 10 songs, and all of them tell a unique story about an animal. Mami was even singing “can you roar like Lucas the lazy lion....roarrrrr”.

Beautiful Creatures also have unique South African books and educational toys for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Their website is really nice too – so go and check it out!

Best part of all is that we love this so much we want you to have one too. I have 5 downloadable CDs to giveaway to you. This is open to anyone worldwide, so why not enter?
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 Okay, off to enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Chao!




Monday, May 3, 2010

Salsa Sunday!

It was rainy all day Sunday and while daddy was busy in the kitchen cooking a delicious dinner, mami decided it was the perfect day for crafts, drawing and my personal favourite, dancing!

We coloured and danced while we listened to the mix CD mami made for me with songs about lions, zebras and hippos in South Africa, Latin music for spinning around, and of course, songs from GLEE! I am so happy music is one thing we fully agree on. Frankly, if I hear Ba-Ba Black Sheep or Wheels on the Bus one more time, I’m going to poop my pants!

So funny to watch her dance!

She then picked me up to try out her salsa moves (not impressed) and I showed both of them my new “bootie shake” while wiggling my bottom to Imvubu the happiest hippo. It was funny to see mami enjoying herself, despite clearly needing work on her dance moves. If you don't believe me, the proof is in the picture!

Showing mami how to draw with crayons

However, I was impressed with her drawing skills - not bad for never having used crayons! Tired of dabbling and dancing, I voluntarily went to bed. I figured I might as well give mami and daddy a break by taking a very long nap. After all, they did a great job playing with me!


Mami's first crayon drawing!

When I woke up an hour and a half later daddy was ready with dinner and boy was I surprised! I am so tired of eating mami's chicken and spinach mix that daddy's yummy beef wellington was a welcome change (he's a foodie too!)

Daddy's yummy beef wellington

Mami's plans did not turn out as she expected (she never got around to doing her crafts - she may have to try the paper flowers RedTedArt suggested next week). Truth is, I get bored easily, but she never gave up. Bless her. As much as she drives me crazy sometimes I can’t help but love her. She always manages to get a smile out of me no matter how hard I try to resist.

Today she really won me over with her funny drawings and her funky dance moves. What more could I ask for?

It was a perfect Sunday.

My Music Mix
Las Avispas - Babies Go: Juan Luis Guerra
Don't Stop Believin' - Glee: Volume 1 (mami and I are Gleeks!)
Lady Gaga & Beyonce - Telephone
Lucas the laziest Lion - Beautiful Creatures (our new favourite CD!)
Bust Your Windows - Glee: Volume 1
La tortura - Shakira & Alejandro Sanz
Proud Mary - Glee: Volume 2
Imvubu the happiest hippo - Beautiful Creatures
1, 2, 3 ¿Que hora es? - 1, 2, 3, Salsa: Songs for Learning Spanish
Open your Heart - Glee: The Power of Madonna


Want more Latin tunes? Just ask!


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