Veggie Tales The Little House That Stood | Movie Review


I personally know people that are antiVeggieTales, proVeggieTales, and really-don’t-care-about-VeggieTales. My husband and I enjoyed watching them before we had kids, and then when we had kids we weren’t so sure about VeggieTales. Sounds backwards, doesn’t it?

These days when people ask us about them our reply is something like this: They are a fun, clean cartoon; but don’t use them to teach Bible stories. They are entertainment. While we appreciate the fact that they are teaching character lessons with Bible stories and cartoons we didn’t let our children watch the VeggieTales based on Bible Stories until they were old enough to know the actual Bible story from the Bible. There are VeggieTale DVDs that are based on literary classics that we did let them watch. While I don’t always approve of the music used in the cartoons, I do like knowing that there will be no taking of the Lord’s name in vain, no extreme violence, and no crude innuendos – which I can’t say about very many popular cartoons.

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Help Your Kids Manage Money with #virtualpiggy

virtual piggy Did your children get some Christmas money that is burning a hole in their pocket? Maybe they want to shop online, but you don’t like the idea of giving them your credit card information. Virtual Piggy could be the solution for you. Secure, online shopping that you can monitor and control without having to be sitting right beside your child.

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Managing Money In A Digital Age #virtualpiggy

virtual piggy My children have no problem spending money. They are actually quite generous with it; they don’t just buy things for themselves – they offer to buy things for friends, cousins, each other, even me! One of the things I really want to help my children learn is how to manage money in a way that benefits them. Somehow I end up sounding stingy when I say, “Just save your money.”

Two years ago my son saved up all his mowing and birthday money to buy the big toy that he wanted. The way he saved the money was by giving it to Daddy to keep in a safe place. We were able to teach him about tithing [charitable giving] and saving; but not really about managing money.

Living in a digital age actually brings up some problems; especially since I do a lot of my shopping online. Today I set up a profile for my oldest child on VirtualPiggy.com in the hopes of  helping with some of those problems.

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Gift By Mail With Little Passports

Today we got our introductory packet from Little Passports, and I’m interested in seeing what will come next month in the actual state packet. This first one is brightly colored with things to read and do. I like the idea of it, but I’m not sure about the film camera that is included. My children, even at 6,8 & 10 years are quite familiar with digital cameras and have never used a film camera. I have no idea how much it costs to get film developed, and I’m really dependent on editing after I’ve taken the picture.

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Science Crafts For Kids In The Wonder Box

Did you notice the trend this summer of mailing kid’s activities? I admit it appeals to me because I’m not fond of shopping and I never seem to have quite everything necessary for any particular craft. My oldest daughter has gotten pretty good with “making do” with whatever we have at the time.

When Education.com contacted me about reviewing a Wonder Box I was interested. My kids were intrigued as soon as they saw the box. I was too. It’s a unique box with a sticker on top and science questions on the sides.

kids crafts

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