Can I Take My 6 Year Old to Tomorrowland

May 24, 2015 By ParentingGeekly in movies, parent's guide, reviews Tags: disney, movies, Parents guide, tomorrowland

Nate and I saw Tomorrowland last week, and left pleasantly surprised. While it was kind of a generic kids’ sci-fi flick, the acting was top-notch and the message (though completely obtuse) was sweet.

But can you take your younger kids? The movie’s family-friendly nature was kind of marred by a high body count. While none of the deaths were gory (the robots in the movie instantly vaporized their targets) there was a lot of fighting, and a lot of death, including the sad death of a significant character (and Nate would like to me point out that there was disproportionate amount of French people deaths). Robots shot at and killed police officers, and several Robots were decapitated. There was a lot of hand-to-hand fighting, and the main characters are constantly in peril.

There was a bit of bad language, mostly of the hell and damn variety, and a couple of incomplete “Son of a…!”. No drug use, there was no sex, there a bit of teenage rebellion, and some unsafe behaviors that led to the protagonist briefly getting locked up in a jail cell.

I would say that this movie is probably for the average kid age 10 and up, younger if they are not super-sensitive.

Funko Pop! Sesame Street Vinyl Figures Unboxing

May 21, 2015 By ParentingGeekly in cool stuff, gift ideas, kids, media, muppets, Sesame Street, toys Tags: bert and ernie, cookie monster, Funko, funko pop, oscar the grouch, sesame street, super grover, toys, unboxing

If you read this blog with any sort of frequency, you know that I LOVE Sesame Street. (You can read my other Sesame Street Posts here) So I was pretty darn excited when Funko sent me a bunch of their new Sesame Street Pop! vinyl figures. I, along with everyone else in the world, love the Pop! figures (I currently have a Funko Pop! Phillie Phanatic on my desk at Joule HQ), and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on these!

They came yesterday afternoon, so today I did my first unboxing video! Check it out!

The Sesame Street figures will be available on May 25, 2015 . You can order them at this (affiliate) link:
Funko Pop! Sesame Street Figures at Amazon

Last minute Mother’s Day Gift Idea! Free Printable!

May 8, 2015 By ParentingGeekly in crafts, holidays Tags: crafts, DIY, Mother's Day, Recipes

It’s down to the wire for Mother’s Day gifts, my friends. With all I have to do in the next few days I realized I would have no time to shop for a Mother’s Day Gift for Super-Grandma before we see her on Sunday. As a matter of fact, I won’t even have time to stop at store. I needed to come up with a gift that was thoughtful and something she could use, and I had to be able to make it with things I already had in my house. The unique anime gifts is what people usually like and it is what you can opt for.

Super-Grandma, like many people, enjoys a nice hot shower. I thought it would be nice to make her a nice treat that she could use for a little pampering. I decided on a Vanilla Lime Sugar Scrub.

The ingredients are easy, you probably already have them in your house.

Sugar – I used about 1/2 cup in my little jelly jar)

Lime – You only need the zest

Vanilla extract – Optional, but it’s a nice touch

Food grade oil -I used liquid Coconut oil to go with the lime, but olive oil is perfectly fine and any vegetable oil can be used.

A jar – You can reuse an old spaghetti sauce jar or even tie a bow on a baggie if you don’t have any canning jars laying around.

First, put the sugar in a bowl, and grate some lime zest into it. I probably put about 2 tablespoons in my 1/2 cup of sugar. Mix with a spoon.

Next, add the oil. I used two tablespoons for the 1/2 cup sugar. You want it to be kind of a slurry. It doesn’t have to be exact! If you are adding vanilla extract, don’t stir it yet. I prefer to put the vanilla on top of the puddle of oil, it mixes in better that way, in my opinion.

You only want to add one or two DROPS of vanilla extract. It’s strong, and it has a lot of alcohol in it. Too much and it’ll be stinky, will dissolve the sugar and could potentially sting Mom’s skin.

Then stir it all up and stick it in the jar.

Don’t have lime? You can use just the vanilla or any other food grade extract or oil. You can also use the leaves from inside a tea bag (Mint or hibiscus would be especially nice), a little cinnamon or a few spritzes of her favorite fragrance.

BONUS: I created some geeky labels to adorn the top of your jar. You can wish your mom Happy Mother’s Day in Gallifreyan, Dothraki (it says “Mother of Dragons”, of course), Klingon, or
in binary! Plus some other geeky labels, a label with Vanilla Lime Sugar Scrub and one that just says “Happy Mother’s Day” for all the non-geeky mom’s in your life. These are sized so that you can print them on Avery 22817 canning lid labels or just print it on paper, cut it out and glue it on. You can cover it in clear packing tape if you’d like it to be more water resistant

Click this link to download the MothersDayLabels.