What to Take & What to Leave out of your Hospital Bag ⋆ My Sparkling Life

In case you missed the Tonight Show last night, Madonna Takes over! Check out, Jimmy Fallon, Madonna & The Roots’ rendition of “Holiday” with classroom instruments, and Madonna’s performance of “Bitch I’m Madonna” from her new album Rebel Heart below!
I just can’t get enough Jimmy Fallon, then you throw in an icon like Madonna! I’m lovin it!

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Big Hero 6 will be available for home viewing starting February 3rd on Digital HD and the Disney Movies Anywhere app, and will then become available on Blu-Ray and DVD on February 24th (you can pre-order now). In addition to the release date, Disney also announced the special features accompanying the film’s Blu-Ray, DVD, and Disney Movie Anywhere release. The home releases will contain deleted scenes, a Making-Of feature, and a behind-the scenes feature with the film’s cast. An an Easter Eggs feature will be exclusively available to Blu- Ray owners.
You can check out some fun activities sheets to enjoy with your movie!
From Walt Disney Animation Studios, the team behind “Frozen” and “Wreck-It Ralph,” comes “Big Hero 6,” an action-packed comedy-adventure about the special bond that develops between Baymax (voice of Scott Adsit), a plus-sized inflatable robot, and prodigy Hiro Hamada (voice of Ryan Potter). When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago (voice of Jamie Chung), neatnik Wasabi (voice of Damon Wayans Jr.), chemistry whiz Honey Lemon (voice of Genesis Rodriguez) and fanboy Fred (voice of T.J. Miller). Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes called “Big Hero 6.”
Inspired by the Marvel comics of the same name, and featuring breathtaking action with all the heart and humor audiences expect from Walt Disney Animation Studios, “Big Hero 6” is directed by Don Hall (“Winnie the Pooh”) and Chris Williams (“Bolt”), and produced by Roy Conli (“Tangled”).
For more information, check out www.Disney.com/BigHero6, like them on Facebook www.facebook.com/DisneyBigHero6, and follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/DisneyAnimation.

One thing that I love getting for the holidays is bath and body products. One product that I have gotten over the years that I just love is Burts Bees…they have so many things to choose from for adult and babies.
Most companies look out for the bottom line. We do, too. In fact, we have a triple bottom line: people, profit, planet. You can’t have one without the other two. So when we look after our own, we mean everybody: our employees, our customers, our families, ourselves. And yes, our environment, too. Our ingredients—right down to the packaging—are simple, natural, and responsible. We practice what we preach—and we hope to set the example for others to follow.
Burts Bees has plenty of gift sets to choose from!
Need a last minute gift for a last minute guest? Keep a couple Burt’s Bees Honey Pots on hand. Choose this softening set for Thoroughly Therapeutic Honey & Grapeseed Oil Hand Cream, Naturally Nourishing Milk & Honey Body Lotion, and – of course – Honey Lip Balm. They’ll think you’re so sweet.
This winter, stuff their stockings with the gift of nourished lips. Each Burt’s Bees Beeswax Bounty Lip Balm Quartet contains four dryness-banishing, buttery lip balms in Pomegranate, Mango, Coconut & Pear, or our classic Beeswax formula. The bonus woven paper change purse is the perfect size for their on-the-go essentials.
These are wonderful gifts..you know with the winter weather showing up extra early and hard this year, hydrating lips and skin is going to be a must! The Honey Pot would do both, so I plan on picking up a few more of those to go along with peoples gifts.
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Having a brother or sister isn’t always easy, but Max & Ruby show the importance of working together, and resolving differences in respectful and supportive ways, in the brand new DVD, Max & Ruby: Sharing & Caring. The DVD features 12 “tails,” each with an important lesson that helps preschoolers develop important social skills, including kindness and listening. Created by Nickelodeon and distributed by Paramount Home Media, Max & Ruby: Sharing & Caring will be available in the U.S. on June 2, 2015.
Max & Ruby: Sharing & Caring includes the following episodes:
Picture Perfect/ Detective Ruby/ Superbunny Saves the Cake
Max’s Ride/ Max on Guard/ Ruby’s Real Tea Party
The Bunny Who Cried Lobster/ Max and the Three Bears/ Little Ruby Hen
Ruby’s Autograph/ A Toy for Baby Huffington/ Max’s Big Dig
Max & Ruby: Sharing and Caring Fast Facts: Street Date: June 2, 2015 Catalog: 59169397000 S.R.P.: $14.99 Running Time: 94 Minutes

When Po’s long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible — learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas!
Train with the Kung Fu master. Play the Panda Training Challenge Game!
Help Po train his young friends to protect Panda Village! Collect food for points and Chi for an extra life, and avoid enemies and obstacles or they’ll slow you down
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While visiting LA a few weeks ago, I lived the dream and did so many things that I never imagined doing in my life…one of them included a visit to Disney Toon Studios for the screening the new Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast…I’ve loved Tinkerbell since I was little, and yes my boys even buy me Tinkerbell birthday cakes, so I was thrilled to find out we would be interviewing several of the people behind the film.
Later that weekend we returned to DisneyToon Studios to speak with Director – Steve Loter (right) and Producer – Makul Wigert (left)…
While it was Makul’s first Tinkerbell movie, Steve worked on Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings…one of my faves!
You might be surprised that the movie that you see now is the same as it was in Steve’s pitch. He knew exactly how he wanted the movie from beginning to the end. It was inspired by his daughter…
My daughter loves one thing above all else, very large dogs, and our neighborhood just has a ton of dogs. So she’ll see a neighbor walking a dog down the street and she’ll run up to the dog and she’ll throw her arms the dog in a big loving hug. And it showed me something you know once the fear subsided, something very important that my daughter has a huge open heart. So I had to sit her down and we had to talk about this encounter we just had with the dog. And she would say, “Well all animals are my friends. Why wouldn’t they be? In fact, the bigger they are the bigger the love they have to give.” And I thought that’s the story. That’s the story. Fawn, the animal town fairy. Loves animals unconditionally. She takes care of animals and she encounters a creature that can be perceived of as a monster and her open heart’s gonna’ be put to the test.
This was a message that he wanted for Fawn, & his daughter to learn to.
It’s beautiful to think with an open heart. To see the world through that prison, through that perspective a wonderful thing, but you also have to think with your head. You need the balance to have a happy life.
Though the film was initially inspired by his daughter, it became so much more..Fawn and her became infused..he used his daughters mannerisms many times for Fawn. But she was also used as inspiration for Calista the bunny..the one that refuses to hop and wants to strut instead. But his daughter isn’t the only one from his family he used for insperation…he used himself for Nyx the Scout Fairy…
Because that’s the helicopter parent that I am.
And the ending, which I’m not giving away, was taken from a moment they’ve had with their dog.
Back to Nyx and the Scout Fairies..they are a new character that was started when Steve was at his daughters gymnastics meet and the girls said..
“We heard you’re working on a fairy movie…Can you make fairies like us? We’re physical. We run, we jump. We, we do all these things. There’s no fairies like us in the movie. Can you make fairies like us?”
So they did just that, the Scout Fairies are very athletic and physical, they even reference par core.
When casting for the movie, they knew right off they wanted Ginnifer Goodwin for the voice of Fawn.
We loved Ginnifer Goodwin and her voice, we knew she was going to be Fawn.
But they needed someone who could contrast the joyful bubbly nature of Fawn,
Then they discovered Rosario for Nyx.
I personally hope we see more of Nyx and hope we get to see further into some the other fairies world. Creating the Neverbeast who is 6′ with fur was quite a challenge so it might be a while till we see another fairies movie on the drawing board.
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