Posted on 24 June 2011 by Divina Rodriguez

Update: This giveaway is closed. Congrats to Shilo!
By Divina
Today is the day! June 24th! Cars 2 is back! Racing into theaters across the United States.
Cars 2 finds star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix, Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage!
Big Brother loves the first film, and while it wasn’t love at first sight, Eddy and I have come to really enjoy the film as well. I know the Dancinghotdogs family is super excited for the new release! And to get you excited we have team up with Disney to giveaway the following Cars 2 items! Continue Reading
Divina is a wife, a Mami of 2 boys under the age of four and a full fledged social media butterfly with a Masters in Communications. She loves sharing the best of Disney on TheDisneyFiles.com whether its movies, video games, shopping or the themeparks. In addition to TheDisneyFiles, Divina writes about entertainment, technology and family products on www.DancingHotdogs.com and is a founding mother & partner at Trumpeting Media, a social media consulting company that is dedicated to using social media for social good.
Posted on 15 June 2011 by Divina Rodriguez

By Eddy
Welcome back to the world of Mickey’s Clubhouse. In this adventure we are treated to 5 episodes of Mickey and the gang exploring the outdoors. With the addition of the Mickey Mote, Big Brother is enthralled with the Mouse and his friends. I particularly like that the shows give him a chance to make choices. I feel for the most part that since everything is always laid out for kids at his age they tend to act out more in order to gain some sort of control. This at least is one small measure that can be given to them to exert a bit a control and independence while still staying safe and learning something.
For those of you not familiar with the Mickey Mote, it basically is a Mickey shaped remote that has 4 buttons, each with different color and shapes. Kids are then ask throughout the shows to interact with by pressing one of the buttons either to answer a question or make a decision. The remote gets kids to take an active part in the story telling and forces them to sharpen their comprehension skills.
Like all Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes some sort of lesson is learned by Mickey and the gang. Of course, they are helped out by their friends including Toodles. The episodes break down as follows: Continue Reading
Divina is a wife, a Mami of 2 boys under the age of four and a full fledged social media butterfly with a Masters in Communications. She loves sharing the best of Disney on TheDisneyFiles.com whether its movies, video games, shopping or the themeparks. In addition to TheDisneyFiles, Divina writes about entertainment, technology and family products on www.DancingHotdogs.com and is a founding mother & partner at Trumpeting Media, a social media consulting company that is dedicated to using social media for social good.