This Frugal Family

Tickets are on sale now for Disney’s THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS — available wherever tickets are sold. Plus I’m excited to share with you a new featurette called “Family Tradition,” that includes interviews with Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Misty Copeland and Mackenzie Foy!   About the movie: All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney’s new holiday feature film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale. Like THE NUTCRACKER AND…

My 21 year old, daughter, loves the Paint By Sticker:  Cats Book.  There’s 12 cats, and sticker pages.  She said it’s a great book, and you can tear out the perforated pages, to make them easier to do.  The finished pictures are so adorable, and she’s actually framed them, and hung them up in her room.  She loves cats, so this book made her day.  She puts them together piece by piece, and is very picky with how she puts the stickers in. Paint By Sticker:  Cats will provide hours of fun for anyone.  Whether it be a child, or an adult, this book is great for a Holiday Surprise. You will get satisfaction out of the sticker book, especially if you are a crafter, or cat lover.  And, if you aren’t, there are plenty of other Paint by Sticker books available through amazon.  There is even a bird Paint by Sticker, which my sister in law would love, because she has a bird. I’ve loved cats since I was a kid, but I’m not as good at crafting as my daughter.  So she made me a paint by sticker picture, and framed it for my birthday.  An inexpensive gift, with a lot…

Jacob, age 7, loves The Kid’s Awesome Activity Book.  It’s got Puzzles, and Mazes, doodling pages, and more.  This book has provided us with hours of fun, and we still have more to do.  There’s over 400 stickers, and Jacob loves them so much, that he doesn’t want to use them.  100 wacky prompts, games and crafts, and Jacob loves it all.  There’s even a pull out poster in the back, that is now on Jacob’s wall. This book is aimed for your child ages 4 through 8, but you can use it for slightly older kids, too.  Your child will have as much fun with The Kid’s Awesome Activity Book, as mine is having.  What a wonderful Christmas gift this year.  It’s inexpensive, so if you have more than 1 child, buy more than 1 book.  This book really does have everything in it, and your child will love how many hours of fun they have.  And, mine, who is very much into electronics, loves this book so much, that he takes time away from the electronics to do a few pages a day.  We spend about an hour a day doing things out of this book.  I’ve even…