Aren’t these spectacular?
I think they’re so rad! Probably not what I’d order for my mom, but hey – you can send a bouquet of these to me any old day. They make me want to eat Skittles.
The highly colourful flowers have been developed by a Dutch businessman who dyes each bloom in the colours of the rainbow. The dyes are produced from natural plant extracts and are absorbed by the flowers as they grow. A special process then controls how much colour reaches each petal – with spectacular results.
I’d never heard of these until today, when a friend of mine mentioned trying to track them down for her mom. The place she found them wanted $14 a stem! ::chokes:: I still think they’re awesome.
Wow – this has been my biggest contest ever! Well, duh. It’s sort of head-and-shoulders above giving away cereal and pasta and Autism bracelets, huh? Still! It’s so exciting coming home each day and seeing all the new comments from people entering, hoping to win that kickass stroller. I’m excited for whoever gets it! A year ago, man – I would have been all over it! Now, my girls are really too big for a stroller. They could sit in it, but they could also just stand up and walk, dragging the stroller behind them, strapped to their little booties.
195 entries so far!
If you haven’t entered yet, go! Go! It’s right here! (Just scroll down. Heh.)
And stay tuned, I’ve got some awesome stuff to give away in the next month or two. August is going to be Children’s Music Month, and I’m giving away a CD or prize pack every week in August from some great musicians. It’s going to be cool.
So anyway. I had to basically delete my entire database for this blog and reinstall it somewhere else, because it was corrupted. I was able to save all the posts and comments (not to worry, stroller contest entrants! Your entries are safe!) but I lost all my categories. D’oh! I’m slowly going to recategorize everything, post by post. Luckily, this blog has less than a hundred entries, so it shouldn’t take TOO long.
Unfortunately, I also lost all my links! And I didn’t realize this had happened until later, so I don’t even have a backup, beyond a google cached page.
Does your link need to be here? Do you have a review site, or any other cool site that would fit in on this page? If so, please leave me a comment here, and I’ll stick you right in my sidebar, lickety split. Go ahead. Pimp yourself!
I first encountered the Braincandy DVD series via a few segments that appeared on Comcast OnDemand. The kids and I really liked the program, which is sort of based on the same concepts of Baby Einstein, except with a lot more dialogue. It’s almost comparable to Sesame Street. Braincandy is a children’s media company based in Seattle, and their 5 Senses DVD series is designed to help young children learn about themselves while fully experiencing the world around them.
The titles in their 5 Senses DVD collection include:
- See My World
- Hear My World
- Taste My World
- Touch My World
- Smell My World
As the parent of an autistic child, I was really interested in checking out the Touch My World DVD, as I’m always looking for ways to interest my son in a new sensory experience. This DVD did not disappoint! Bruce Brain and Harry Hand guide children through various touch activities, including fingerpainting, feeling sand between toes, touching ice, and lots of other experiences. My kids were glued to the TV while this was playing – the music is great and the interactions between the puppets and the kids are a lot of fun. You can preview a clip of the DVD here, and you’ll see what I mean!
The entire series is full of great sensory examples, and would make a great gift for any child, but especially for a child with sensory issues. If you have a child with autism, this DVD set should be in your library right next to Spectrum Connections Bounce! You can check out more information on the Braincandy website.
LaLaGirl is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism.
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