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Earth to Echo opened over the 4th of July weekend to great reviews. Unfortunately my kids who have been asking for months to see it weren’t able to get to the theater. But we’ll be getting there this week. The creators of Earth to Echo want to know “Who will you bring to see Earth To Echo this weekend?” Let me know and you could win $100 Fandango Gift Code.
Tuck, Munch and Alex are a closely bonded trio of inseparable friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys find a cryptic signal has infected their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on and looking for one final adventure together, they set off to trace the messages to their source and discover something beyond their wildest imaginations: hiding in the darkness is a mysterious being, stranded on Earth, and wanted by the government. This launches the boys on an epic journey full of danger and wonder, one that will test the limits of their friendship and change all of their lives forever.
Just by telling me “Who will you bring to see Earth To Echo this weekend?” you’ll be entered to win a $100 Fandango Gift Code. Enter on Twitter and/or Instagram using #GoSeeEarthToEcho.
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For the last 7 years Friday night has been Pizza & Movie Night in the Babiak Household. It started with ordering pizza to buying dough from a local pizzeria to then making dough from scratch. We’ve had many variations of pizza with many different ingredients. My favorite is on the grill with a simple sauce, mozzarella cheese and basil. My kids love it loaded with meat. Rob likes his pizza anyway he can get it.
I was asked to review a book that focuses on Pizza so you know I said yes. Revolutionary Pizza is based on the uber popular Chicago eatery, Dimo’s Pizza. With its cult-like following Dimo’s has been serving up unique and unforgettable combinations of ingredients to what they call “crustomers”.
I chose to recreate the Smack ‘N’ Cheese Pizza. I noticed the first 2 ingredients were peppers and figured this would be something Rob would fall in love with. What I wasn’t expecting was the kick in the guy heat that had me cursing in front of the kids.
I doctored up the recipe just a bit with more cheese to the topping, pureeing the pepper mix for 5 seconds and adding more cream and ended up with a tasty but super spicy twist on our pizza night. What I will make over and over and over again is their basic pizza dough. It was the best I’ve ever made. One would think after making my own dough for 5-6 years I’d have a good grasp on the process. That is a complete incorrect statement. I actually do not like my dough recipe. It’s good but not great, not even really good. Dimo’s recipe for dough is like hitting the motherload.
Rob ate his Smack ‘N’ Cheese Pizza by himself. All of it. He said it was a bit spicy but that’s how he likes it. He had a little numbness in the mouth as the end of dinner. I’m planning on making this again just with less heat. As you can see this calls for an entire jalapeno, I’ll leave this out next time and definitely add more cheese for a more gooey pizza.Here is the original for you to try.
Ingredients-ENOUGH DOUGH FOR 2 PIZZAS
SMACK SAUCE
Combine ingredients for the smack sauce in a saucepan and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, or until the sauce becomes smooth and the cheese melts completely. Toss with macaroni noodles.
If you’re making two pizzas, remember to split the ingredients equally for this part.
Use a spatula to spread the noodles and sauce mixture in an even layer across the dough. Grate the hot pepper cheese on top of the noodle mixture, evenly spread from the center of dough to the crust. Bake pizza in preheated oven at 500°F/260°C for 10–12 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese is completely melted. Let cool for about 5 minutes to allow cheese sauce to thicken up.
Looking through the recipes there are quite a few more that looked amazing like the Broccoli Bacon Masher, Burnhard, Rodeo Burger and Grilled Cheese w/ Tomatoes. 
If you’re a food lover, not just pizza, this is a collection of recipes you would should have. Revolutionary Pizza is the best way to eat pizza for now on.
Enter to win a copy of Revolutionary Pizza here on LookWhatMomFound…and Dad too! Just tell me what toppings you love on your pizza?
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I’ve done something right as a parent. All 3 of my kids are incredibly smart and great students. Shae though, takes it to a whole new level. She has something different, something special about her that is gonna take her far. She’s always loved reading, drawing, writing, researching, talking and challenging herself. In this house technology is often king. Between the 5 of us we have a desktop, multiple laptops, smartphones and tablets and iPods. Each housing some kind of game or educational software for someone.
ABCMouse.com is one of those “games” that got the most use for us. From reading to art to music to printables to math, ABCMouse.com is comprehensive educational resource for preschoolers to kindergartners. The curriculum is so the basic fundamentals of reading, writing and math are accompanied by the arts, music, science and more in over 5,000 different activities.
Math
ABCmouse.com teaches numbers, shapes, patterns, and measurements. The site’s games and creative activities make math fun while giving young learners the practice they need to build a strong foundation for success.
Learning Through Puzzles
ABCmouse.com’s curriculum includes hundreds of jigsaw and cutout puzzles that help children learn and remember important ideas and skills in reading, math, science, art, social studies, and music. There are puzzles for every letter of the alphabet, sight words, stories, the numbers 1 through 20, shapes, zoo and farm animals, and many, many other topics.
Reading
ABCmouse.com’s reading curriculum helps children to quickly learn the letters of the alphabet and their sounds, as well as learn to instantly recognize the sight words that are most important for beginning readers. Your child will learn to love to read with our hundreds of fables, fairy tales, nonfiction books, and more.
Music & Songs
ABCmouse.com’s Music and Songs curriculum is designed to teach children to appreciate and enjoy music. The wide variety of songs on the site allows your child to experience the building blocks of music (melody, harmony, rhythm, and lyrics) as well as several different styles of music.
As your child starts and develops skills and knowledge the progress trackers gives you updates on activities completed by academic level. The content is updated so the activities and lessons stay fresh for the children.
Rewards are a great motivator. This is why ABCMouse.com implements a Ticket system to encourage more achievements with the learning activities. These tickets are used to virtually purchase accessories for the child’s avatar or a pet fish for the classroom. Of course there is a lesson behind the ticket system; it brings a little math fun as they keep track of the “spending”.
Shae is entering 2nd grade now so is too old for ABCMouse.com but it help tremendously in her earlier school years. Those were the formative years and she grabbed every piece of information and knowledge she could and is running fast with it. I thank ABCMouse.com for keeping it fun and entertaining without skimping on the quality education.
Sign up for ABCMouse.com today and get your 1st month free. Each month costs $7.95, the cost of a few coffees at that over priced coffee house. Invest in your child’s education today and don’t be disappointed with the measurable improvement you’ll begin to see in just a couple of weeks.
Two lucky LookWhatMomFound…and Dad too! readers are going to each win a one year subscription to ABCMouse.com. Let me know you incorporate education into your child’s routine outside of school.
EXTRA ENTRIES:
To receive these extra opportunities for entries, you must fulfill the first REQUIRED entry above. Please note the changes to the entries and frequency, entries that don’t follow rules may be disregarded/ignored/deleted
Your entries must follow the rules or they won’t be eligible for prizes. This contest ends 11:59 pm, Monday July 21, 2014. The winners will be emailed and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. This contest is open to Contiguous US residents, age 18 or over. For complete rules please read our blog contest rules page.
I have this totally obnoxious video of Shae at age 2 running aroung the house shrieking “My Daddy My Daddy My Daddy My Daddy”. It’s something she would do then walk calmly over to Rob to give him a hug and a kiss. It’s a video I watch pretty often because it’s cute to see the love exchanged between the two of them. With Father’s Day coming up in a few short days I watching those videos, gathering up the pictures of Rob and the kids and remembering moments of the kids loving on him hard, #realdadmoments.
The media doesn’t seem to see dads this way. The commercials and horrible “talk shows” portray dads as deadbeats, disconnected from family life and fumbling through life with children. That isn’t the case in our home. Our family works, eats and lives together as a unit not pieces to a mixed-up puzzle.
In our family we have #RealDadMoments
Dove Men+Care is committed to portraying how real men care, the short film below spotlights the expanding and often unrecognized ways dads care for their children featuring #RealDadMoments between children and their fathers, most of which are regrettably absent from media depictions of dads today. Grab a tissue!
This short film is grounded in NEW research from Dove Men+Care, finding that three quarters of dads say they are responsible for their child’s emotional well-being, while only 20% of dads see this role reflected in media.
Dove Men+Care Dad Portrayal Research Study
Celebrate here with LookWhatMomFound..and Dad too! by entering to win a Dove Men+Care Gift Pack. Let me know who should be recognized in the #RealDadMoments campaign.
EXTRA ENTRIES:
To receive these extra opportunities for entries, you must fulfill the first REQUIRED entry above. Please note the changes to the entries and frequency, entries that don’t follow rules may be disregarded/ignored/deleted
Your entries must follow the rules or they won’t be eligible for prizes. This contest ends 11:59 pm, Wednesday July 2, 2014. The winners will be emailed and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. This contest is open to Contiguous US residents, age 18 or over. For complete rules please read our blog contest rules page.
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