VeggieTales Review

Free DVD!

2009-06-30T14:00:00Z

Caught this over at Keeping the Kingdom First!

Here’s a fun freebie to start your week! Sign up for the e-newsletter from Big Idea and choose 1 of 3 Veggie Tales DVDs. Just pay shipping, $2.99.

It’s never too early to start Christmas shopping, right? There is no coupon code necessary, and you can even pay via PayPal.

Minnesota Cuke is Back!

2009-06-16T14:00:00Z

This short section doesn’t really give us much to go on. And what August do they mean? Certainly not this one!

In any case, it’ll be interesting to see what they do—whether they try to take more from the movies, or whether they’ll go off on their own tangent.

Stay tuned…

Another Christmas VeggieTales?

2009-06-15T04:09:14Z

So, what would you think of this idea of a new VeggieTales Christmas episode, based on the idea of the story of Saint Nick?

They’ve done the story of Saint Patrick before. Is this good for our kids? Do you do Santa with your children?

It’ll be interesting to see how they treat this subject. They have done Santa before, as a part of the Toy that Saved Christmas—Bob was playing Santa in that sill song.

[Hat Tip: Macy]

Veggies At Play

2009-06-12T14:00:00Z

What do your young veggies like to do?

My veggies like to play our Wii—but they don’t just play it, when they turn it off and walk away they start playing and acting out where they think the story will go next.

At lunch or dinner they will recount the new things they’ve discovered on their game—in context like we totally know what they’re talking about.

Should we know everything about what they play? Should we get involved?

We do from time to time—or at least I do.

What do you think? Are video games always wrong? How about acting them out?

Training Little Vegetables

2009-06-11T14:00:00Z

What is the primary responsibility for the family? In my opinion it’s training up the next generation—raising a godly seed.

So, how far should this go?

What They Take In

To me, this should include what they watch on television and what they read. What they see and take in should be that which builds their faith, not that which would seek to harm it.

That means that there are few good choices for entertainment out there—and some would say that means that there’s more time for imagination.

VeggieTales, Adventures in Odyssey, Patch the Pirate and the like provide some great ways to stretch your kids minds using imagination and storytelling. These are positive things, to which you can add biographies and other true stories to give an appropriate image of God.

Where They Go to School

It’s important that, while their minds are young, they are trained in the ways of the Lord. Children are not equipped to make adult decisions about what to believe, and when left to make those decisions, the one that spends the most time with them will be the one they pick.

With public education reduced to education by secular humanists, there are really only two choices for the believer if they’re seeking to raise godly seed: Christian schooling or homeschooling.

Friends

We must make sure that our children choose for friends those that would build their character, not those that would seek to tear it down. This doesn’t have to be obvious, but it should be planned.

Take an interest in your kids friends and their parents. You need to know what they’re being exposed to and who will be influencing them when you’re not.

New VeggieTales Video!

2009-06-10T14:00:00Z

Has anyone gotten a chance to get the latest VeggieTales video? I haven’t had the chance yet, but I’m itching to and I saw it yesterday in the local Christian Bookstore.

It’s supposed to follow Bob the Tomato as he tries to act out the story of Abraham and the promise he was given.

It also has a new voice for “Ma Grape” that has been highly pitched on Amazon and other places.

If you’ve see it, let me know in the comments below to help me get through the time until I can pick myself up a copy!

Jonah’s Boat

2009-06-09T14:00:00Z

Well, it used to be Jonah’s boat. Today it’s called the Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything’s Pirate Ship. Same boat, different colors.

Anyway, we purchased this boat with all of its vegetables at least two years ago, and have only a few quibbles.

The pieces that came with it were a lot of fun—especially the cannon. It shot out either a bowling ball or a tennis racket. The surface area of the boat was great for playing, and it wobbles back and forth when rolled across the floor.

The masts are not that sturdy—our front one broke off and we cannot glue it back together.

Other than that, one of our little grapes took “Jonah” to WalMart and from there he never returned. Perhaps he found Reginald or decided to go off to Nineveh from there. We’ll never know.

Overall, a great toy and definitely worth the hours of fun your child will have with it!

The Cracked DVD

2009-06-08T14:00:00Z

Otherwise entitled, “Why you shouldn’t let your youngest fruit open DVD cases.”

It was an accident, of this much I’m sure. I know that my youngest really likes her VeggieTales, but I also know that she really likes to prove that she’s older than she is—that being all of 2!

So, it didn’t surprise me when I came home to the news that she had opened up our copy of the Big River Rescue and the that the disc had cracked!

The shock!

The horror!

It’s crazy, but I still haven’t gotten around to replacing that DVD. My kids are growing older, and VeggieTales is not having the influence in their lives that it once had. I’m not sure when it started to change, or whether it’s just that they’ve seen them 100 times (or is it I that have seen them that many times?), but I’m still looking forward to getting this one replaced, and the next one that’s coming out.

Have you had a similar circumstance? When did your kids “outgrow” their favorite Veggies?

What’s On Your Wrist?

2009-06-03T01:51:04Z

It’d be something if vegetables had hands—I mean, there’d be all sorts of neat things that we could do, like wear wristbands.

That’s right, there are so many neat wristbands out there that we could wear to remind us of things or to just carry around identification.

One of the wristbands I really like are those that reminds us of Jesus—WWJD. Now, that phrase has been twisted many different ways—with all sorts of people trying to say that what they would do is what He would do, but it still carries a pretty powerful meaning.

And then there are the “Livestrong” ones that remind us to do our best.

It turns out that you can even create your own Custom Tyvek Wristbands where you can have your own message. I’m thinking of getting one that says “Vegetables are more than ‘What’s for dinner’”. What do you think?

Finding a Good Web Host

2009-05-06T02:08:14Z

How do you know when you’ve found good web hosting for your website or your blog?

How do you know when you should be on shared hosting or a dedicated server?

There are so many options out there, so many different places to choose from, and if you stick to only one criteria the odds are that you won’t choose the best choice.

That’s why, when choosing a host for your site, you have to look at more than price. Price is a factor along with Space and Traffic—but you really want to know what they do for support and e-mail.

To me, if I can’t send e-mails with some degree of confidence that the person is going to receive it, then I might as well not send the e-mail.

I mean, when I get that great silly song forward from Larry the Cucumber and I want to pass it on to my friends, if my e-mail is ending up in the spam box, my friend Leticia the Lemon won’t be able to see it—because she hardly ever checks the spam box.

And if you don’t have good support, you may get hacked or your site may go down, and it might be days before it gets back up. That happened to Tilly the Tangelo down in Accounting.

So take it from me, do your research, read up on the forum, and spend the money if you have to in order to get reliable service with great support. You’ll be glad you did.