saturdaysharingI guess Spring is really here because not only am I spring cleaning my home but my blogs too! I am slowing making some changes so it may look a little different :) I have changed my buttons on both of my blogs so please grab the new ones. Send me a quick email, blogroll(at)1stopmom.com and I will add your button to my link love page.

Well I tried out Netflix on Wii yesterday and I have to say that I really like it so far. It took less than a minute to set up. Pretty much the same process as the Roku where you activate it on their website. The set up is different from the Roku because you get to see so much more than just what is added to your instant queue. You can search through what has been added recently which is a feature that the Roku is missing. I love that I am able to look through the different categories for a certain genre:

  • Goofy comedies
  • Scary Movies
  • Visually striking
  • Independent
  • Television
  • Comedy
  • Children and family
  • Thrillers
  • Suspenseful Conspiracy
  • Documentary
  • Horror
  • Recently watched

The Wii remote even feels pretty comfortable in my hand and I had no problem using it to scan through all the instant movie choices. This is the perfect set up for our living room. The only problem is you have to put the Netflix Wii disc in to use the instant streaming. Plus they sent it in an red envelope not a hard case. I am hoping we don’t lose it. It would have been much better to just have some type of software that installed directly to the Wii hard drive.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel comes out on Tuesday. I am hoping it can be for our movie night next week. I think that will be a great movie to start off Spring Break! We loved the first one and have been waiting to see the sequel.

netflixIf you have read my blog you know I am a ginormous movie lover. I did a review last year for Roku and fell in love with my Netflix even more. I just opened my email and saw that tomorrow I will get the streaming disc for my Wii. That means the kids will be able to watch Netflix in the living room. And I don’t have to share my Roku :)

By the way, make sure you attend the Ultimate Blog Party April 9-16  with me, 5 Minutes for Moms and lots of other bloggers! I am going to be giving away 2 Netflix memberships because I love it so much!!!

cloudyLast weekend our movie pick for Family Movie Night was Cloudy with a Chance of  Meatballs. Have you had a chance to watch this yet? It has was on my Netflix queue list of movies to check out but somehow was moved down the list. I finally decided to scan my queue and move it to the top. We all enjoyed this one. Even my husband stayed up to catch the end. In my typical “mommy” mind set I kept wondering (out loud) with all the food dropping from the sky why didn’t they think to save some for later? At least freeze your favorites, lol. One of our favorite parts is when Flint has his first snowball fight with ice cream. He was running around town throwing snowballs at unprepared children and adults. We could not stop laughing and had to rewind it a few times!  Steve the Monkey is pretty funny too. When I watched the credits later I noticed Bruce Campbell was the voice of the mayor. I am surprised I did not even catch it. I did catch the voices of James Caan and Mr. T though.

 

monsters

Last night we watched Monsters vs Aliens.  We picked another good one. The kids were excited to watch it and could not get their treats together quick enough. This week we had popcorn and italian ice cups. I try to switch it up a little each week. It included some funny references to Area 51 and explained how each of these monsters came to be. You will not be able to stop yourself from laughing throughout the movie. From the general that always wears a parachute, to the genuis cockroach, to the not so smart president. It was also great to see the “Monsters” come together and help one another.

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