Ratatouille is one of my favorite movies. The characters are endearing, the story is inspiring, and the animation is perfect. Although Ratatouille is just plain fun to watch, there are good lessons embedded in the story. They are lessons about success and following your dreams. Read Full Story

Mittens is the scrappy alley cat from the movie Bolt. She meets up with Bolt, a lost and delusional dog from a Hollywood set who's convinced he's a super hero and that his owner was captured by the Green Eyed Man. Bolt decides Mittens is one of the bad guys and captures her so that she can take him to the Green Eyed Man. Read Full Story

The Three Little Pigs was one of Disney's most popular Silly Symphony cartoons. It made such a splash after it was released in 1933 that it ran in the theaters for months, and it won the 1933 Academy Award for best animated film. The song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" became something of an anthem that lifted people's spirits during the Great Depression. The Three Little Pigs is based on a fairy tale of the same name. Of course, Disney made some changes to the tal... Read Full Story

I don't watch TV anymore, and I don't go to the theater often. But I do love watching certain movies over and over again, especially animated films. I also enjoy silly, slightly demented movies such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail. There are also a few "serious" movies I gravitate towards. I suppose you could put the Lord of the Rings series in that category. But for the most part, I revel in animated classics and movies with a healthy dose of humor and/or fantasy. Read Full Story

I love enchiladas, particularly beef enchiladas. My mom would make them every so often as a treat. Hers were the best, easily restaurant quality. Then I got married and moved to another state. That meant if I wanted to enjoy those same enchiladas every so often, I needed to learn how to cook them myself! Fortunately, enchiladas are simple to make. They're a little time consuming compared to some dishes, and they leave a bigger mess to clean up, but otherwise they're easy. Read Full Story

Have you been looking for a good Tinker Bell T-shirt? They're surprisingly hard to find at times. Fortunately, Zazzle offers lots of different Tinker Bell designs that you can have printed on a T-shirt--for a child or for an adult! Scroll down to see all sorts of different Tinker Bell poses. If you see one you like, click on it to customize your very own Tinker Bell T-shirt. Read Full Story

Harry Potter vs. Lord of the Rings - you knew this debate had to turn up sometime! So which is it... Dumbledore or Gandalf? Harry or Frodo? Voldemort or Sauron? Horcruxes or Rings of Power? House elves or hobbits? Death Eaters or Uruk-hai? In short, which fantasy world does it for you? Choose a side and join the fight. But wait! Before you begin... be sure to choose your weapon. Read Full Story

Fourteen-year-old Violet Parr is the oldest child of super heroes Mr. Incredible (Bob Parr) and Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible (Helen Parr). She's shy and has self-esteem issues, which is reflected in her super powers: She can turn invisible and generate a protective force field. Read Full Story

Syndrome is the villain from The Incredibles who hatches an evil plot: Create the perfect destroying machine, unleash it on helpless civilians, then destroy it and look like a super hero. Read Full Story

Those classic triangle-shaped yellow, orange, and white candies have been around forever and are one of the high points of the fall season. Candy corn is one of my favorite candies, but only when it's manufactured by Brach's. You can really taste the honey flavor. This page is a celebration of candy corn. Keep reading for fun candy corn facts, candy corn costumes, a recipe for candy corn cake, and more. Read Full Story