Disney's Tron Evolution Battle Grids for Wii! Simply Amazing! REVIEW!

Hi All!

My family and I have had the amazing opportunity to review a copy of Tron Evolutions: Battle Grids for the Wii. My family and I are huge Tron fans! We saw the latest sequel Tron: Legacy about five times in the theater. It's certainly a perfect game if you're a Tron fan.

Tron: Evolution Battle Grids is amazing! Disney has gone above and beyond with this game. So much so that they wanted to make sure anyone who has a gaming system can own it. They made Tron: Evolution games for the Nintendo DS, PSP,  Xbox 360, PS3, along with the Nintendo Wii. So you can enjoy this game on which ever game system you have! How awesome is that!

So let me tell you a little about this fantastic game...

It revolves around the following Grid Games: Grid Tanks, Hyper Ball, Light Cycles, Light Discs, and Light Runners. Hyper Ball if you're a geek like me, you remember that it's the first game Flynn aka Jeff Bridges plays in the first Tron movie after he is beamed into the computer world. I love that they use the original movie in this game. The game also features Light Runners which are based on the four-wheeled vehicles seen in Tron Legacy.

Each Grid Game features many different ways to play the five Grid Games. You can also customize your own character, which you can play as in both the single in multiplayer modes, and choose from an array of various characters as competitors.

Disney Interactive Studios has truly invested a lot of thought into making this amazing game. We loved playing this game at my home because it allows fans like us to learn more about the TRON films as well. However, you do not need to have see these films to enjoy this game and you do not need to play the game to enjoy the movies if you haven't seen them. It's just all around fun for everyone.

You can also get this amazing Tron Wii-Mote to play this game with to make it an even cooler experience for you and your family. This game is Rated: Everyone 10+. I highly recommend you see these revolutionary movies and get this amazing game.

***Disclosure: I received a copy of this game for review from Disney. I was not paid or compensated in any way for this review. All opinions are my own.***

Basket Filet crochet Pattern vintage

'Under the Sea' Room

Many years ago, when Peyton was just a little two year old boy, he loved Finding Nemo. We watched that movie over and over and over and... 

Somewhere along the line, I decided we might as well go all out and make the kid an ocean room. So I started painting. It probably took me about 3 or 4 months, off and on. I started with painting the walls and the ceiling a beautiful shade of ocean blue. Then I slowly added plant life and creatures. I mostly used the little bottles of non-toxic acrylic paint and, every once in a while, a sharpie marker. 

Can you see little baby Ella in Peyton's crib during the photo shoot? She's so tiny!

James was in charge of all the big green kelp around the room:

Here I am finishing the last creature, an octopus, just ONE day before Ella was born. I wasn't trying to fit it all in before she was born (can you imagine the stress?), it just happened that way. This room was a slow, fun process, not a task.

I got the idea for this cute guy from the front of a Softsoap bottle.

I don't have a close-up, but do you see Rainbow Fish? I love that story!

Dory:

Marlin:

and, of course, Nemo:

We found his curtains at Ikea. They are kind of kelp-ish, don't you think? Even though we've since moved a couple of times, we still use those curtains. They work well with all sorts of boy-themed rooms!

And of course we needed some turtles! Mama loves turtles!

And lots of coral and other plant life:

See the canvas art above his chifferobe? I bought 3 white canvases and some paint. I let Peyton finger paint them whatever colors he wanted. We really didn't need a lot of added wall decoration, since we had so much going on already. I think the simple artwork of a 2-year-old was perfect for this room. (Ah,  Diaper Genie pail, how happy I am that you are not part of our decor anymore.)

I got the idea for these striped fish from some stickers Peyton had:

I painted some little orange sea horses above his toy boxes. I also painted some of those $1 wooden initials blue and hung them above his door. The four blue frames you see are little fish pictures I found in the dollar bins at Target.

You can see the ceiling a little bit in this picture of Peyton's closet. I painted it the same color as the walls. Then I added white to the leftover blue paint to make water ripples on the ceiling. 

I miss this room! I used to lie down on the floor and bask in the calmness of it all. Peyton loved his room, too. But he was so young, I don't think he really got the full impact of it. He mostly just got excited whenever I brought in my box of little acrylic paints to make a new underwater creature. I would spend hours painting while he played in his room. It was so fun to create this relaxing and colorful space for my sweet little guy.

I linked up here: 

Embellishing Life

Winter In Oregon

It's winter in Oregon

And the gentle breezes blow,

40 miles per hour at 10 degrees!

Oh, how I love Oregon,

When the snow's up to your butt;

You take a breath of winter air

And your nose is frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful,

You may think I'm a fool.

I could never leave Oregon,

Cause I'm frozen to the stool

Pipe cleaner roses made by Donna

Pipe cleaner roses so easy by Donna

Tutorial found HERE

Carrot Box made by Donna and Instructions

HERE is the pattern for the carrot box

Free Swag Friday! Yay Free Swag day is here!

Hey all!

I hope you all have a great weekend! So I'm now obsessed with couponing. It's my new hobby. I'm going to post something about all the great things I've gotten for free in a seperate post, but here is just a taste to go along with today's freebies.

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Here's the FREEBIE DEAL:

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Use $2 RR if you have $2 already!
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FREE Sample of Shout Color Catcher

FREE Maxim Magazine One Year Subscription

FREE Heinz Tomato Seeds Packet From Red Robin

FREE Sample of Jergens Original Scent Dry Skin Moisturizer

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