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We're having a contest!

You could win a Winter Beauty dress!  This dress received the highest number of votes from the 

Princess Rosie's Fashion Show

Watch this YouTube Video: 

Princess Rosie: Winter Beauty Dress Contest

Rules for Winter Beauty Dress Contest

Contest closes on Friday Dec. 7^th 2012 at midnight Eastern Time Zone.

Contest is open to everyone who meets these 3 qualifications:

1. View the video “Princess Rosie in Belle’s Christmas Dress” and click “Like”

2.  Write the answer to this question in the comment section of the video “Princess Rosie in Belle’s Christmas Dress”: “Other than Christmas, when is another good time to wear this dress?” (There is no wrong answer)

3.  Subscribe to the channel RosiesWorld. 

One prize awarded to one winner.

Prize is one Winter Beauty dress in the size of your choice.

Three sizes are available:

Small (size 2T) age range 1-3 years, waist 20-21”, length 29”

Medium (size 4) age range 3-5 years, waist 22-23”, length 33”

Large (size 6) age range 5-7 years, waist 22-24”, length 37”

Red Bow hair band not included.

A winner will be chosen by a computer generated random line picker from all qualified entries.

The winner’s YouTube subscriber name and profile photo will be posted on the contest video and video description, the Youtube channel RosiesWorld, Rosie’s Tea Party Facebook page, RosiesTeaParty Twitter page and our website www.rosiesteaparty.com

Winner will be notified via Youtube channel. Winner has 30 days to reply. If winner fails to respond within this time period, another winner will be chosen.

Winner must provide us with a shipping address.

Contest closed to immediate family members of RosiesWorld.

Good Luck 

by Grandma

Wishing everyone a 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

This year Rosie and Declan have been especially good. Santa has their files and he put them through the Naughty or Nice sorting machine.  We didn't know Santa kept records.

Parents can make their own customized Santa videos for their kids.  They will LOVE it!

Declan was responding to Santa as he was talking. It was so cute. I made one for each of my grand kids. I can't believe the quality of these videos and the attention to details.  Here is the link to start your own customized Santa video:

Make your own Santa video

Have fun! We sure did!

by Aunt Susan

You Are Special

By Max Lucado

Illustrated by Segio Martinez 

I chose to review this children’s book because:

1. I love this book
2. Great Christmas gift for a child
3. The message is beautiful for all ages

Summary

Every day the small wooden people called Wemmicks do the same thing: stick either gold stars or gray dots on one another. The pretty ones--those with smooth wood and fine paint--always get stars. The talented ones do, too. Others, though, who can do little or who have chipped paint, get ugly gray dots. Like Punchinello.

In this heartwarming children's tale from the best-selling pen of author Max Lucado, Eli the woodcarver helps Punchinello understand how special he is--no matter what other Wemmicks may think. It's a vital message for children everywhere: that regardless of how the world evaluates them, God cherishes each of them, just as they are.

The message in this book is relevant for ALL ages and for Christians and non-Christians because it addresses self-esteem and self-respect.

This book shows how true freedom for us comes by not being enslaved to the opinions of others. Max Lucado tells the story to communicate to children (and most DEFINITELY to adults as well) that by taking time to experience and remember God's love for us, we can have a deep joy that isn't contingent upon whether people bestow praise (represented by gold stars) or insults (grey dots) upon us. This simple story illustrates a truth that is essential to our peace, yet so hard for us to keep ahold of.

Confidence plays a huge part in success. Everywhere we turn there is something or someone that can chisel away our confidence.  Unkind words and criticism can cause us to doubt our abilities and ourselves. The message in this book is for us to love ourselves. Confidence is a product of love. We all need to be reminded every now and then of our infinite worth, whether we get this reminder from God or from another loving supportive individual or group such as family.  Let us celebrate our individual uniqueness and enrich each other.

By Aunt Susan

#4 Hello Kitty's Sleigh Ride

When I saw that the toys this month in the McDonald’s Happy Meal were Hello Kittys I thought, “My niece would LOVE these for Christmas!” She is crazy for Hello Kitty.  So the next day I was on a mission: to get all 8 Hello Kittys.  I was a bit late on this because it was the last week that they were offering this toy.  One nice server rummaged through the bin and found me #3,4,5,6. Wa-hooo! Now do I buy them separately for $2.25 (in Canada) or get a Happy Meal, toy included, for 5 bucks? It was lunchtime so I bought all my kids a Happy Meal… ha ha… just for the toy.  Isn’t that what McDonald’s wants you to do? Anyways, off I go to another McDonald’s to find the missing Kittys.  At a smaller “Drive Thru” McDonald’s the server found me #7 and 8.  She said that it would be hard to find #1 and 2 because they came out first a few weeks ago. DANG!  Oh and I bought 2 more Happy Meals to get #7 and 8.  Later I saw the complete set on EBay. I had to stop (slap) myself. Then I saw a book for collectors with prices: McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys in the U.S. Whoa! Collecting Happy Meal toys is serious business! I confess I have collected my share of Happy Meal toys. Toys are my weakness.  A few years ago I had to end it.  My collection was taking up too much space.  So now I just buy them for other people. Come on, Hello Kittys are so cute! How could anyone resist?!

by Grandma

This Little Mermaid cake was a labour of love.  All those hours playing with plasticine when I was a kid finally paid off.  Who knew I was practicing my cake decorating skills. 

My grand daughter requested a mermaid cake for her birthday. Luckily I had the Ariel and Prince Eric figurines from my MacDonald's Happy Meal toy collection. I could have bought a cake from the grocery store bakery for $30.00, but noooo, I had to make it. Here is the breakdown in dollar and cents:

2 boxes of Duncan Hines cake mix on sale $2.00

2 tubs of Duncan Hines frosting on sale $2.00

6 eggs $1.50

1 box of fondant with coupon $8.50

Silver cardboard cake base $1.50

Miscellaneous: icing colour, oil etc. $1.00

Ingredient total: $16.50 not including taxes

Labour: 6 hours at $10.25/hr (minimum wage where I live)

Total cost of cake: $78.00

The look on my grand daughter’s face: priceless

Ha ha I had to add that Mastercard line.  And if I had to buy the Ariel and Prince Eric figurines (if I could even find them) you can add another 10 bucks. Insane. Right? If you look at it from an economic perspective it doesn’t make sense to make this cake. The bakery would have air brushed a perfect photo of Ariel on the top. Just drive 15 minutes to the bakery and pick it up for 30 bucks.  Easy peasy. Well, it’s not always about money.  Sometimes it’s about spending time together and making memories. When my grand daughter saw her finished cake she said, “I LOVE IT!” And we both get to feel real special.

By Aunt Susan


I don’t know why people don’t do this more often.  You get more bang for the buck.  Two sisters with birthdays close together celebrated with one big party.  They each have they own friends but they also have the same friends from the neighbourhood and the same cousins. So why not?!  It not just for siblings.  Best friends, cousins, neighbours, classmates etc who have birthdays close together can celebrated together and still feel special.  I mean really….think about it. If it’s going to be the same guests anyways. You split the cost of everything including the entertainment.  Some entertainers don’t care how many kids are at the party.  Split the cost of the food, decorations, loot bags and together you set up and take down.  How easy is that?!  To make sure each birthday child feels special you can have special birthday hats, their own table with their own special friends, both names on the cake with their favourites character by their name, the entertainer can make it a point to feature each birthday child etc….it can work very, very well.  I have seen it work beautifully with siblings, cousins and best friends. 

This weekend we entertained at a sisters joint birthday party.  The girls were just so happy to have all their friends over.  It was a wonderful way to have a neighbourhood party with all the moms and the kids.  Many of them just strolled over with the kids in the wagon.  There was a BBQ and everyone went for a swim in the pool after the puppet show (which was us).

The group of kids were a pleasure to entertain.  At one point I got them singing “If you’re happy and you know it”.  I said they weren’t loud enough and they should turn up their volume dial to as far as it can go.  One girl said “To 400!”  and another little girl said “NO…To 19!!!”  whoa… that’s much louder than 400 dontcha think?  The birthday girl said “NO…TO 41!” and as you know …41 is the loudest….why that’s even louder than 11.  Most people’s volume dial only go up to 10 …but when you need that extra boost of loudness…you go to 11 . But 41???!!!!  That’s definitely the loudest!  Hee hee.  I love my job.

By Aunt Susan


Parties are fun.  At least they’re suppose to be.  Some parties have such a safety risk that it pops the stress level real high and drives the fun level down, especially for the person hosting the party.


Pool parties can be lots of fun.  Supervision by adults and or a qualified life guard  is crucial.  Safety first!

I attended a backyard pool party with my husband and my 2 boys one summer.  Lots of families with children were there celebrating July 1st Canada Day.  No one was assigned life guard duty.  My 2 boys were in the pool so my husband and I parked ourselves at the pool side to keep an eye on them.  In just the short time we were there, a 6 year old girl who couldn’t swim jumps off the diving board into the deep end.  She was gasping for air and going down when my husband saw her.  I jumped in with all my clothes on and got her to safety.  So… I’m back on the deck drying off and I see a 4 year old bouncing along holding on to the side of the pool.  Well he bounced himself right into the deep end.  In I go again and pulled that kid out. I haven’t even stopped dripping and I see a toddler at the edge of the pool ready to fall into the water.  I catch her just as she falls in. And then there’s this stupid kid who pushed my son’s head in the water.  Come on folks!!! Pool parties have serious safety  issues!

In my town someone decided to rent a town pool for their kid’s birthday party….yup…you guessed it…. A kid drowned.  It happens really, really fast.  It only takes 12 seconds. There is a life guard training video where a family decides to have a birthday pool party…just like the one I mentioned above.  The video was taken from a surveillance camera.  One of the guests was terrified of the water…but the birthday child’s mom promised that she would watch him and keep him close.  Guess who drowned.  The child was resuscitated but he has permanent  brain damaged.  If you’re thinking of having such a party…. you need to watch that video before you start sending out the invitations.  And if you still want to do a pool party, safety first!  Make sure you have adults assigned life guard duty at ALL times (at least one life guard on duty per 25 kids… and that’s stretching it) and make sure you have insurance.

by Aunt Susan

by Aunt Susan

By Aunt Susan