Jumpin-Beans

You know I love to read... You also know I love the whole Chicken Soup for the Soul Series. That being said, lets just get right to it!!! They have yet another great book out now. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just for Preteens is a great gift idea for the tweens you have in your life. Chapters: 1- Feeling Good About Yourself 2- New Faces and New Places 3-Learning Lessons and Doing What's Right 4- Crushed 5- The Kindness of Others 6- When the Going Gets Tough 7- Finding Your Passion 8- That Was Embarrasing 9- Family Ties 10- Bullies and Bully Payback 11- Friendships to Last a Lifetime This book seems to cover all of the issues that younger kids deal with... From their first crush. Moving and having to go to a new school. Most of all, there are so many stories of being bullied. It breaks my heart that this is still present today, but hopefully with these kids sharing their stories, it will get us all one step closer to ending bullying! Synopsis: 101 Stories of Inspiration and Support...

If you have a house with Teens/ Tweens in it, chances are... They are all about style these days! We had the boys up here for spring break, so I was happy that we also had the chance to review the Monkey Brains Hair Collection during that time! Granted, it is MALE central here... But, they do like the spiky hair style from time to time! Well, the oldest and youngest do... The middle, not so much, he just likes to go... We were able to review the Crazy Sticky Hair Gel . ( MSRP of $3.99) Now, they are not joking with this one! It is crazy and it sure as anything is sticky. They also should have added something about it smelling wonderful in the name... I think that was what I liked the best! I know if I needed hair gel for anything, the smell of this would draw me to it! The other that we were able to review was the Grease Monkey Hair Pomade . ( MSRP of $3.99) It is definitely geared to the Teen/Tween since it is a bright purple! (As well as the packaging over all for all of the pro...