Now that I am home with my boys I can really appreciate just how imaginative kids are at this age. Take for example the fort built in my living room this morning using my newly laundered sheets, pilfered directly from the linen closet. Or how about the "cocoon" that Nicky encased his younger brother in? The cocoon consisted of approximately 1 Brawny "BIG" roll of paper towels. I'm telling you friends, Brawny is where it's at if you want to cocoon your sibling...(waves at Brawny Man, whispers- "Send me paper towels!")
I would have gotten a picture of said cocooned toddler but several factors impeded this..a) I was laughing hysterically, b) my camera isn't charged, c) Seba was peeeevvveeed. I say peeved because he was sort of laughing as he struggled weakly to break his bonds and d) I was still laughing hysterically.
So yeah, imaginations are definitely at work here in this household. Everyday we have been watching less TV and reading more and more and now that the kids understand the stories more its really gotten to be fun for all involved. Often we'll start a story and then I will ask Seba or Nicky to tell me how they thing it should end and we go off on improvisational tangent that often turns out to be waaaay more interesting than the original storybook endings. We've had Nemo stay at the dentists office and learn to become a fish dentist; we've had the Cat in the Hat on time out for not being a good listener; Mowgli has become king of the jungle and on and on. So imagine my delight when I was contacted by Eric, a rep for a great website called Big Universe. After checking out their truly cool site and corresponding back and forth with Eric, Big Universe has graciously offered myself and my readers a free 30 day subscription to their site. Isn't that awesome?
Here's some info on Big Universe as well as the instructions for all you reading mama's and papa's to get your free 30 day subscription:
Anil Hemrajani is the Founder & CEO of Big Universe. Anil has always been fascinated with children's book illustrations and cartoons. In addition, having traveled the world, he strongly believes that we live on a very small planet in a big universe, and that while people look and act differently, we all have the same basic needs and are all indeed world citizens of our planet. It is this combination of professional skills, love of beautiful children's books, global experiences and personal beliefs that led him to launch Big Universe.com.Big Universe has been in business for about two years and is based in Washington D.C.
The offer will allow you a free subscription to Big Universe for 30 days from your time of activation – we can’t wait for you to try it out and get your feedback! I am including the coupon code below along with directions for you and your readers on how to activate it. The code will expire if not used by October 31st. The activation directions are below:
1. Go to https://www.biguniverse.com/
2. After filling out a short form, you will be sent a confirmation email to activate your account
3. After activation sign in and go to the "My Account" section
4. When in your account, click on "Apply Promotional Code. Enter: BUMOM09
I hope you all like this site as much as my kids and I do, we are going to make use of the "Create & Publish" section, since there are so many stories floating around in my kids heads that should be shared with all of you.
Enjoy!
