Baby Bella – Team Mom Review
Thanks to Team Mom, I spent some time last night hunting around on the Bella Sara website. Bella Sara was not something I’d heard of before I received my latest Team Mom package (Oscar’s only 15 months old and he’s a boy). I didn’t even know that things like Bella Sara existed – this is how little I know about modern parenting. What it is, is a series of trading cards that has an associated online world. On the back of each pack of cards is a code. You take that code to the website, enter the code and you “unlock” the specific horse that is on your card. When you unlock the horse, you get horshoes that allow you to buy things. You get to take care of your horses by brushing them, feeding them and cleaning out their stalls (luckily, no odors involved here). If you no longer want to do any of that, you can play games in the arena.
Next week Bella Sara will be releasing “Baby Bella” cards. If you have a little girl who is into horses (and I know enough to understand there’s a fascination there – one of my nieces is INSANE for them), this is for them. There are a variety of cards, and if you collect all of the members of a family, you earn special online rewards. Check out BellaSara.com on November 6th for the unveiling. There’s going to be a 10 day party with daily gifts for people who become members of the site. One of the sweet things about the card is that they each contain a positive message for little girls.
In addition to the cards, Bella Sara includes an interesting online world. Basically, how it works is that you purchase a pack of cards and on the bottom of each card is a code. You head to the Bella Sara website and enter the code and you unlock the horse that is on each card. As you unlock your horses, you also are given horseshoes (money) that you are able to buy new items. You are responsible for taking care of each of your horses. That means feeding them, cleaning out their stalls, brushing them, and making them happy. After doing all that, you can head on over to the arena and play some games.
The cards are quite affordable – they will retail for $2.99 each. You can buy them at Borders, Barnes & Noble, Toys “R” Us, Target, Blockbuster, Barnes & Noble and Justice for Girls.
“Happy” Halloween
I managed to break free of my deal for a few hours and run home (my trip was cancelled, as everyone thought it would be more efficient to work round the clock here instead of losing 6 hours in transit before I worked round the clock in Boston) to see Oscar on Halloween. I’m sure I broke a bunch of mom rules, but I forced him to put on the costume he had chosen (Mickey Mouse – why, I’m not sure as he doesn’t even like Mickey Mouse cartoons) for some pictures. Not a great idea. He’s getting his second molar, hasn’t seen his mom in a couple of days and is generally cranky. Perhaps not his happiest Halloween, but it’s a start.
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