#ad Review: Voice-activated led Laser Stage lighting

My Thoughts:
The red and green colors in this laser stage show is perfect for the upcoming holiday season. I have included 3 pictures here that show the laser show with 3 different ways the lights work. My kids thought this was pretty awesome to set up a dance party in the living room. A couple of warnings on the product say to not use it continuously for over 2 hours, which I don't know that we would have a problem with but wanted to mention in case someone was buying this and wanted it to run longer. Also, it has a warning to not shine the light in anyone's eyes. People should know that, but I am saying it in case people aren't thinking about that. You need to plan to have this in a location so it is not in direct eye line of people and are project it on to something. I looks really cool projected up at the ceiling or at a wall. You can project it on to a wall on the opposite side of the room and them people can dance with the lights going over them.

My kids also really thought it was neat that this was voice activated. It is a feature you can turn on, or you can just have it playing continuously. If you turn on the voice activation feature it will move the lights per your settings to the beats it hears, so you could play music in the background and it will flash in beat to the music or voices or hands clapping.

Product Description from JS Lighting:



Suitable for disco, ballroom, KTV, bar, stage, club, party etc. No UV rays, environment friendly Long working life, excellent stability.
Small and exquisite appearance.
Fully adjustable motion speed Animated moving red and green star, fully adjustable motion speed. Package Includes:1pcs*led stage light

Disclosure - I received these at a deep discount for the purpose of reviewing them. All thoughts, opinions and photographs are my own.

#Disneyside Party in Our Home

I want to disclose right away that any Disney items you see pictured here including the plates, cups, balloons, decorations, bingo, many of the prizes, table cloth, cupcake liners, etc. were sent to me to help promote Disney Side Celebrations.

If you have been following my blog a bit this month you have been watching me show my #Disneyside by going on a family trip to Walt Disney World and I shared with you pictures of going to the Magic Kingdom and all of Disney Characters we met. Well, we took it further than than and showed our #Disneyside  at home and had a party and invited a bunch of friends.

We played bingo and learned quite a bit about all the parks, characters and special Disney places. The kids loved it and it was very helpful that each card drawn appeared on every bingo card so all these young kids felt like they were participating the whole time because they were!

Our friends that came over went home with so many wonderful prizes to help them show their own #Disneyside including posters, stickers, and blank photo cards & envelopes from HP. I also included other things prizes and samples I had to pass out and to use as prizes for the Disney Trivia game we played (the adults.)

It was so fun to get the house all decorated up with Mickey and Friends. We decorated up both the dining room (where the adults ate our fancy salads I made) and the kids at the kitchen table which was decorated above it too and they ate traditional kid fare of Mac and cheese and baby carrots. And we all had some bread too and these fun Mickey cupcakes I made.

 Below you can see one of the Mickey cupcakes I made and I am going to have another #Disneyside post tell you just how to create these Mickey Mouse Cupcakes. So, come back on Tuesday for Try It Tuesday!

If you like all the Disney decorations I was sent, you  might be able to find them at your local Hallmark Store because they all had Hallmark store labels on them.

If you are thinking of throwing a party and showing your Disney Side, be sure to check out the website Disney Side Celebrations for lots of party ideas, recipes, themes and so much more!

John Deere Tractor Theme Party

 Birthdays for my kids tend to span a couple weeks with several parties. This is the party at Ag Power (John Deere dealership) that he invited a few of his friends to. So, here is another one (if you remember I posted about the Football Theme Party last Sunday. 

What I did for Party Favors: Bags with "Tractor Tires" (aka Oreos), Bags with Animals Crackers, Homemade Lollipops in John Deere Colors, Green Boogie Wipes, and Homemade Playdough with Farm Animal Cookie Cutters

 What I Did For Party Food: I went the John Deere Green & Yellow route and serves cucumbers and celery with homemade hummus, bananas and honeydew melon, corn chips, frosted cupcakes, bottled water with personalized labels, and turkey, cheese & lettuce sandwiches

Just some of the decorations from his party included lots of green & yellow balloons, a John Deere balloon, yellow streamers, yellow tablecloths & napkins, green plates, a couple of Happy Birthday Banners and my handmade signs.

And here is my sweet little boy! He was very happy with his party. The kids played on the 2 ride on tractors the dealership put out for them to use, with all the balloons they had and watched a Farm DVD I bought on the big screen in the room (they even had to turn the lights off so they felt like they were at the movies.)

Ag Power had this nice, big conference room and it was a great place to have a party and all his friends (plus some from his family) bought gifts for him there.

Football Theme Birthday Party

This was a party that my middle sister & I threw for my son and my niece.

We decorated the tables with black tableclothes and made goal lines from green crepe paper and down the center was a banner than said Touchdown. We also sprinkled shiny football theme (helmets and footballs) confetti on the tables.

We also had several football serving dishes, one held spaghetti, another held chips and two cheese dips and the other one held a chocolate peanut butter dip with pretzels (pictures below.)

These were the goodie bags my son picked to pass out. They were jumbo sized, but were the only ones that had footballs on them.

 Here are some of the decorations. Between all the families within our family, we support the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers, so balloons used throughout the dining room were green, yellow, & purple. We had a Happy Birthday sign on one end with some balloons and a football pennant banner. On the other side were some football lights and a football doorway decoration.

 My daughter really wanted to help out and wanted to make some decorations. So, grandma cut out some football shapes for her and she drew on the lacing in different team colors and then we hung them on the door by the other Happy Birthday sign and balloons & kids' table (not pictured.)

And now for some of the football themed food we served (other food mentioned above):

Here is the cake with a football field and goal posts (made from straws) and cake balls in team colors.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Dip & Pretzels

Football Deviled Eggs

Football Pepperoni Pizza

Game Plan Pizza