Howard B. Wigglebottom - The Power Of Giving Chrismas Story

Howard B. Wigglebottom animated books, songs, posters and non-violent games, are assisting 4-8 year old children to feel good about themselves. They help children to learn important lessons about listening, bullying, anger management, moderation, truth, divorce, peer pressure, belonging, generosity, sportsmanship and attention.In the Howard B. Wigglebottom books, Howard, an adorable bunny is faced with difficult situations, but always ends up learning an important lesson along the way. 

In Howard B. Wigglebottom and The Power of Giving, a Christmas Story, even though Howard is surrounded by toys and material things, he's busy making a Christmas list for Santa that's a mile long. Howard is obsessed with material things, but can't stay happy for long. Of course the only way to fill the void that Howard feels is more toys! 

Howard and his mother are going on a trip to visit family, and she makes sure to tell him to pack lots of warm clothes so he won't be cold while they're away. Instead of listening to his mother, Howard fills his sack with toys and as they board the train his sack gets stuck and his toys fly everywhere! When Howard tries to gather his belongings the train leaves the station and Howard finds himself cold and alone with no place to stay. 


On his search for home Howard, a group of birds come along that think Howard is Santa, and try to help him with his things, but Howard is so focused on himself that he thinks the birds want to steal his toys! When he realizes that the birds want to help him because they have no place of their own Howard feels sad  ashamed of his actions. Howard ends up inviting the birds to stay with him at his home, and even wraps up some of his toys to give them as Christmas presents! 


In this wonderful Christmas story Howard learns many important life lessons, including that material possessions can not fill the voids in your life,and that caring for others and sharing with those less fortunate is what the holidays are all about. 


Howard B. Wigglebottom is a series of books that teach children valuable life lessons about sharing, sportsmanship, listening, bullying, divorce, peer pressure and more. Howard Books are part of the We Do Listen project. For more information on We Do Listen and their mission to enable children to enjoy inner peace and feel good about themselves, or to purchase Howard B. Wigglebottom books please visit wedolisten.org. Wedolisten.org also features animated versions of all the Howard B. Wigglebottom books.

We Do Listen is one of our amazing sponsors for the Merry Little Christmas Cyber Monday Giveaway event. Please hop on over to enter for your chance to win an Autographed Howard B. Wigglebottom book of your choice to give to your child this Christmas!

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Deck the Halls with Scentsy

Welcome to the Deck the Halls Hop hosted by Yes I Have a Coupon, & A Giveaway Too! The Deck the Halls Hop will take place November 27- December 3rd and will include great giveaways for holiday items. Here on Life Unexpected: Adventures of a SAHM, our Sponsor Kristina Johnson, Scentsy Independent Director wants to help you Deck your Halls with some great Scentsy products! Kristina is offering one very Lucky Life Unexpected reader their own choice of a full size Holiday warmer and 3 wax bars, a $49 value!( Make Sure to check out our Sponsor Spotlight on Kristina and her products here). All you have to do is enter using the Rafflecopter widget below! Once you've entered hop along to the other great blogs on the linky for more chances to win. 

Happy Holidays and Good Luck! 

Deck the Halls and Merry Little Christmas Sponsor - Scentsy with Kris

Scentsy is the safe new way to make your home smell great without harmful chemicals or dangerous open flames. Scentsy uses a system of various size warmers and scented wax cubes to fill your home with delightful smells that are safe for you and your little ones. With over 80  Scentsy Scents available in bars, bricks, car fresheners, room sprays, hand sanitizer  and  over 45 Candle Warmer designs to choose from, you're bound to find something for everyone on your holiday list this year!

Scentsy has a wide range of items for everyone on your Christmas list, and Kristina Johnson, Scentsy Independent Director is here to help you with all your Scentsy needs.

The plug in warmers are great for smaller spaces like a child's room, hallway or bathroom. Plug in warmers are $20 each and hold one cube from the wax bar.

 

There are two different collections of Mid Size warmers to choose from. A Mid Size Warmer would be perfect for a smaller sized bedroom, or family room. Mid Size warmers are $25, and a Premium Mid Size warmer is $30, these warmers take up to 2 cubes from the wax bar.

There are 2 different collections of full size warmers to choose from . Full size warmers are great for a master bedroom or a larger open area where you need your scent to carry more. A regular Full Size warmer is $30, and a Premium Full size warmer is $35, full size warmers can hold up to 3 cubes from the wax bar. We put our Jolly Warmer out last week, and we've received so many compliments on it already! The Cozy Fireside scent smells just like Christmas and has everyone getting in the holiday spirit.

 

Scentsy Buddies are adorable stuffed animals that have a hidden zipper in their back. Unzip their zipper and insert the scent pack into their back, zip it up and you have a great smelling stuffed friend for your little one. These guys are super soft and the scent lasts for weeks! There are 10 different buddies to choose from, and scent packs are offered in every scent that Scentsy makes for their regular warmers. Willow chose to have a Mollie the monkey and they're now best friends, Mollie sleeps with her every night, and keeps her bed smelling nice. We've had Mollie for about 6 weeks now and we haven't had to replace her scent pack yet, it's still going strong!

 

Scentsy also offers an assortment of smaller items, including room sprays, car fresheners,  and hand sanitizers, that would make great stocking stuffers. These are a great way to take your favorite scent with you wherever you go. These smaller items would be great for college students, baby sitters and teachers! Prices on these items vary from $3 to $7. 

Interested in Joining Kris' Scentsy Team?

Kris is a Scentsy Director with over 3 years experience and Scentsy is her full time job. She is always looking for new consultants to join her. For just $99 you  can start your own Scentsy business with Kris to help you along the way. Want to join Kris' team but live in a different area? No problem! Kris offers Skype as well as training phone calls to help you along the way. She currently has over 30 team members in 7 different states who are thriving with Scentsy! You can find out more about joining Kris' team on her website under the "Join my team" section.

Kris has generously offered to sponsor not one, but two giveaway events here on Life Unexpected! For the Deck the Halls giveaway event, Kris will be giving one Lucky reader their choice of Holiday Warmer and 3 scents (a $49 value) to help decorate their home for the holidays. For our Merry Little Christmas Cyber Monday Hop she'll be offering 2 prizes! Prize Pack #1 will include a Full Size warmer and 3 scents and Prize Pack #2 will be something for the kids - a Scentsy Buddy and Scent Pack (a $25 value).

I received one or more of the above mentioned products in exchange for this post. I received no other compensation and my opinion was not influenced in any way. Your experience with Kristina Johnson, Scentsy, and their products may be different then my own please see our disclosure policy for more information.

Cyber Monday with Melissa and Doug

It's Time

I don't usually share my personal opinion on "Hot Topics", but I just can not deny how powerful this video is. A fried of mine shared it with me and I couldn't stop crying, it's beautiful, it's moving, it's true, and ....

IT'S TIME.

A Little Pinsperation - Elf on a Shelf

Since Nipper Twinkle Toes and Snowflake decided to pay us a visit last night, I thought it might be fun to share all of the fun things that I've found for your elves to do! If you have an Elf on a shelf do you have any fun ideas to share with everyone about the "naughty" or "nice" things that your elf might do this year? Go ahead and share them with everyone! I also thought that it might be fun to make "A Little Pinsperation" a hop since everyone seems to enjoy it so much. Just link up with us and share in the fun of Pinterest!

 Rules:

• Please follow me with GFC, while it isn't required, it's the nice thing to do.
• Please have your link go directly to your Pinsperation post
• Share the hop, the more people who join the more fun we'll have!
• If you find someone you like let them know by commenting, following etc, Following on Pinterest would be great too!