When I was 6 gnomes lived under my bed and each and every flower was a fairy.
They hid from everyone else and revealed their trues selves to me.
My imagination was encouraged and cultivated by bedtime stories and readings.
Enid Blighton’s books especially.
So one morning, when I woke to a frost and saw all the delicate flowers had withered and fallen, I was obviously hysterical.
Inconsolable as I was, my mother was unable to send me to school.
From that day I believed Jack Frost was a malevolent force.
Out to kill the fairies and destroy my (imaginary) world.
Jack Frost was public enemy number one.
Akin to the Ice Witch in Narnia, he froze anyone in his path.
Even the helpless bluebells and jonquils.
Bastard.
This morning I woke to a 3yr old in my bed, the twins playing in their cot and the sense that it was freezing.
I hauled myself out of bed and quickly realized that it wasn’t freezing.
It was below freezing.
And sometime during the night our heater’s control unit batteries had died.
Which means the heater didn’t kick in this morning.
Bastard.
And then I remembered.
I left washing on the line yesterday.
Jack Frost. Public enemy number one.
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Obviously I’m not sending my children out to play in this kind of cold.
Instead the boys are running around and bashing heads for fun.
As per usual.
Roo is bugging me to get her “Mitt-zee” off the shelf.
Which is exactly what I plan to do. Mitzy has been giving me precious minutes without being bugged.
Mitzy is a Zhu Zhu pet.
Which I actually swore I would never allow my children to have.
Until I got sent one and had to eat my words.
“Rory, can you please pick up your toys?”
“No. Don’t want to!”
“If you pick up your toys, I’ll get Mitzy for you.”
And the toys miraculously get put away.
Mitzy can stay.
Want your own Mitzy? Or a different Zhu Zhu pet?
Good!
Hunter Products has given me a Zhu Zhu pet to giveaway in celebration of their May Madness Toy Promotion.
A Zhu Zhu pet and a bunch of Zhu Zhu accessories, worth $110!
Pack includes:
1 x Zhu Zhu Puppy*
1 x Zhu Zhu Puppy Outfit*
1 x Zhu Zhu Puppy Chase Sled & Accessories*
1 x Zhu Zhu Push Along (Puppy Car & Meter or Laundry Room)*
1 x Zhu Zhu Puppy Carrier*
1 x Large Playset*
*Colours and styles may vary per pack ordered.
To win this awesome prize all you have to do is tell me in the comments:
How would a Zhu Zhu pet be used in your house? A bribe? A friend? An actual pet?
Most original response wins!
Terms and conditions:
1. Competition open to Aussie Residents only.
2. Competition opens 9am 14th May and ends 9pm 28th May.
3. This is a game of skill, NOT chance.
If you don’t win, you can still get this awesome Zhu Zhu pack on special as part of May Madness for just $35 (plus $12 postage). Which is $110 worth of Zhu Zhu for $47!
If you buy two packs you will also receive a Zhu Zhu board game worth $29.95 – which is $250 value for $70 (plus postage).
Just click this link and it will take you to Zhu Zhu heaven. But only during the month of May. Because its Ma Madness and all!
**Disclaimer: I received a Zhu Zhu pack for the purposes of this review and giveaway. No payment was offered, requested, nor accepted. I do these giveaways because I love my readers. I really did hate the idea of these things. I really do love the reality. Like I said. Mitzy can stay.**
We have pets, lots actually… A chocolate Dog (Labrador) Named Jaffa, a Lorikeet Named Lilo, a Cockatiel Named Lucy then we have Lisa, the turle… So its really not like we have withheld the fun and crazyness that is pet ownership from our children! They choose which days the ‘feel’ like feeding them, most days they want to play with them, though the turle is now off limits after a mcgivor style base jump from my 5yr old daughters hand when she insisted she could hold her without dropping her! In her defence, she didnt drop her, Lisa wanted off and well that meant a jump from her hand onto solid tile… She survived! The only thing my husband & I have said NO to, much to the distress & upset of my daughter is, NO GUINEA PIG!! The birds live in their cage, thats cool, the turtle now only swims in her tank, thats cool.. The labrador is more human then dog so he gets treated like one and comes to work with me, so thats cool but a Guinea Pig…….. they require grass (hubby is rpoud of said grass), we have some, but they need to be moved to continue to eat this grass, which Hubby doesnt like the idea of.. their cages need cleaning, more often then most. A guinea pig would appreicate roaming around the backyard, The chocolate dogs back yard, for which there would be a concern that said Chocolate dog would ‘play’ with the Guinea pig, possibly, cause harm to small fluffy guinea pig.. We havent had to explain ‘death of pet animal’ to our children yet and would like to avoid that for some time to come! So in short, since we have put our foot down regarding Guinea Pig ownership I see the obvious Parents of the Year points gainer would be to give her A Zhu Zhu Pet, one that doesnt need cleaning up after, feeding or stressing if our over friendly dog will become over friendly with it.. It ticks all our boxes and I’m sure will keep our daughter happy in her ‘I have a Pet guniea pig’ daze…
a mitzy in our house? to replace the broken one, the only one they all want to play with at the same time, when we have two others (cause one each is how we roll over important things like zhu zhu pets)
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A zhu zhu pet to be a friend,
running amok, will be the trend.
Scampering all through the house
the kids smiles sneaky like a mouse.
Lots of enjoyment they will bring,
The kids to contain will be my sting!!!
I would put it in the guinea pig cage with my newly separated daddy guinea pig, who is a randy bugger and trying to hump poor sparkles who pushed out five collassal sized babies. Maybe a zhu zhu pet would be the equivalent of a rubber doll for him?
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Man, that is C.O.L.D.
xx
Makes me shiver from here.
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Wow, that is really cold. I wish I’ll never be compelled to experience that kind of weather at home.
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What a fab idea for my little kiddies they both have allergies so no pets in this house
If we had a zhu zhu pet here I would give it to Miss E in the hope that she would stop terrorizing our poor dog, Aztec. He is very patient but he does get the crankies and we have to put him in time out to have a break from the “love” – maybe a zhu zhu pet would give him a little more free time and a little less time out? He sure could use it *picture puppy dog eyes here*
We have one little ‘mousie’ Zhu Zhu pet that gives us endless hours of entertainment, mostly as we watch my little girl chase our kitty cat chasing the ‘mousie’ – I would LOVE to add a puppy to that game and see what happens! Hehehe…
All of the things you mentioned. As a reward for finishing homework, as a pet because we can never have dogs where we are and because my boys would really love it.
We would use this as a pet. It would be perfect for my husband! He has always wanted a pet, and unable to have one in our house this would be the perfect birthday gift for him next month! My daughter would think this is the perfect pet and more than likely claim it for herself!
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We have a dog but she’s an outside pet. I’m sure the kids would love a pet they can have indoors and I would love the fact that there’s no extra mess to clean up!
It makes me cold by reading your post.
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