I found the cutest cake shaped like a turkey at FamilyFun.com. 

Bake the cake mix in 2 bowls and a pan to create your lovely turkey shape.  Use frosting, food coloring, paper, and a garnish to make your beautiful turkey cake.

Happy Thanksgiving!

What a cute little project for your little ones to do. 

FamilyFun.com shows you how to make finger stamp placecards decorated with a colorful turkey.

All you need are stamp pads, card stock, googly eyes, glue, and paint markers. 

How fun!

Check out my reivew of The Octonauts & the Frown Fish on Asianmommy Reviews.

Oh my goodness!  

Hello Kitty sushi at Toys R Us. 

How cute is that?!

I just saw the movie "The Road Home" by director Yimou Zhang, starring Ziyi Zhang in her film debut.  It was made back in 2000 and is in Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.

The movie starts out showing Luo Yusheng, a young man from the city, coming home to his village upon learning of his father's death.  He finds out that his mother is insisting that his father be carried home in a coffin by foot on the long road from a neighboring town.  This is the town's tradition and serves to help his father, in his afterlife, to remember his way home.

Luo Yusheng then tells the story of how his parents met when his mother was an illiterate village girl of 18 and his father was a school teacher sent to teach in the new school house that he and the villagers had built.  Every day, his mother would walk by the school and listen to his father's voice coming from the school house.  After school, she would wait for a chance to see him walking home with the children on the road.  When he was sent away for political questioning, she stood by the road and waited for his return.  It was his mother's wish to bring his father home again on that long road.

A simple story, beautifully told in this movie about love and longing and devotion.

tobuy

Check out my review of Julie Black Belt:  The Kung Fu Chronicles on Asianmommy Reviews.

A friend of mine told me about these personalized DVDs made for children, called "Santa's Talent Show."  The story involves Santa's elves competing in a talent show to get a special prize.  The child's name is shown and mentioned in the 7-minute DVD, which comes with a personalized DVD case with the child's name on it.

The creator of this DVD is an Asian American dad of two little ones, ages 6 months and 2 years, who started working on this idea many years ago, when he was looking at some personalized gifts for his nieces and nephews.  Wouldn't it be cool to have someone speak directly to them on TV?  Take a look at the clip below.

What a special gift for a child and his or her family.