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Angelina Ballerina: Spring Fling DVD

March 9, 2014 by Danielle 1 Comment

Disclosure: The Angelina Ballerina: Spring Fling DVD mentioned below was provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

Angelina Ballerina is never a disappointment in our family. We love watching all of her shows and always being a part of her adventures. This dvd was a great one to add to our collection. Angelina Ballerina:Spring Fling will be available on DVD, Digital HD and Video on Demand March 11th.

About Angelina Ballerina Spring Fling:

Angelina and her friends put some spring in their step and beat the winter blues by trying different traditions from around the world. Angelina leaps into action to help Gracie get the credit she deserves and is paired up with AZ to create special posters with lots of school spirit. Elsewhere teamwork blossoms when the girls work with AZ to create a new style of dance so that he an rock ‘Mouseling Day’. Spring ahead with Angelina as she enjoys friendship, laughter and dance in these five, fun-filled adventures.
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Shadow Puppets

March 7, 2014 by Samantha 2 Comments

There is an odd occurrence in our house when we get something for Little Man that he isn’t as excited for as we expected. When this happens, either he is right or a more special moment occurs and that is Dad saves the day. In doing so, Dad gets him super excited about said item within moments. One of those moments recently was with the Magicforest Dinosaur shadow puppet set.

Upon first examination Little Man thought they were interesting but didn’t really see these were puppets or how these were more fun then his giant furry puppets. That is, until Daddy came along with some dinosaur hand puppets and the shadow puppet set and his imagination. The tale weaved was simple and straight forward about friendship and sharing between a T Rex and a stegosaurus, but the fact that he showed the little guy how to use the shadow puppets led to Little Man crafting his own tale of wonder, espionage and tooting. Yep.
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The Big Apple Circus

March 5, 2014 by Samantha 1 Comment

Looking for something fun to do with the kids? The Big Apple Circus is back, and better then ever. This year brings “Luminocity”, which transports the acts in the circus’ single ring the New York City’s Times Square. My husband, my son, and I all loved the acts in the circus, and we all had a great time. Bonus for families you don’t have to pay to park, the souvenirs are (really, I swear) reasonably priced, and there is food available on site.

The Big Apple Circus also really cares about kids- they created an organization called “Clown Care”. Performers head out to heal kids with the power of love and laughter, and bring joy into the lives of kids that can’t get to the circus themselves.

“Clown Care, the signature community outreach program of the Big Apple Circus, brings the joy of classical circus to hospitalized children at 16 leading pediatric facilities across the United States. Circus Co-Founder Michael Christensen created the program in 1986 based on his desire to provide a unique service to youngsters undergoing treatment in pediatric facilities. In partnership with a participating hospital’s chief medical and administrative staff, members of the Clown Care team conduct ‘clown rounds,’ their own version of medical rounds, where the healing power of humor is always the prescription.”

More About The Circus

Venture within the hubbub at the heart of Gotham, where the restless tide of humanity rushes through canyons of skyscrapers and shoals of billboards: The dog-walker, whose rowdy pups perform amazing tricks! Businesswomen who arrange to meet, soaring high above on a double trapeze! The rube, a clown-prince among peers, celebrating the mirth of life! Revelry at New Year’s Eve, with teeter-board acrobats flying like fireworks! and a chic couple of wire-walkers suspended mid-air for the event! The humble repairman, climbing the ladder of his imagination! The mounted policewoman, directing a cavalcade of steeds! The flimflam man with his quicksilver moves! The food cart vendor, juggling his produce! Construction workers assembling athletic poses of incredible strength! The celebrated Big Apple Circus Band, under the baton of maestro Rob Slowik, provides the lively musical soundtrack, and your cosmopolitan Ringmaster, John Kennedy Kane, will conduct your tour through this luminous cityscape. Run away and join the Big Apple Circus this season for a dazzling, unforgettable spectacle of wonder, merriment and joy.
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Filed Under: entertainment, kids, review, theater Tagged With: circus, live events, NJ

Pediped Kids Boots

March 4, 2014 by Samantha 8 Comments

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With winter still in full blast, and snow falling nearly daily, you know that I’m looking for waterproof shoes for my fella to wear to school. They don’t let them wear boots to school, so I looked at one of my favorite kids shoe stores, www.pediped.com to see what options they had for kids his size. We found the Grip Boulder style, available in 3 colors, in his size. (Now On Sale!)

About Pediped:

Pediped’s motto is: Pediped, next best thing to bare feet.

These shoes are made with exceptional quality, unsurpassed comfort, and distinctive styling. These shoes are award winning, and they are the fastest growing children’s footwear brand in the United States.

Awards:

American Pdiatric Medical Association Seal of Acceptance for promotion of heathy foot development
Orthopedic Medical Professionals deem pediped shoes an excellent choice for parents/caregivers who want their children’s feet to develop naturally and healthily.
Earnshaw’s Earnie Award for Company of the Year and Best Footwear
In 2012, Earnie Award for Company for good

Pediped is sold in over 3,000 stores in the United States and 40 countries worldwide with an offering of more than 130 designs for boys and girls in their three lines.

Originals: 0-24 months

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Barbie Potty Trainin’ Taffy

February 25, 2014 by Danielle 3 Comments

Disclosure: The Barbie ‘Potty Trainin’ Taffy’ mentioned below was provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

My girls are finally reaching the age that they like to play with Barbies. I must mention that I am very excited about this stage that we have finally reached. I loved Barbies as a child and I have been very excited about all of the neat Barbies that are available now. I was lucky enough to be able to receive Barbie Potty Trainin’ Taffy to do a review on.

About Barbie ‘Potty Trainin’ Taffy’:

Barbie loves her dog Taffy. Taffy is absolutely adorable with her pretty pink, removable collar and flopped ears. Your child will have the opportunity to help Barbie care for her dog with the Barbie Potty Training Taffy set. The set includes everything that you need to properly handle the basics: feeding, walking, and cleaning up.

Feeding Time: You can start out with a box of treats that fits perfectly in Barbie’s hand. You can put the bones in the dog bowl, or feed them straight to the dog and you can store them in Taffy’s pink backpack.

What’s New in Toys? Plenty.

February 23, 2014 by Samantha 2 Comments

New York Toy Fair was this past week at the Jacob Javits Center in (you guessed it!) New York City. Host to the worlds largest gathering of toys and games, organized by the Toy Industry Association, hundreds of toy manufacturers and game publishers gather to show off their recent and upcoming products to retailers, buyers, and the press. The New York Toy Fair is filled with nearly every toy, game, form of electronic entertainment, and outdoor play thing you can imagine. With roughly 100,000 products and 7,000 new toy debuts (not to mention 30,000 “play professionals” from more then 100 countries) NY Toy Fair is a wonderland for your inner child.

With all these toys, we wondered what was new for this year. Some things, like the very popular monsters, zombies, mustaches, and duct tape crafts are still holding strong, with plenty of new dolls, kits, toys, and you name it coming out this year in every shape and size. You name, it, it can be found with a mustache.

Expanding this year are apps and virtual worlds of every kind. Every toy, every game, every-everything has a virtual aspect to it. Have a teddy bear? Here’s an app to go with it. New robot? App. Learning Portuguese? There’s an app to go with that. There are even toothbrushes with apps- I’m not kidding you. I’m waiting on an app for apps. An app organizer, perhaps? Because I’m app-ed out, app-arently.

Also trending this year are interactive talking toys (dolls or bears or robots that talk back to you, do as you request, and sometimes sing and tell stories), unicorns (nearly every major manufacturer has at least one, as a doll’s “pet” or as it’s own stand alone product), and anything retro. Some toys, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, are back with a new look- some, like the Fisher Price dial up rotary phone, looks the way it did the first time it came out decades ago- right up to it’s packaging.

Got a crafty kid? There is every kind of weaving kit you can imagine, and from every brand big or small. Weaving rugs, potholders, bracelets, scarves- really anything and everything. This is building on the success of the Rainbow Loom, one of the TOTY’s toy of the year award winners for 2014. If you have not heard of this toy yet- where have you been? There are plenty to choose from- take the kids and choose your poison. Want to take it up a notch? The variety of jewelry making kits is as wide as the Sochi Olympics building difficulties. From things that you could actually get your mother to enjoy wearing to the standard sting of colored wood and glitter, you can find something to suit your little designer. Bead/peg kits are also going to be all the rage this year, with not only jewelry kits but craft kits, stained glass makers, 3D pictures, and more- all made with beads, pegs, or “dots”.
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Filed Under: kids, review, toys Tagged With: new toys, New York Toy Fair, Toy Fair, toy trends

Thomas & Friends: Spills & Thrills

February 20, 2014 by Danielle 2 Comments

Disclosure: The Thomas & Friends: Spills & Thrills DVD was provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

Thomas & Friends: Spills & Thrills. Available On DVD, Digital HD and Video On Demand March 4, 2014 From Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment.

Sparks fly on the Island of Sodor as Thomas and his engine friends race around in these action-packed and slippery tales of friendship and fun. Thomas and his friends learn that even when mishaps happen, an adventure always awaits.

About the DVD:

Episodes:

“Away From the Sea”
“The Smelly Kipper”
“No More Mr. Nice Engine”

AURORA’S VALENTINE’S DAY GIFTS

February 13, 2014 by Samantha 8 Comments

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Looking for something adorable to give your love this Valentine’s Day? My son and I both adore stuffed animals, and so do many women and kids- so you know that these will be a hit for many on your list. Try as I might, I still love a sweet stuffed animal. I don’t get many for myself anymore, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like them or wouldn’t love one as a gift now and again 🙂

Aurora World, Inc. (www.auroragift.com) has more than 140 products for Valentine’s Day catalog. Highlights of Aurora’s Valentine’s Day catalog include fresh characters and exciting variations of popular lines and licenses including Pink Promise Elephant, YooHoo & Friends™, Butterball Bear, Sad Sam & Honey® and a 2,400 piece, special edition Raggedy Ann® named “Sweet Dove.”

Pink Promise: The lovable elephant is fashioned with super soft-tipped, two tone fabric and has playful heart prints in its oversized ears. Pink Promise is available in four huggable sizes (10.5”, 12”, 14”; 22”, SRP: $20, $24, $33 and $72 respectively). My son loves his sweet pachyderm, who is super soft and snugly. It’s uber plush fur and floppy ears are cuddly and fun to play with or take to bed at night (or pass out on the couch with while watching a movie on a snow day, LOL). Also, it can go “on parade” with the pink elephants of Dumbo, which of course did not escape my son’s mind 🙂

YooHoo & Friends™: Luvee™, an endangered chimpanzee, joins Aurora’s best selling plush line (more than 23 million sold) as a three-color assortment. Luvee hugs a slightly askew heart, each with a different message including “Love U”, “Be Mine” and “XOXO!” Each makes a “smooch” sound when squeezed (5”, SRP: $9). They make a “kissing” sound when you hug their bellies, and have adorable expressions and large eyes. YooHoo are a lot of fun to collect as well, and come in a wide assortment of creatures and colors. These are great for a collector or way to start your collection, and are very affordable. My son loves this line, and has since he was very young.
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