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We love to spend time outdoors in our backyard, at the local park or down at the beach when visiting our beach house. One of the things we enjoy as a family is playing a lot of fun outdoor games! We love bocce ball, yard …
Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Learning Resources who makes a wide variety of educational toys and games for children. When you visit the Learning Resources web site…you can shop as a Parent or as a Teacher. Furthermore, you can …
Just like most little girls in this world, my 4 year old grand daughter is really into anything having to do with Barbie. When I say she is a big Barbie fan, it really is an understatement! She owns over 40+ dolls, accessories and DVDs.
Being released on March 11th, 2014 is a brand new Barbie movie called “Barbie The Pearl Princess“. Yes, it is the same one you have seen advertised all over TV. Ever since she saw that very first commercial, she has been begging me for the DVD.
Synopsis: Barbie stars as Lumina, a mermaid who dreams of being a princess. As long as she can remember, she’s had a magical power that makes pearls dance and glow! Lumina and her best friend Kuda, a pink seahorse, embark on an adventure to a majestic mer-kingdom. There, she uses her powers to help her friends prepare for the Royal Ball. Lumina then discovers that her magical pearls are the key to unlocking her true destiny and ultimately saving the kingdom.
Our Thoughts: I invited my little grand daughter over for a sleepover and movie night with me. She was super excited that Nanny had “goodies” for her. She was in my door no more than 5 minutes and the movie had to be put on! Excited she was! Holy cows, she could hardly contain herself!
I popped some popcorn and we sat down to watch it together. It has a really nice and entertaining story line that even I enjoyed. The graphics and characters are just too cute! The total run time of the movie is 1 hour and 14 minutes which is plenty long enough for small children. It completely held her attention the entire time, matter of fact, her eyes were glued to the TV and barely left the screen.
The movie/DVD comes along with some included bonuses: 3 music videos, a Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse episodes and more. I love when “extras” come on the DVD. Princess Gia was up and singing right along with Barbie during those fun music videos!
To go along with the DVD we also received the “Barbie The Pearl Princess” fashion doll where Barbie is totally decked out in her Lumina character. The doll is for ages 3 and up.
The doll does NOT have any removable clothing (just make note of that) but does come with removable plastic purple pearls that are wound through her hair. Girls can remove those and restyle Lumina’s hair into a design that they like. We all know that little girls do that with their dolls all of the time.
In addition, the doll comes with a turquoise plastic colored hair comb and when not in use, it tucks into the mermaid tail which is a really cute feature. This doll has quickly become her new best friend! After movie time, her new Lumina doll made it into the bath tub with her…for a swim! She loves that doll!!!
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You know when you are out somewhere and have to wait a few minutes-or maybe more than a few-how everyone has their eyes glued to their phone. Do you ever wonder what they are looking at? Are they reading e-mail or Facebook or just staring …
Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Learning Resources who makes a wide variety of educational toys and games for children. When you visit the Learning Resources web site…you can shop as a Parent or as a Teacher. Furthermore, you can …
I have always been a gaming kind of person. By that, I mean board games. I’ve tried family game nights and other things to bring the family together to have fun with one another. I’m not even a mom–I wasn’t trying to convince my kids– I was trying to convince my siblings! They’re much older than me so I didn’t really get ‘play time’ with them, so there were times where they didn’t want to play. But mostly my family and I got ‘board’ with board games… Where was the action? Rolling the dice and moving a couple spaces gets pretty monotonous. I was very excited in reviewing Reverse Charades (Hollywood Edition)!
My family and I are huge movie buffs. My sister and I will always bring up a line or scene from a movie that relates to a certain situation. Same thing with my niece and nephew… I didn’t have to peel them away from their phone or video games… They saw my sister and I playing one-on-one with each other, having so much fun, they begged to join!
The Reverse Charades game is exactly what it is named–instead of one person acting out words for the team to guess, the team has only ONE minute to have a person guess as many as possible. Unfortunately, I didn’t have many people to play as the game described, but we made it work, and we had tons of fun anyway! We changed it up a bit, but THAT is what made the game so enjoyable! It is very versatile, which always kept us motivated and entertained in the game.
Wow, did we laugh so much! My stomach was sore from laughing so hard. It was Oldies vs. Babies. My sister and I totally dominated. We love movies, the film industry, knowing about celebrities and their ridiculous gossip. My niece and nephew knew most of their topics, but there were some that they claimed were a little bit before their time, (Teenagers… yeesh! haha) but I’m pretty sure they were just being sore losers.
There were so many cards! A lot of great topics/names within this Hollywood Edition. I really loved this game. I found that it is available through the app stores for smartphones, and told my niece and nephew. Now they’re spreading the news about it like wildfire! Their friends at school during lunch, and I’ve even told my coworkers about it.
Reverse Charades was very fun. My family and I will definitely continue to play. Especially since there are expansion packs available! Of course, there is the Original Reverse Charades, but also Sports, Awesome 80’s, Girl’s Night In, Junior’s, and Holiday Editions. Junior’s is to add the young ones into the fun (6+).
I find it very admirable and wonderful that when Reverse Charades is sold, a bit of the price goes to support Children’s Hospital’s and their families, and when Girl’s Night Out is sold, a bit of that price goes to support breast cancer research.
With all that fun we had with the Hollywood Edition of Reverse Charades, it’s time to add those other expansion packs to my collection! Now that sounds like way more than one game night!
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Today we have another great addition to our holiday gift guide and it’s one that I take great pleasure in introducing you to. I am a huge Zombie loving fan! Seriously, I own over 30 zombie movie related DVDs and I am a huge fan …
Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Educational Insights based out of Southern California. Educational Insights is the manufacturer of playful products with serious educational value, including subject-specific classroom products, teacher resources, educational toys, and games. Their products are designed by …