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Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub TonightThis recently released book is a collection of 20 rhyming poems with bedtime themes as its compelling title reveals. The poems whimsically cover various bedtime topics such as monsters in the closet, who gets the top bunk, thumb-sucking, sleepovers, among others. All are written with a humorous and slightly satirical twist that will give both kids and adults a chuckle.
Summer Toys 2010What parents haven’t found themselves in this situation? It’s 70-plus degrees outside, and your child is either watching TV, playing video games, or on the computer. You tell your child to get up and go play outside, and they look back at you and say: “There’s nothing to do outside that fun”. We’ve been there many times, but in my house, that problem has been alleviated.
Baby Genius Singing School BusFrom the moment we opened the delivery box I knew this toy had my kid’s attention. From the bright colors of the bus and characters all the way down to the fun music it plays, this bus was going to be pure toddler fun! My 3-year-old son, 2-year-old daughter and I all sat down together to open the package the bus was in. They were so excited and I was very pleased that it was a cinch to get it out of the plastic box—there is nothing like anxious toddlers and a frustrating box that is a pain to open! As soon as I had it out they were talking about the five different animals included with the bus: Vinko the…
Robin HoodRobin Longstride (Russell Crowe) is just a “common archer” at the start of Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. He’s also a team player, not an outlaw at all, fighting alongside King Richard the Lionhearted (Danny Huston) in the Crusades. But, as the 12th century comes to an end and the body count rises, Robin is feeling uneasy with his lot. He’s good at killing people, but maybe, as he tells the king, their cause is not so just and their deeds not so pure. Maybe, as Robin puts it, their pursuit of power in the name of god has actually left them “godless.”
Picross 3DPuzzle playing people are probably pretty familiar with the game Picross, an international hit for the DS from 2007. The Picross puzzle parade (sorry, I’ll stop with the alliterations) is back with Picross 3D, a collection of brain-teasing multi-dimensional puzzles. A Picross puzzle is a block of cubes with either numbers, circled numbers or nothing at all on them. The puzzle block conceals a hidden object that the player must reveal by figuring out which cubes to keep and which to break away using the numbers as a guide. For example, if a row of five blocks is marked with a 4, one of those blocks has to be…
But I Wanted a Baby Brother!Oliver Keaton is a little boy who desperately wants a baby brother. When his mom comes home from the hospital with his baby sister, Oliver’s sure it’s a “mistake.” While everyone “oohs” and “ahhs” over baby Julie, Oliver’s frustration grows. He gets the idea to trade his baby sister for one of his friends’ baby brothers. However, when proposing the idea to a couple of friends, who eagerly say yes because their baby brothers cry all day AND night, he reconsiders. Perhaps Baby Julie isn’t all that bad… by comparison, she laughs, waves and (most…
Hot Wheels Trick Tracks Cyborg Blaster Starter SetBeing a mom to a little boy means that Hot Wheels cars are a daily part of our lives. My 6-year-old son Jonathan always carries at least one Hot Wheels car in his pocket, because you never know when an opportunity to race a car will come up! However, we don’t have many of the Hot Wheels race tracks or stunt sets, so when the Hot Wheels Trick Tracks Cyborg Blaster Starter Set arrived at our door from TimetoPlaymag.com, Jonathan’s eyes lit up and he was super excited to try it out!
Iron Man 2The return of Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) begins with a bang. He jumps from a plane, hurtles through the night sky over Flushing Meadows Park, and lands with a boom on… a stage. Iron Man is a show, complete with dancing girls, explosions, and cheering fans—all celebrating the peace he’s imposed on the planet and oh yes, the smart-alecky genius of Tony Stark, the millionaire who invented, protected, and now totally is Iron Man.
Sonny With A ChanceSonny With A Chance is the latest Disney Channel hit show and stars Demi Lovato in the role of Allison “Sonny” Munroe, a teen who lands a role on her favorite TV show, “So Random”! The video game, of the same name, allows fans of the show to play as their favorite character in a collection of mini-games with a board game theme.
Are You My Mother?Happy Anniversary to this classic story about a baby bird’s search to find his mother! On the day her egg is about to hatch, Mama bird leaves the nest to find food for the arrival of her new baby. While she’s gone, the egg hatches and her baby bird wonders where he is and sets out to find her. Not knowing what his mother looks like, he asks several animals, including a dog, hen and cow, the famous question, “Are you my mother?” Refusing to take “no” for an answer, the little guy continues on his quest, posing the question to a car, boat, plane and steam shovel. In a sweet twist,…
