V-tech Kidzoom camera (my 1st scathing review)

Starting last summer, V started to show a real interest in taking photographs. Our crummy point & shoot is broken, so we mainly use my husbands work camera which is a pretty expensive DSLR. Obviously, I get nervous with it in the hands of a toddler. So for V’s birthday this year we bought her [...]

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PLAYMOBIL: teaching toys & Holiday Giveaway!

I have always loved PLAYMOBIL. Always. I remember going to friends houses when I was small and being envious of their collections. Now that I have children of my own, it is my mission to expose them to PLAYMOBIL toys. They are great teaching toys and have almost *any* theme you can think of so [...]

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Green Toys

I remember the first item I saw from Green Toys was their Sand Play Set and I thought, Oh my God, someone *finally* made a bucket with a decent handle! I had no idea that they’d end up being way more awesome than that. Started by Robert von Goeben & Laurie Hyman, Green Toys are [...]

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Wheely Bee – PVC Free!

If you haven’t seen Prince Lionheart’s line of Wheely Bugs, you are totally missing out. I snatched one of these up for Christmas when V was just over a year and she’s still scooting around on it a year and a half later. Only now she yells “Wheee……Bee”! Wheely Bugs come in two sizes, Small [...]

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Plan Toys Dollhouse

I’ve been wanting to buy Violet a dollhouse for about a year now & I can’t say if that’s more because I’ve always wanted one or not. However, dollhouses are kind of expensive so I’ve been taking my time trying to find the right one for the right price. Enter a bored me cruising around [...]

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