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Inexpensive Gifts for Younger & Older Children I don’t know what it is about spring, but it feels like all of my eldest daughters friends are born between the months of April and July. My husband and I always have to budget extra money for toys since we know we are going to get some [...]

Parent Review of the Calico Critters Camping Caravan & Convertible Coupe Car Set In our opinion the best way to buy the Calico Critters Calico Critter Camping Caravan & Convertible Coupe Car is in a set. In this parent review of the Calico Critters Camping Caravan & Convertible Coupe Car we will discuss why we [...]

Parent Review of the Calico Critters Cloverleaf Manor In our families, there are three large gift giving holidays – Birthdays, Christmas, and Easter. Being a bit religious, we likely go a bit overboard on Easter, but it is a very important holiday to my family. Usually after church, my daughters go on large Easter egg [...]

Parent Review of the Calico Critters Country Tree House Over the past few months, my daughter has fallen in love with the Calico Critters. When I heard that one of her friends had some of the Calico Critter houses, I thought this was just another toy trend. As any parent knows, there is always a [...]

Parent Review of the Playmobil Take Along Dollhouse We are so glad that we have a Playmobil Take Along Dollhouse. When my husband I started first looking for travel toys for our children for the trip to see my parents, we were excited about all the fun travel toys we had found. Between the Fisher [...]

Parent Review of the Polly Pocket Cruise Ship Why we purchased the Polly Pocket Cruise Ship. As many parents know, traveling with children can be quite challenging. It doesn’t matter if you are going on a long plane trip or planning on spending fourteen hours in the car – it will be challenging. With three [...]

Review of the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friend Railway Tidmouth Travel Set Why we love the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friend Railway Tidmouth Travel Set. When we decided to buy travel toys for our trip, my husband and I were a bit at a loss what to buy for our youngest daughter. My [...]

Parent Review of the Portable Disney Princess DVD Player This is why we came to be looking at the Portable Disney Princess DVD player. As any parent can tell you, nothing is worse than being in a car for fourteen hours with three children. Before last year, we had always flown with the kids, but [...]

Parent Review of the Fisher Price Kid Tough FP3 Song and Story Player Right before the Christmas holiday, I spent some time looking at toys for children for the long car trip to see Grandma and Grandpa. While I wouldn’t bother doing anything special for a short car trip, a fourteen hour trip in the [...]

Little Tikes Cozy Truck Review by Grandparent We have been falling in love with the cute adorable Little Tikes Cozy Truck. Our family members have long been fans of the Cozy Coupe. I think that we own or have owned about seven of these terrific child powered vehicles. One of which I think may be [...]

Review of Leapfrog’s LeapPad Explorer We have always been huge fans of the Leapfrog Learning toys. So it is no surprise that the Leapfrog’s LeapPad Explorer was on every Hottest Toy list forChristmas 2011. This hand held tablet is designed for small hands, and with its 5 inch color touch screen and 2GB memory it [...]

Parent’s Review of the Lego Technic Snow Groomer Out of all the Lego sets I have purchased, the Lego Technic Snow Groomer has to be one of the coolest vehicles I have seen my son build. It has a very clever and elegant designed that nearly any lego fan would enjoy. My son couldn’t wait [...]

Parent Review of the Lego Hogwart’s Board Game As a parent, I try my best to buy as many educational toys as I can for my kids. The only problem I have is that many of these games are boring or just not fun for kids. The only learning toy I have found that both [...]

Review of Baby Bassinets: The Burlington Baby Elegance Wooden Bassinet Combo Not long after I found out I was pregnant with my son, my husband’s brother announced that they were going to be having a baby as well. Since they were just married not long before this, it has been rather exciting news in our [...]

Parent Review of the Fisher Price Rainforest Jumperoo Going through all of our old baby toys, I was determined to get rid of the old baby toys my daughters used that I absolutely hated. One toy that my daughters had that I absolutely hated was their doorway baby jumper (sorry Mom, I know you meant [...]

Best Parent Review of the Graco Blossom Highchair As a parent, my rule of thumb with my kids is to reuse as much as possible. Having spent quite a bit of money on baby items for my first daughter, we tried keeping everything in the best shape possible for future children. We were lucky enough [...]

Review on Digital Cameras for Children: The Panasonic Lumix DMC A month ago, my parents drove in to pay us a visit, wanting to see my children before my eldest daughter’s birthday. My parents always find an excuse to see everyone, especially since these are their closest grandchildren. During the visit, my parents started having [...]

Review of the Best Finished Dollhouse: The Kidcraft Majestic Dollhouse   About a month ago, my husband and I were struggling with what to get our oldest daughter for her birthday. We had been getting slight little hints every time we went to the toy store that she wanted a Barbie house. This seemed like [...]

Get the Most Enjoyment from Toys In most North American homes there is an abundance of toys. Our children often have more toys than they can possibly use. Our society has lost sight of the idea that less is better. If careful thought is not given to how to handle the toys they become a [...]

It does not seem to be possible to get through the child rearing years without a good wagon. In our family we own no less that three Radio Flyer wagons. All three of them are the large heavy-duty red plastic models. Two them have the UV protection canopies. A fellow reader had this to say: [...]