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I was delighted to get a package from Natural Pod last week containing this Small Stacking Rainbow and a few other goodies I’ll tell you about soon. I have long admired this stacking rainbow because to me, it represents the simplicity and beauty of natural wood toys in general. The layers are made from solid [...]
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I’ve been reading about these Schleich lifelike animal figurines lately, but always figured they’d be super expensive and only available in an upscale toyshop selling European toys. So I was pleasantly surprised when I was cruising the crazy neon-colored, battery-operated toy aisles of Target and came across a big Schleich display that looked like it [...]
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We are usually that ridiculous family you see on the beach, pulling an enormous rolling duffel bag behind us as we roam the coast looking for a spot to sprawl out. I’m thinking if we get this Water Park Bucket from German toymaker Haba, we can leave the rest behind. It collapses down for easy [...]
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I’m a longtime babystyle fan. And I love them even more since they donated this very cool Silver Speedster ride-on toy to our preschool’s fundraising auction. I picked it up the Friday night of Super Bowl weekend, when the mall was buzzing with celebrities (or at least those who wanted to look like celebrities) heading [...]
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We’ll be planting our garden soon, and our kids will be in the thick of it. This colorful kids gardening tool set is made by Toysmith, a company that assures customers of its commitment to providing safe toys. We have a similar set from Pottery Barn Kids that we bought a few years ago. [...]
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We had my son’s 4th birthday party at our house yesterday. More to come on the party after I get my husband/webmaster’s help with the photos. It was really perfect because the predicted rains stayed away for the party (so the kids could play outside), and then came pouring down today, while we had fun [...]
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When my house is a complete mess, I like to think of it as looking like a festive Christmas morning (even if it’s an evening in July). So I haven’t been too worried about getting the Christmas morning jubilee packed up right away. But the time is coming to get our place cleaned up [...]
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This Tidoo doll by Corolle seems to be the perfect first doll for a one-year old. The doll is just the right size to be carried around in little arms, her eyes open and close, she can take a bath and dry quickly, AND she’s vanilla-scented! My daughter is in love with hers. The Corolle [...]
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I’ve been looking around for some new non-plastic play food so I can stop cringing every time I catch my kids munching on the cheap plastic stuff they got last Christmas. Most of the kids felt or wood food I’ve seen has been super expensive. So I was happy to find Plan Toys’ wood food [...]
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This is the child-size version of Stash Tea’s grown-up Teas Me Teaware. It comes in the same fun colors, and includes four cups and saucers, plus the teapot, sugar and creamer. Like the adult version, each teacup and saucer is different. Why do I keep talking about the grown-up set? All right, what I really [...]
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