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Pokemon Trainer Challenge at Six Flags Over Georgia

If you’re a pocket monster warrior or a Pikachu loving video game player then you need to make plans to be at Six Flags Over Georgia on Sunday, August 10 for the Pokemon Trainer Contest. Tomy is teaming up with Six Flags to bring this to five of their theme parks including Chicago, NJ, Dallas, LA and Atlanta. This is a great chance for you (or your Pokemon playing child) to channel their inner Ashe because you’ll have an opportunity for a chance to win a 4-pack of 2015 Season Passes to Six Flags, plus over $250 worth of Pokémon toys!

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Parenting, family, pets and the 100 shades of green

Every morning when the kids get downstairs it’s the same ritual. Our youngest sits to my left and his older brother sits directly across from him. He’ll talk about how he had “a good sleep” and ask about what we’re doing tomorrow-at which point I’ll remind him that we have lots of fun stuff to do today. While all of this is happening, Abby, our 14 year-old flat coat retriever has already set up camp under our youngest’s chair. He’s just the right height to massage her with his bare feet and if anyone at the table is going to drop something edible it’s going to be him. It was also at this point that I realized that this is one of those moments, specifically those periods of time.

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Win a copy of LEGO Ninjago Nindroids on PlayStation Vita

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Hellbent Games’ bring new, imaginable and memorable experiences in the LEGO world, this time with LEGO Ninjago Nindroids. It’s coming to PlayStation 3DS and PlayStation Vita on July 29. The video game is based on the first five episodes of LEGO Ninjago Rebooted and players will defend New Ninjago City, where everything is awesome.

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens-updated for today’s teens

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is something I could have used as a kid. There was very little direction in my house and I just drifted from class to class in high school. If you pictured my life as The Breakfast Club, I was Brian. The difference was, while he got too much direction and pressure from his parents, I didn’t get enough. It doesn’t sound that bad – but it wreaks havoc with your confidence.

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Montessori: Map Work immediately grabs (and holds) kid’s attention

Our oldest child who is four and a half loves animals. It wasn’t too much of a surprise when he immediately grabbed Montessori: Map Work and put it in his bedroom to where I couldn’t find it for a couple weeks. Having found the book again I can now review it just in time for its release.

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I Am So Brave! really does help children overcome fear

I Am So Brave! is helpful in teaching children that some situations they may find scary can be overcome. Initially I thought the book was too simplistic for even our two and a half year old. Because of that the book stayed in my office for two weeks. It wasn’t until a big thunderstorm came to the house that I realized just how helpful I Am So Brave! could be in action.

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The Baby Neptune Ocean Orchestra: great sound, interactive and fun

As I mentioned, we love Baby Eisnstein. We had an earlier version of the Baby Neptune Ocean Orchestra when our oldest was just a baby. While the toy was fun and played some nice classical music, it wasn’t anything remarkable. “How much could they really improve a device?”, I thought before I opened this up. This toy is cool, the sound is crisp and the lights are vivid.

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Baby Einstein Ocean Exploration Play Pad: great quality, but too loud

We love us some Baby Einstein in this house. When our oldest was first born we stocked up on anything Baby Einstein that we could find at a certain price point. Some of it came from garage sales and some new from the stores, depending on what it was. The Ocean Exploration Play Pad from Baby Einstein combines elements of previous activities for babies. It’s a great interactive learning tool that’s missing one key thing-a volume switch.

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