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Monty The Dinosaur, a happy, must-see all ages comic book

Sometimes things get missed. Monty The Dinosaur from Action Lab Entertainment is a comic book that was on our radar, but somehow we missed its release date. Well, it came out the other week and it is utterly fabulous. Monty The Dinosaur has the soul of a comic strip in the packaging of a comic book. It delivers laughs for younger kids and has the timeless appeal that older readers will immediately recall from their favorite newspaper comic strips.

Monty The Dinosaur is just that, a dinosaur living in modern times trying to fit in. He tries silly disguises like fake moustaches in his effort to blend into society so that he can make friends. Unfortunately for him he’s huge, sneezes and proceeds to scare people off when they realize he’s a dinosaur.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2: Giveaway & review

Pass the Windex and enjoy the rom com. When I married my wife I knew that there were a couple of her go-to movies that I would have to tolerate, enjoy or leave the room. My Big Fat Greek Wedding was one of those that I grew to enjoy. I don’t enjoy it as much as her or her friends, but it’s very fun to watch, even on repeated viewings. 14 years later My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is out on video and will provide everything that you liked about the first one, without going back simply for servings of nostalgia.

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Super Fly: Revenge of the Roach is a young elementary gold mine

I owe Super Fly an apology. Super Fly is the title character in a (now) series of books that are just about perfect for young elementary school readers. The chapters are short, the vocabulary is approachable, the book has drawings on half of the pages and it’s packed with parent approved potty humor. However, when I first saw Super Fly I thought it was too much like Fly Guy. With the second book from Super Fly out, Revenge of the Roach I realize now that this series is a big step up, from a reading level perspective than our first fly love.

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Editing easy with the new Adobe PhotoShop Elements + Premiere Elements 14

We were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own and we do love a good photograph. I hear Adobe and I think beautiful photography editing. It’s the impossibly lush pictures that I could never produce because of its complexity and I haven’t got the time to learn another new program. It is that thinking that led to Adobe PhotoShop Elements + Premiere Elements 14. It is designed for casual picture takes that get great images, but also need to have element edited out, camera shake or any number of filters and other things added to the pictures.

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Transformers: Robots In Disguise is high quality animation for 7+

In the Transformer’s timeline it is years since the happenings of Transformers: Prime. Cybertron is seemingly going well and we see Bumblebee who is a beat cop with Strongarm. On patrol Bumblebee engages in a chase with Sideswipe and receives a message from Optimus Prime (who was supposedly no longer alive) telling him to go to Earth. It’s on Earth that the series takes place, but it’s important to set it up that way so old school viewers can put the pieces together in this semi-all ages cartoon.

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Planning our Miles From Tomorrowland party #Spon

We were compensated or provided product for this post. All thoughts are our own. How to entertain a kitchen full of kids who are craving adventures from the Callisto family. Miles Callisto and his family travel through space engaging in all kinds of adventures with aliens, a robot ostrich who help Miles and other fun characters. The show is a big hit with our kids and they love watching it whenever they go somewhere that has cable-hello grandma’s house! We planned a party with a group of our oldest child’s friends, complete with some Miles From Tomorrowland toys, here’s what we learned.

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Little Tikes Fish N’ Splash Water Table review

Hey, we received the item for review purposes. All thoughts are our own. There are a couple mandatory items that I have for children three and under. They include a good quality stroller, a sandbox (with some sand toys!), building blocks for inside play and a water table. We did not get a water table for our oldest until he was almost four and he immediately gravitated towards it. Currently our almost four year old can’t get enough of the Little Tikes Fish N’ Splash Water Table. It’s his go-to play area when he’s outside and his almost six year old brother gets in on the action too.

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Simpatico by Renee & Friends needs more kindie and less lullaby

Renee & Friends’ Simpatico is a compilation between singer Renee Stahl and lots of other folks. They include Colin Hay, Glen Phillips from Toad the Wet Sprocket, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon and many others. This release is intended to be a bridge between the time when kids are exclusively listening to lullabies and then start listening to songs with more structure. It does have a lush, relaxed sound throughout the release. However, it’s too relaxed and is more at home in a coffee house where naps are encouraged than as a kindie release.

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