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Lalaloopsy Dolls are at Build-A-Bear #Giveaway #BlogPopEvents

We received product for this post. Having said that, if you have a daughter-you already know and love this brand-plus-#Giveaway!!!! Being the dad of two boys we hadn’t been to many birthday parties at Build-A-Bear. Of course we had heard about them, the birth certificates, accessories and squeals of laughter that accompany such landmark days. We went to our local Build-A-Bear recently to help celebrate the launch of the Lalaloopsy Dolls. It went so well that they offered up a Lalaloopsy Baking Oven and a Lalabration Peanut Big Top Doll as part of #BlogPopEvents

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Klondike Kandy Bar, the nexus of ice cream and candy #IC #AD

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Klondike. I received free product coupons to facilitate my review as well as compensation for my participation. The dog days of summer are a cruel thing indeed. It’s the stuffy, heat blanket of summer that covers you when all you want to do is dig into something cold. Using a spoon to dig into your ice cream is so 2005 and not having candy bars mixed with your ice cream has always been inexcusable. Klondike has solved this issue by having a magical infusion of the candy bars that we know and love, with the convenient packaging that we’re already eating.

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Recess Monkey, Hot Air is intelligent, fun kindie that the whole family will love

From the first: 90 of Hot Air, the 12^th release from Recess Monkey you will be hooked. From that period on I was smiling; bobbing my head and was torn between what I wanted more, to replay the song I had heard or to discover the next song. There is a reason that Recess Monkey is one of the top names in kindie and this release is a great example of what quality music should be, regardless of the genre or audience.

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Sonic Boom Tails’ Plane with Tails is durable, active play kids 4 and up

Well hello Sonic; I knew you as a video game back in the day, now you’re back as a show on Cartoon Network and a lineup of toys to boot. First off, I’d like to thank you for not being in Pixels. We’ve heard nothing but negative things about that film and we like you just fine on your television show. It’s great that Tails is getting some attention too. While you’re the namesake, Tails’ ability to fix things and flip about has always been something that we’d like to emulate. We played with Tails’ Plane with Tails and aside from the way our mind twists due to the number of times we said tails, the toy is quite nice and is one that our five year old likes to fly around the house.

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First Big Book of the Ocean is edu-reading at its best

We’re a National Geographic Kids Insider. All thoughts are our own and product was provided for review. Our five-year old loves animals. He started out with farm animals when he was two and now he’s moved on to anything that walks, slithers, walked at one point, flies or swims. Our recent trip to the beach provided a nice opportunity for him to dig into First Big Book of the Ocean by Catherine D. Hughes. It’s published by National Geographic and has big enough words to be a challenge to middle schoolers while having great pictures and simple enough vocabulary for elementary assisted reading.

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Naptime DIY: killing weeds with the BernzOmatic Lawn and Garden Torch

We’ve tried a variety of methods to kill our weeds. Brand name stuff, vinegar, salt-you name it. “Why not try fire”, a friend of ours suggested. The BernzOmatic Lawn and Garden Handheld Torch Head is just that. Using propane, it supposedly burns weeds to the core. But does it really- and more importantly, is it safe?

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My Dinosaur is More Awesome, silly average dino fun

We love dinosaurs in this house. We have over 100 dinosaur figures of various sizes, our oldest yearns to see Jurassic World and he can still sing the ABC Dinosaur Train song. My Dinosaur is More Awesome is a silly dino book that most kids will like, but its presentation lacks that certain something that allows us (and our kids) to really enjoy the book.

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The Harmonica Pocket gets immediate love from the #Kindie lot

When I first heard The Harmonica Pocket I must have been in a bad mood. Oh joy, another downbeat collection of songs about nature, the sun and rain. Break out the patchouli oil kids. I listened to the entire CD in the car with the kids and thought nothing of it until they chimed in from the back seat that they wanted to hear it again. “You want to hear it again?”, I asked. Yes, yes they did and they continued to love this release, specifically songs 1-9. As Sundrops has 12 songs on it that’s a very good hit ratio for a pair of discriminating children.

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