GX Racers Playsets by Jakks Pacific

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Nathan, my middle child, is 10.5, and it is NOT easy to find things that he still enjoys playing with.  I was happy to discover him and his best friend who is the same age happily playing with the GX Racers 360º Spinway Playset, 1/4 Pipe Ramp, and GX Street Force Skate Pack that I received from Jakks Pacific for review.  Nathan's friend collects mini skateboards and always has at least one in his pocket when he comes over, so between those and some toy cars, they spent a good hour playing, which is a lot for video game obsessed boys! What's unique about GX Racers is the gyro spinning action.  The cars don't just go forward, they spin on their sides!  Keeping the cars moving AND spinning is the challenge! This is the Spinway Playset, which is a molded plastic track with a handle at one end.  It comes with plastic flags that can be set up to make an obstacle course, then as the car is spinning it's way across, you turn the handle to move it from side to side. It's hard but it's … [Read more...]

The Little Stamp Company Review

Lee-Ann O'Neill is a "Mompreneur" who saw a need for a stamp that printed out dotted letters that little ones could trace to learn to print their names, so she created one, and now runs The Little Stamp Company. You choose a stamp with any name or word up to 9 letters, choose an ink color, and whether the stamp is in all capital letters or capital and lowercase. Your custom self-inking stamp will arrive quickly and your preschooler can get right to work learning to print their name! What I like best about the stamp we received for review is that the ink is child-safe and washable. In fact, it's so child-safe, it's edible (!) and made entirely with FDA approved ingredients. My Mom was a teacher and she had stamps for papers, and those ink pads that were so messy. If your child stamps off the edge of the paper, it wipes right up. There are sites where you can print out traceable letters, but with this stamp, any paper will do. You can take it to a restaurant and your child can stamp … [Read more...]

Family Photos Summer 2009

Chris and K

Chris dumped his camera card last night and I found some great photos from this summer, including a trip to a Classic Car Show held in a park across from Lansing Community College and photos from Great Wolf Lodge. Hope you like them! By a building on the LCC campus: This is on a bridge going over the Grand River near Downtown Lansing: Chris, Nathan, and Kaitlyn, who's wearing the apron that will be in the prize pack for the winner of my Trix Swirls giveaway: This is a sculpture that was next to an art gallery in downtown Traverse City: I love this photo of Nathan SO MUCH. This is inside the "Cub's Club" room at Great Wolf Lodge, it's a place kids can play and do arts and crafts. It's so rare to capture a smile like this on Nathan's face. I think he's adorable! : It turned out to be a pretty great summer :) … [Read more...]