When my daughter first heard about My Twinn dolls, she begged us to get her one. We thought it was a really cool idea and since it was the only big thing she asked for that Christmas, Santa brought her one.My Twinn Dolls are custom made dolls designed to look like the child they are for, hence the name MY Twinn. To create a doll, you go through a series of steps to pick features that most match...

Divisoria is the perfect place to find new and hot selling items for kids. What's even great is that you don't need to spend too much; it's very cheap yet very entertaining to kids. One of the reasons is the presence of foreign business owners who introduce new products from their countries at very affordable prices. During our stay with my family in Manila for Holy Week, I saw from...

This rocking horse is a hand-me-down from my nephew. The fact that it's lasted through two little boys says a lot for its sturdiness! This horse is made by Chrisha Playful Creations. Its basically a sturdy plush horse mounted to wood rockers. The horse has a saddle and reins to hold on to, but there are also wooden handles that extend out of the horses neck to provide some balance. If you p...

My youngest son recently celebrated his first birthday. I took my eldest son out shopping with me to buy the baby his birthday gift. After reiterating that we were buying the baby a gift, my eldest son picked out My Pal Scout.My Pal Scout is a cute plush puppy dog made by Leap Frog. It is so much more than just a stuffed animal. My Pal Scout is green and white and super soft and cuddly. He has ...

After listening to my daughter beg for a My Twinn Doll for what seemed like ages, I finally gave in and ordered one for her.  The idea is simple:  you request a doll in the likeness of your child, right down to the eye color, skintone, face shape, and hairstyle.  You can even request tiny details like freckles and beauty marks to match your child's.  You fill out the for...

I have an eighteen month old daughter and we are working very hard to teach her to use the big girl potty.  One of the hardest things we have run into is teaching her what comes out of her body.Admit it talking about pee and poop isn't the easiest thing to do.  It's just way to funny of a concept.  Here is where these fabulous stuffed dolls come in handy.  They take ...

My son kept on seeing these commercials for the icoaster over Christmas last year. I refused to pay $79.99 for the set; which was the price I saw it in Walmart for. While in Costco buying finger foods, I spotted the iCoaster end-of-aisle display and it was on sale to boot! The iCoaster is a building set. Using towers of varying heights and tracks, you build a roller coaster that you can roll a ...

After a very disappointing shopping trip at the Downtown Disney Marketplace where we could not find anything interesting to purchase, we decided to let my son build his own dinosaur at the T-REX cafe. The T-Rex cafe is a theme restaurant located in the Downtown Disney Marketplace that has a store attached to it where you can purchase dinosaur merchandise including building your very own dinosau...

The John Deere Lego set is a total of 600 pieces and can be used with other brands. The ages are 5 and up.  It comes in bright yellow colored pieces.  The Wheel Loader and Dump Truck have an adjustable bucket and dump box. This kit also has free rolling wheels, John Deere decals,three posable figures and building instructions. They are listed as Best-Lock construction toys. ...

I love auctions!  I buy a lot of stuff at our local auction house every Friday.  The night I went they were auctioning off a bunch of kid toys.  Brand new still in boxes toys.  Since I had my nine year old daughter with me, we bought a bunch of toys. Somehow we ended up with two large blow up toys.  I opened one for my 2 step grand kids, this last Saturday they lov...

I bought this Aqua Doodle Puzzle Mat for my grandchildren.  I wanted an activity toy for them that was not messy and something they could learn from as well as play with. It comes with two magic pens that you simply fill with tap water. Push the pen down on the mat and you will see it show up and then slowly disappear.  I really like t...

My daughter loves to watch CSI, all of them and is loves science so I thought this would be a great gift for her. In all honesty this is something I would have loved to have had when I was her age. The CSI facial reconstruction kit comes with a head form, plastic eyes, a form for a nose, a form for ears, 2 pounds of clay, sculpting tools, spacers, a rolling pin and a thing to roll the clay...

The Baby Einstein Lights and Melodies Caterpillar Bouncer was the bouncy seat we used with both my babies.  The chair gently vibrates and helps to calm baby and put them to sleep.  It has an arm that is detachable that has lights and plays 6 classical melodies (these are very soothing).  Little toys hang from the overhanging arm, and older infants can reach out for those.There ar...

My baby received this glow seahorse for Christmas this year and we all love it! She is only 5 weeks old right now but already loves to look at when she's in her crib. It's hard to buy a gift for a baby so young, but this was the perfect thing for her!This seahorse is like the glowbugs that I remember from when I was little. It is a soft stuffed animal with a soft plastic belly. The bell...

"BOOM, BANG, Tttttt! Ttttt!" All day, I hear my little son dream about having his own machine gun, and it drives me nuts watching the spit come out of his mouth, so I grabbed my purse and headed to Toys R Us to see if any good Nerf guns could satisfy my son. I looked in the toy and found the Nerf Vulcan machine gun. It fires three foam (and very safe) darts per second- very impressiv...

This is a fun car for kids to ride in made by Little Tikes. The theme as seen by the sticks is Dora the Explorer. Basically the child sits in the car and moves it around with their legs. The crazy coupe came with a portable Dora cellular phone. The crazy coupe car is good for children at about toddler to preschool age. They need to be strong enough to "drive" it, but still little enou...

Magic Math Multiplication board is an educational toy that teaches your child their times table ones through nines.  Perfect for 2nd and 3rd graders, this little jewel came to us as a gift.  For around $12, I've seen similar units at Wal-Mart and the exact model can be found on eBay occasionally.Originally this was given to my older child.  She was having diffi...

We recently went on our second trip to Disney World and got to eat in the castle for the first time.  My two daughters were so amazed with how beautiful it was that they kept saying I wish we could take it home with us.   We were shopping in our resort hotel when they saw a Cinderella's Castle play set for sale and of course both wanted it so me and my husband decided to go a...

My son recently received the VTech Sort & Spin Blender for his first birthday. It is a big hit in our house and both him and his 3-year-old brother enjoy playing with this toy.This toy actually simulates and actual blender and you can push a button and "blend" (spin) the shapes. There are three different songs that play when the toy is on. There is a sound effects button, a blendi...

 The dark impact is an electric remote control car. It is 1/10 scale, or 1/10 the size of an average car, and is powered by a 540 motor. It was a kit i bought, where i built it from the parts they gave me. It is supposed to be a 4WD car, but a while back when i was driving it, i crashed it into the curb by acciedent and one of the front wheel drive shafts went flying somewhere, and becasue...