Orbeez.. that’s all you have to say for my kids to get excited!
These are super cute, and NOT messy.. well unless you spill water everywhere like i did! Ha!
We seen these at Sweet Suite and were, again, super lucky to receive some samples! Maya Toys are the ones behind everything Orbeez! They sent us four of these Wowzers along with 2 large containers FULL of grown orbeez.
So you you unscrew the top off the Wowzer and then pull of the foiled cover. Replace the cap and then there is a plastic tab on the top that you can pop off an on to add and drain the water. It really it neat how you can see right through those clear Orbeez once the water is added!
You can even take the Orbeez out and just out in water or leave everything out all together. The boys then played around for a bit and added the colored Orbeez. You couldn’t see them as well with the colored ones, but gee.. the boys had a blast playing in them! I think we filmed for like 15 mins and then they played for an hour with it all!
There are 20 in the first series. There is a “key” that you pop in at the very top and then twist it around for the creature inside to twirl around. It’s really super cute. There are rare and super rare ones!
These retail for right around $6.00 at Walmart and Kmart. For more information you can check out Maya Toys here: https://mayatoys.net/products/orbeez-wow-world-wowzer-surprise.
I LOVE Osmo.. and I am SUPER excited that we get to review their products.
They have a new set out now that the boys absolutely love! It’s Hot Wheels Mindracers! There is an app that you download on an iPad along with an actual set that you can get hands on with. This set comes with the track, 5 cars, tokens and a storage container for the cars. The track even has a place for the tokens to be stored in!
We had trouble with the game at first. It wouldn’t see that the cars were in place on the track.. so.. we tried again the next day and it worked just fine! We realized the red reflector on the top of the iPad just needed a good cleaning!
The game was super easy to use. For the tokens, you would toss them onto the track. It would then do something to you or your opponents car. Either spin them, or give you a boost, etc.
As you progress through the game you unlock other parts of the game. You can play against someone or use a robot!
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Race Back To School Sale is from 8/5-8/18
Check out our full review here:
These games are really the best. The boys have loved each and every one we have reviewed so far. These would make a great addition to any Hot Wheels loving kid!
If they don’t, they will after seeing this!! Wowwee toys, creator of Fingerlings, has started a new line! The “Untamed” line! They have raptors, and now.. a T-REX!!
Just LOOK at the package they sent us:
Can you see what is in there..??
Ok, so this is better, but there is a glare..
Ahh this one! Isn’t he cool! LOOK at how bright his colors are and look at the extras! GREAT marketing here! They sent us this fun necklace, and Amber candy with bugs! (eww lol), and (you cant see from the picture here) they had some dinosaur looking teeth in a bag!
As you can tell, the boys were super excited to open it, trying to get pictures were super hard! lol
Zieke was quite taken with him. This T-Rex is call Ripsaw, there is another one that is blue that is called Ironsaw. Such fun names!
UPDATE – Actually there are 4! The other two are Tracker and Scratch! Check them out HERE!
Ripsaw makes over 40 sounds! He has a sensor on the top and towards the back on the head. You can pet, tap and blow on his face to see what different sounds he will make. We can also lay him down and he snores, so cute!
BIG thank you to Proloso for sending us these! We received these before our trip to Sweet Suite and just didn’t get to review these before hand.
This is a pretty awesome toy, more like a science learning toy! This would be great for the classroom or Homeschooling. Zieke even mentioned taking this to school.. haha.. (which of course I said no, he would more than likely get in trouble unless this was actually for school, which it should be!)
We talked about magnets and how some ends click together and others don’t. They have fun creating!
This is what the container looks like:
I thought for sure it was going to be silver, but we got the multicolored ones!
I have seen several videos on YouTube for these, so actually getting these was pretty awesome!
See LJ’s little person he created? It’s so cute! lol
They actually all come off separately. They are super small, so I definitely wouldn’t recommend these for small kids. The ages are actually 14+ on the container. I guess some kids might put these up their noses or even in their ears, even though I think even 7 or 8+ would have been more accurate.
They have several color choices to choose from! You can check out the links here:
I can tell when we over do things though, because the boys get super fussy. Despite all of that though, we did have a great time!
My husbands dad came up from Kentucky to visit and have a cookout. It was nice to see him, the boys have missed him too!
My Hubby is in the blue shirt, Zieke is in his lap. Next to him is my nephew with LJ in his lap. My Father-In-Law in sitting down with Baby A in his lap. Behind him is my Brother-In-Law and right next to Baby A is my other Nephew. The two kids beside my Nephew are my Nephews as well and then my other Brother-In-Law beside them! Sshheeww.. Lots of boys in the family! lol
My Niece snuck in for this picture!
Awww…
Oh gee Baby A and his love for toy guns… (Covers face and shakes head)..
Some of played basketball.. others sat and drank pop! lol…me included! Ha!
My Nephew likes to tease my Hubby lol!
The kids were all playing this with farting Minions toy! Bahaha.. Boys!
My Hubby is pretty good at Basketball.. but he was an All Star at Soccer in his high school years 🙂
And then the next day we wen to the fair! We had went to church that morning so I just kept their church clothes on! Probably wasnt the best idea lol
Baby A was taken with all the animals.. they actually all were 🙂
Baby is quite taken with my Niece, she watches him a few times a week so we can film for YouTube. I’d say he acted way better than normal because she was with us.
There were SO MANY HORSES!
Ah.. and this .. poop… the boys’ favorite word… so yes.. we took a picture lol
Ah my lil man!
Baby A didn’t know quite what to think!
This was cool! A place to bathe the horses! I do not know anything about horses.. so maybe this isn’t anything special lol but I thought it was cool.
They were doing all kinds of showings at this fair!
Miniature horses! Just their size!
This reminded me of the Racing Stripes movie! The boys said Skye needed one like this! Ha.
Isn’t this super cute!
They had all kinds of chickens! Some I have never heard of or seen before!
My nephew is so sweet. He’s so good with the boys.
This one was sleeping and it had an egg laying right next to her!
Ah! Look at this one!! SCARY lol
Aww this booth was cool. They had someone telling the kids about salvation.
They gave out free balloons..
AND did free face painting!
Ok.. so the rides… so looked quite scary!..
and others.. not so much! ha!
Aww my Niece is so good with them too. even when the boys are not so good! (we are working on that with the boys…#momlife)
See.. nice and slow 😉
I think they were looking at another ride here.. looks like it was high in the sky according to their faces!
So all rides required tickets, except this one, for some reason they didn’t take them? Which was WONDERFUL because tickets were $18 for 20 and most rides were 3-4 each per person. That’s outrageous to me, BUT the boys got in for free so I guess it’s a win win!
I think he liked it! I’m so glad my Niece went down with him. Anymore, I get a super sick feeling just from swinging.. I know.. I know.. I’m getting old!
My nephew was to tall for this, so he coached the my older two boys through it 😉
See, they are looking down for guidance lol
The games were fun, but also super expensive! Gee when did fair cost and arm and a leg to go! ha! They all ended up winning something though! That was so good, because there would have been meltdowns!
My Nephew did a game by himself. He such a sweet little guy!
Look..is that horse cart racing?? What is this called??
Then there was food.. and some melt downs! Ugh.. my boys are the worse. They fuss so much! Maybe it’s because they are so close in age?
Aaron wasn’t too happy here.. he wanted a cheeseburger too!
LJ smiled right after this! Ha, I think he was focused on something here.
We ended the trip (and the end of our cash) with these awesome snow cones!
You put on your own flavors! Zieke got watermelon on accident so we had to scrap it off and put on cherry.. then LJ cried because he wanted to do the same. (He does everything Zieke does, almost everything lol)
Ah.. peace.. for a few brief moments! We took my Niece and Nephew to church and then drove back home. They boys rested for just a little bit, enough to become wild once we got back home! Ha!
Anyways, we had a super fun weekend with family then the fair. Today we are taking it easy as we have another busy week/weekend ahead of us!
Talk about Cute! These dolls are the meaning of that!
We first seen these at Sweet Suite and I FELL IN LOVE! There are 4 girls that love to do online shopping. Each “shipping box” comes with surprises! There are clothes, shoes, stickers, makeup and more.
We were super lucky enough for Boxy Girls to send us a HUGE package!
Look at this huge package! It was so generous of them! I forgot to take a pick of the inside, but it came with super fun paper packing and the boxes were wrapped up in pink tissue paper. SUPER cute presentation!
These are the three dolls you can get. There is Brooklyn, Nami, Willa & Riley! Here is a picture of the actual dolls from their page on Instagram:
Eek! They are so adorable! I think I found new favorite toy! I love the colors and the faces and that the fact they all look different with different personality and likes!
We got Brookyln!! She is super cute. I noted the watermelon dress as soon as I opened in!
OH and I know this is probably just me, BUT they have a pull tab to open the main boxes! No scissors needed to cute the tape! lol I LOVED that feature, however, the small boxes you will probably need scissors.. If only that feature was on the small ones as well! Ha!
The surprise shipping packs are super cute, to bad you can’t see what it looks like in it! Darn camera!
They each come with fun colorsful paper packaging with a note and stickers in each! Oh so cute!
See the fun navy blue looking packaging?? Love!
The box to the far left was a teaser box! They had 4 long boxes in it that were empty. It said coming soon and something about a doll with surprises.. so maybe they are making a smaller type line of dolls? Not sure, but can’t wait!
Here is Brooklyn up close! She is just so cute. Her shoes were really easier to get off and on too which is nice for smaller hands. The shoes seemed more flexible, like a rubber almost.
We also posted this above picture on Instagram and used #unboxwithboxy and #boxygirls and won a product from them! YAY! Can’t wait to receive it.. and of course do another video on it!
Ahh! I can’t believe it’s almost over! I took the boys to my parents house the other day and realized this just might be the last time we are over to swim before school starts!!
So, of course, I took some pictures 😉
Isn’t this cute!! We got this little float in our swag box from Sweet Suite! It would make a cute float for Barbie dolls! Ha.. if we had some that is… Bahaha
Zieke to small float ratio lol.. Don’t mind the boys in their underwear! We had just went swimming before that and then after they went inside to rest some they came out to “swing”.. yea… more like get wet all over again!
LOOK AT THIS FLOAT!! This also came in our swag box from Sweet Suite, it’s SO HUGE! It didn’t really fit in the pool that we have, but the boys had fun anyways!
Aww Skye.. She’s such a pretty dog!
Boys love her so much.. can’t wait until we buy our house.. We NEED a fenced in yard for her.
Can you believe she is ONLY 6 months old! She is very calm for a puppy though, well when the boys aren’t around that is!
Baby A LOVES water, not swimming so much but just playing in it.
This inflatable pool has been awesome this summer.. This thing blows up literally in mins and is super easy to take down and put back up.
We were actually in the process of taking it down, but it holds a lot of water and sprays out over the wading part and the slide.
We found a great deal on Kohl’s for it right before summer. I think we paid a little over $200 for it plus got $60 in Kohl’s cash back. It’s been the highlight of our Summer for sure. We would have used it more, but were we are at now it would be impossible to put up.
We just enjoyed some much needed water time!
Ah, this was my favorite part of course! My sister made me an iced coffee! YUM.. I live for coffee, I think most Moms do haha
It was a nice day, and just wanted to post it to remember..
I so hate it when my boys get sick. They are ALL THREE recovering from either a cold or really bad allergies. Not only are they miserable, but so is Mommy! They haven’t slept well for 4 nights now, so I feel like a Mombie! ha!
Trying to entertain 3 kids sick, isn’t easy. Especially when all you feel like doing is sleeping! (only if the boys felt that way too Ha) We can’t anywhere either, or out side for that matter, since its been raining her for a few day straight. So I decided to make some play-dough. We used to make this all the time, but haven’t in awhile so this was something fun to do again.
The boys usually help me measure and mix everything, then I cook it over the stove top.
Click HERE for the recipe we used and below is the video we did from our Thomas channel:
We love this play-dough, it’s so warm and calming and it smells great too! This is definitely our favorite recipe.
What are your favorite things to do at home when it rains or when the kids are sick? Let me know in the comment section, I need MORE ideas, especially for Baby A for when the older too are back in school.Which brings me to the next subject…
SCHOOL.. more like ….KINDERGARTEN! Eek!
Zieke starts Kindergarten in 3 weeks.. and I am NOT ready for it. He will be gone from 8:30am – 3:30pm. Such a long time. Zieke and LJ started preschool last year but were only gone for 3.5 hours. So by the time I took them, came back, had lunch and Aaron took a nap, it was time to get them.
I have been debating about Homeschooling him, but just don’t know where or when we will be moving. Some of the schools in our area are ok, some.. not so much.
Our school system now a days are so out of wack. Not to mention, school shootings, peer pressure and the list goes on..
I told my Husband we will see how his first few weeks go and then revisit it then.
I mean, can I even do it? I guess for the first few years, but after that.. not so sure. Math was definitely NOT my strongest subject, BUT I feel I have accomplished a lot in life, and I was Homeschooled.
We were part of a Homeschool group were we had music, drama, art & gym. It was great! A lot of people seem to think Homeschoolers are odd, but really we aren’t! We were socialized just as much as any other public school attending kid. Just because we didn’t go somewhere everyday didn’t mean we weren’t social. We went to two groups per week, plus we were active in our church.
So, I dunno. Life is busy too.. I guess I will continue to think and pray, while trying to stay awake.. ha!
We have had these for awhile and decided to get them all out for a fun video! We found these awhile back at our local Once Upon A Child.
I don’t think the metal box was supposed to come with it, but sometimes the store will pair things together. Surprisingly, everything was there for this shopkins Sweet Spot Food Fair set!
Here’s the back of the box. It’s an awesome way to display your shopkins! We have some and once we get organized (or shall I say IF ha) I plan to display them. The gumball machine is super cute and those balls are made of super thick plastic! I was surprised at that. I love the little lollipop stand and the candy bags, the cart is cute too and also added some storage space for a few Shopkins. We got this set for around $7 from what I can remember!
You can purchase this set online brand new for around $15. So, I thought for sure this would be more brand new, but still not a bad price for what we paid.
You can purchase one here (links are NOT affiliated):
Toy Wiz – $13.99 – Packaging is damaged on this one, but nice price! Plus, I don’t know anything about this site, so may want to research it abit before purchasing!
They all charge for shipping, so it does increase the price by alot!
Amazon – $15.39 – If you have Prime you can get free shipping on this one! – A total score! Reviews are good too!
This Thomas is too cute! He was $3.50! You lay him on the floor and push the driver down and then he zooms!.. Reminds me of those older baby toys, but all three boys found it entertaining!
I couldnt find to many online – I found several on Ebay for over $20. I did find one for $10!
He was in really good condition too! It says 2004 on the bottom, so he was newer than I thought, not that 2004 is new haha, that’s still 14 years old!
This will make a super nice addition to our Thomas collection, (or shall I say my collection)!
This Disney Car set! Ahh.. super cute! I love the small cars. This was around $5 I believe. It’s collapsible and you can also store a few cars. It was a bit hard for the boys to turn but still a super cute set.
It’s from 2016 so still super new to me!
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It came with several cars, not sure how many it actually is supposed to come with.
I looked this up and can’t find it!! Do any of you know? If so PLEASE let me know!
We posted this video on our Thomas channel if you want to see how it all works:
I think we are going to start doing this more! For around $15 we found some fun toys!
It seems like our new toys don’t ever get played with much after the initial excitement is gone from it being new. So buying second hand at a much lower price doesn’t seem as bad, even if they aren’t played with more than once!
Yes, I just said that..way to many toys, with more to come!
I find it so hard to film with 3 small boys, even though I SO love it and so do they. I am way behind in filming and need to get my schedule back in place.
I am totally embarrassed to show this, but this is real life.. and it’s messy. Looks kinda like a junk draw but more of a throw all place!
I keep saying I’m going to get it together, but with a very small space it’s so hard! Look at all of those boxes full of toys to review. Ugh and my broken iPad I tried to fix, but just made worse to were it won’t even power on now!
Ah.. and my train table. I have SO much stuff for my Thomas channel but no were to put it, so there is all is ha! I have a huge storage cubby shelf thing my sister gave me from Ikea that I will be using… well once we buy a house! I can’t fit anything else into our room right now!
So many other things I need to sort through! I have games that were sent to us several months ago that we still haven’t played!
I did have a filming schedule each week before we left for NYC, (this worked out great btw), but gee, it takes all day just to film a few videos! I was filming every Wednesday in-between working from home. My Niece would watch Baby A, which was awesome, and then I would film for our main channel with Zieke and LJ.
Every so often my Niece would watch all three or my Mom would watch the older two so I could film for my Thomas channel. I think one day I did 7 videos in one day! It was insane, but I was trying to get all caught up before our big trip.
Oh gee, this angle is even worse.. now I definitely do not want to post this! HA!
This is why we need an extra room or a basement when we move. I dream of having a studio/filming room!
I have at least 5 companies sending me items to review, one of which I have to post by August 5th, plus a few I already have received, plus the ones from Sweet Suite, PLUS all the other ones I have had for awhile! I am more stressed now after actually typing it all out! So, I guess I need to get busy!
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