Monthly Archives: August 2007

Lamaze Dream Screen

Age 0-1 year, Age 1-3, Bedtime, Gadgets, Music, Nursery & Room Decor,

Lamaze_dream_screen1The Dream Screen is one of those toys that looks like something from the future.   The clean lines and bright colors of the screen make the Dream Screen captivating. The dual motion screen plays soft
music when activated by you or your baby.

There are three play modes.
The first is a 5 second mode. The music plays and the screen moves when baby swats the little yellow guy hanging down from the Dream Screen. You can also customize music
for baby by connecting your MP3 Player to the Dream Screen. This mode is great because it teaches baby cause and effect.
The second mode is a continuous play mode. When turned on, the Dream Screen will play music and the screen moves for 15 minutes.
The third mode is the MP3 mode. Attach your MP3 player to the back of the Dream Screen and baby can listen to her favorite tunes.

Below is a video of Madelyn enchanted by her Dream Screen. The video is pretty dark because I wanted to shoot the video at night so you can see the Dream Screen lit up.  If you look closely enough you will see Madelyn staring at the screen.

  


Where to buy: Learning Curve

Oil Cloth Chalk Mat

Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-7, Games, Travel, ,

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Taking the kids to a restaurant… just the thought used to make me cringe.  Now that Sebastian is seven, he is pretty good about sitting still and occupying himself. Madelyn, on the other hand, is a different story. She just started getting interested in coloring so the Madallie Oil Cloth Chalk Mat has come in really handy on more than one occasion. Not only do we use the oil cloth chalk mat at restaurants, we use it at home on the kitchen table too.

The Oil Cloth Chalk Mat comes with two pieces of white chalk, an eraser cloth and a little pocket that stores both. The mat rolls up and ties closed which makes for easy packing and unpacking.

Planning a road trip?  Just bring a car seat tray, and your oil cloth chalk mat and your kids will have fun drawing, playing tick-tac-toe, hangman, and practicing their writing skills and math… yeah, right!

This is definitely a ‘mommy must have’.

I just learned that Madallie.com sells the infamous PlasmaCar!  If you haven’t already, check out the video of Madelyn being chased by two boys on their PlasmaCars. It’s really funny and she’s having a blast!  Madelyn even rides Sebastian’s PlasmaCar and she’s only 14 months! She loves it. She can go forward and backward on her own.

 

Where to buy: Madallie.com: A Children’s Travel Store

 

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