Moon Dough Breakfast Push n' Pop Play Set

My 5 year old loves to play with Moon Dough™.  We reviewed the Moon Dough™ Barn play set a year ago and still plays with it.   The new, improved Moon Dough™ is easier to clean up, will never dry out, and is wheat-free and hypo-allergenic.

If you are not familiar with it, Moon Dough™ is a molding compound that is easy for little kids to use and shape as it is light weight and is not sticky and gooey.  The biggest difference with the new Moon Dough™ formula is that it doesn’t crumble.  This makes clean up quick and easy.  When my daughter is finished playing with her Moon Dough™ set, she puts the Moon Dough™ back in the supplied plastic zipper bags and tosses it into her toy basket.

The Moon Dough™ Push n’ Pop Breakfast play set comes with 3 popper molds (waffle, toast, pancake), a play mat, 1 twist mold, and 2 packages of colored Moon Dough™.

What Madelyn says about Moon Dough:

• I like it
• And..
• It’s super soft
• and it’s easy “ta” use and easy to play with and clean up
• My mom and me did a video..(deep breath).. and mmm..me and my mom played with it together

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Do you know a parent who drives you up the wall? Check out these 10 hilarious passive-aggressive gifts for parents who annoy you. (Maybe they’ll get the hint.)

Baby showers, holidays, and birthdays offer up prime opportunities to give gifts that keep on giving… in the form of loud noises, ridiculous messes, and feelings of confusion and bewilderment from the poor unsuspecting parents. We’ve all received them – those presents that seem to say “I love you” while subtly communicating otherwise. The kind of gifts that make children swoon with joy, and make their parents say “gee, thanks.”

My favorite and also least favorite (if that makes sense at all) on the list is #1. You’ll see when you click the link to go to the original post. Hint: woof woof!

The one thing on the list that I don’t find all that annoying is Moon Sand. My kids love Moon Sand, it keeps them occupied for hours and I just vacum it up when they’re done playing with it.

Link: 10 hilarious passive-aggressive gifts for parents who annoy you

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My daughter loves playing with baby dolls lately.  I have to admit that I have been waiting for this time in her life when she would be into dolls and nurturing.  Well, she is now and it’s so fun to watch how she treats her baby dolls.  The Baby GoGo dolls is dressed in orange and is not gender specific so some days my daughter says Baby GoGo is a girl and some days Baby GoGo is a boy.  I love that.

Whether your child is getting ready for a new sibling or just loves baby dolls, Baby GoGo™ is a valuable tool in teaching children how to nurture, a vital life-long skill.

Baby GoGo Goes Home Doll Set

• For ages 3 and up
• Includes 13-inch baby doll, pajama outfit, blankie and Baby GoGo™ Goes Home storybook
• costs $34.99

Dolls are a valuable tool for teaching nurturance and in adjusting to changes in family life, especially in welcoming a new sibling. Children love to imitate their parents, and a doll gives a child the opportunity to care for something of their very own. Baby GoGo™ is reinventing the look of the baby doll for the 21st century. Outfitted in bright, gender-neutral colors and patterns, our 13-inch doll is the perfect playmate for a girl or a boy, and like most children today is bright and on the move.

The book- Baby GoGo Goes Home, tells a story of Baby GoGo leaving the hospital and meeting his new siblings for the first time.

Baby GoGo website

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Here’s another great buy from online sample sale website, Totsy.

Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it.  Strike a pose, there’s nothin’ to it….. with these delightfully fun, irresistible pose-able wooden animals.  Throw one in a purse or stroller to quell “fidgety” situations. Make a statement by displaying them in your favorite pose. Dimensions: 3.25 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches. Recommended for ages 3+.

For over a decade, ImagiPLAY has created high-quality educational toys that inspire children’s imaginations and the desire to explore. With ImagiPLAY’s child safe and earth safe toys, games and collectibles, children enrich their ability to count, learn the alphabet, and identify different animals while gaining a true sense of the world’s beauty and diversity of species.

ImagiPLAY Pozimals make great stocking stuffers and as of right now (9pm 12/6).. can be delivered in time for Christmas when ordered from Totsy.  The ImagiPLAY sale at Totsy ends soon, so hurry!

This is a great toy for travel, church, and restaurants.

Other items on sale at Totsy now include Melissa & Doug wooden toys, Little Miss Matched, and Primigi Infant & Toddler shoes.

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Can you imagine.. Candy Land, cupcakes, face painting, pottery painting, bead bracelet craft, and hair-do’s.. all in an hour and a half?
Oh my gosh I can’t tell you how exhausted I was around 12:30 today.  I was pooped and ready for a nap, which is very unlike me.  All for good reason though.   Thanks to Hasbro and My Blog Spark, I hosted a Candy Land party for about 18 3-5 year old’s this morning.  I was thrilled to have Desiree from BottlesToBritches.com, Stacie from TheDivineMissMommy.com, and Amanda from OhAmanda.com at the party.  Check out their blogs!  You’ll love them.

Candy Land was recently redesigned, bringing the excitement that is Candy Land back to our kitchen table.  Forget the dinner, let’s play Candy Land!  My daughter is 4 and Candy Land is the “go to” board game when she has friends over.  Don’t even try to offer another game.. Candy Land is “IT!” and that’s the way it is.

Candy Land is a classic ‘first game for children’, takes about 15 minutes to play, and because there is no need to read to play Candy Land, even 3 year olds can play it!

You too can travel down the rainbow path on a journey of discovery through enchanted lands filled with sweet surprises around every corner. Create delicious treats at the Cupcake Commons to deliver along the way, participate in a thrilling snowboard race down the Ice Cream Slopes with the Duke of Swirl, take a relaxing train ride through Gummy Hills and climb to the top of Chocolate Mountain. Be sure to make friends with Gramma Gooey, Lord Licorice, Princess Frostine and Princess Lolly of Lollypop Woods throughout your adventure, as you race to meet King Kandy at the grand entrance to the Candy Castle.

Here’s a short video of our Candy Land fun at Farmhouse in the City in Roswell, GA:

A special thanks to Hasbro who provided us with the Candy Land board games to play and give away through MyBlogSpark!

You can buy Candy Land at your local Target, Wal-Mart, or Toys R’ Us, or online from Hasbro.

GIVEAWAY!

We are giving a lucky reader a Candy Land board game!   To enter leave a comment below telling us one what your favorite memory of playing Candy Land is (with your kids or from when you were young).
Earn extra entries by sharing this giveaway with your Twitter friends (Tweet: “I entered to win Candy Land from TheMommyInsider.com!  You can enter too:  @mommyinsider”).  Be sure to follow us on Twitter and leave a separate comment below telling us that you Tweeted and what your Twitter address is.  ‘Like’ us on Facebook and tell your Facebook friends about The Mommy Insider and/or our Candy Land giveaway. You can post about our giveaway on Twitter and Facebook up to once per day – just make sure to let us know in the comments, that you did!
Entries accepeted through November 30th.

Have fun with Candy Land!

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Madelyn with her new Magical Unicorn Pillow Pet

Both of my kids have Pillow Pets and love them.  Their Pillow Pets go with them on trips, outside, to bed, on the couch, etc.. You get it.

Few things compare to the comfort and companionship of a soft, cuddly plush stuffed animal. Pillow Pets™ plush folding stuffed animals add true function to that warm and wonderful feeling by combining the security of a stuffed animal with the functionality of a pillow. Made of high quality, super soft chenille, Pillow Pets™ plush folding stuffed animals make the most precious snuggle pals for you or your loved ones.

An ideal naptime companion – not to mention a comforting partner on road trips or airplane rides – Pillow Pets™ plush folding stuffed animals are anything but just another stuffed animal. Extremely versatile, these unique creations are the stuffed animal version of Transformers. Close the strap across their bellies and you have friendly, comforting pets. Open the strap and the pet becomes a comfortable pillow! Even more, Pillow Pets™ plush folding stuffed animals are so soft you’ll think you’re hugging a real fur coat! A pillow and a pet – all in one – Pillow Pets™ plush folding stuffed animals keep the companionship alive, even when your child sleeps.

Pillow Pets kissing

Pillow Pets™ plush folding stuffed animals and other plush products are favorites for all ages — from toddlers to teens, expectant mothers to grandmothers! Whether you choose a jungle animal, farm critter or sea creature – or all of the above – Pillow Pets™ plush products are so cute and cuddly, you won’t want to put them down!

Here’s in insider secret.. By Thanksgiving – My Pillow Pets will be launching a brand new interactive website for kids – complete with interactive games, fun learning facts, and a whole new online experience for the My Pillow Pets fan club around the world.

I highly recommend buying the children in your life a Pillow Pets as a holiday gift this year!

GIVEAWAY!

To enter to win a Magical Unicorn Pillow Pet leave a comment below telling us why you want a Magical Unicorn Pillow Pet.

Earn extra entries!

• Ask a question on Magical Unicorn’s bio here.  For example, someone asked Magical Unicorn “Does your family live with you?”.   Have your child come up with a fun question!
  - Be sure to come back here and leave a comment telling us what you asked!
• Like My Pillow Pets on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mypillowpets.
  - Make sure you leave a comment here telling us that you ‘Like’ My Pillow Pets
• Follow us on Twitter & Facebook (2 extra entries) – be sure to leave a comment telling us you follow

Entries accepted through November 24th.

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