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Family Life

The Toy Room Lives!

October 10, 2009

Late last year we embarked on a journey that we thought would be much much shorter than it turned out to be. You see, Mrs TR decided that she had finally had enough of both the mass of toys we had acquired and thrown into he Toy Room as well as the old boring wallpaper [...]

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Kids Halloween Costumes – BuyCostumes Coupon 20% Off!

October 6, 2009

Well, it’s that time of year again folks. Time to break out either the kids halloween costume catalog or time to head to the fabric store and spend every night between now and Halloween sitting at the sewing machine sewing the kids costumes like Mrs TR has done in years past. This year despite our [...]

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Fairy Houses

July 26, 2009

We have fairies in need of a house, apparently. The boys read this book, Fairy Houses by Tracy Kane and then couldn’t rest until we built our own fairy house. There are rules, you can’t use anything that isn’t from nature (so no doll house furniture) and you can’t damage anything living. So, a stick [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

May 10, 2009

An adorable Manhattan Toy nursing nana dog (and cat and piggie) in honor of all mothers everywhere! I hope you all enjoyed your breakfast in bed as much as I did: Hello Kitty toast and a doughnut shared 4 ways. Have a happy day, I hope you all got a little quiet time!

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Kids’ TV Shows I Do Not Like

April 29, 2009

We try not to watch much TV around here, but it creeps in and while some weeks are virtually TV free and others include more television than I would like. I have some shows I like (I think I have already mentioned my love for Charlie and Lola), but there are also shows I really [...]

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Does anyone remember Tamagotchi?

April 26, 2009

Well, apparently, they still exist, and they are a lot more complicated than they were back in the mid-nineties. Remo had one back then, (yes he was abut 15 years older than the typical tamagotchi owner, but even then had a love of gadgety toys). Well, said tamagotchi was fun for a couple of weeks, and [...]

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Make your own play kitchen!

April 5, 2009

I think I saw this on the Craft magazine blog first, but I have been thinking about it ever since.

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Look outside! There’s an Elephant!

April 1, 2009

April fools! Here at chez Toy Report that is our standard April fools joke. Not terrible exciting, but you would be surprised how many times a 5 year old will laugh at it. For those of you who are similarly April fools challenged and would like to spice up your pranking, you may be interested [...]

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Pirate Party

March 31, 2009

The boys have been invited to a Pirate birthday party this weekend and I, with the Princess asleep on my lap, have just purchased the following presents (have I mentioned lately how much I heart Amazon?). Our favorite Pirate themed book. How does anyone live without Pirate Snap? And pirate Legos. I actually got three [...]

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The Best Kids Scooter

March 20, 2009

We’ve been big fans of the Mini Kick scooter for kids since Mrs TR first went on a kids scooter search for the boys when they were turning 3 years old back in 2005. After much research into reviews, looking at all the kick scooter options, the standout winner was obvious.

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