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Hello blog readers. I hope you are well and enjoying the Summer Season.   Our Summer has been busy with a beach trip with the Airstream, a camping trip, and visiting local attractions. On the days we are home and inside due to a much-needed rest day, I like to have a stash of new things the kids can enjoy.   We reviewed a bunch of new toys this Summer, starting with a science kit from Smithsonian. I like anything Smithsonian. My parents used to load up the family station wagon with my sister, brother, and I and head to the Smithsonian for breakfast, yep breakfast. It was a member perk. We rarely stayed to wander about the Institute because my mom was on a shopping mission to the greater Washington D.C. area best in clothing shopping, so now I can kind of re-live my childhood. The Smithsonian Mars Dig Science Kit  we opened up on one of those days the humidity was high, and the temperature was way over my comfort zone.  I give the Smithsonian Mars...

From  Walt Disney Studios: Nutcrackers, Ballerinas, Snowflakes, a magical key, mice, and and unstable land. How will Clara and Phillip re-store order to the land that they love?  Will the magical key work, and can they go through all four Realms? In 5 days The Nutcracker and the Four Realms will be in a theater near you! check out the film's social pages for more insight into the film: Facebook:    https://www. facebook.com/DisneysNutcracker Twitter:       https://twitter. com/disneystudios     #DisneysNutcracker Instagram:  https://www. instagram.com/ disneysnutcracker My Priceless gift: My Aunt Mary, bless her soul, gave me a little porcelain angel with my October Birthstone gem embedded on the angels front. I don't remember her giving it to me, it could have been a birth gift. All I know is that the angel sat on my dresser all my life and it still sit upon my dresser. It's a reminder of family,...

Num Noms™ are the cutest little spoonful of fun for kids ages 3 and up. These little gems are adorable. So much fun, so much to create, and so many scents of play food to create. What to do? Collect them all! Available at  Toys" R" Us  and stores nationwide. Pick a num-that's the one that's soft and squishy from your set, add a noms,that's the one that's not squishy and is motorized.  The bottom two in this set are the noms Recipe sheet and instructions included Then put them in a cup or cone. Kids can make their own creations. There are recipes included as well as directions on how kids can create their combos. Stack them, put ice cream and cup cakes together!  Num Noms  are awesome for Valentine's Day and Easter gift giving. Totally great Birthday gift! Sweet little Num Noms are just too cute. I might just keep some on my kitchen counter they are such happy little Num  and Noms . (these are toys-they smell good enough to indulge-but they are toys...