Kids Become Little Builders with Magnetic Stick N Stack Toys: Review and Giveaway

August 1, 2016 By Marijean

I am always looking for new learning toys to keep my kids occupied, especially during the summer months. My 7 year old and 5 year old love to build and use their imagination. When I was contacted to review Magnetic Stick N Stack Shape Mags, I was very interested since I never heard of them before.

Magnetic Stick N Stack makes building so quick and easy because each plastic tile has magnets around its borders. You can connect and make all kinds of things such as vehicles, houses, shapes, letters, animals etc..

Here is what I received to review:

Magnetic Stick N Stack Shape Mags:

A total of 60 Magnetic tiles.
Includes 4 windows . Fully compatible with other brands.
Clear transparent tiles Color Red Blue Green & Yellow.
Made of top quality & Safety tested to for all american guide lines.
Set Includes 2 Large 6×6 32 Small squares 3×3 4 Windows 3×3 8 Long triangle 3×5.5 4 Wide triangle 3×4 10 Small triangles 3×3

Magnetic Stick N Stack Shape Mags The Car Set:

A total of 16 Figures
2 Car bases
18 total pieces
Made of top quality & Safety tested to for all american guide lines.

One Red Magnetic Stick N Stack Stabilizer

A 12X12 Powerful Magnetic building plate with 128 magnets enclosed in the tile for ultimate durability.
Allows you to build twice as tall your magnetic tiles.
Compatible with all other brands.
Clear transparent tile, Color Red.
Made of top quality & Safety tested to for all american guide lines.

Magnetic Stick N Stack, Idea Book, 100 Colored Pages of Structures, Vol 2

Both of my children were very excited to open the boxes and get to building! I love all of the shapes and the bright colors. As you can see my children had a blast making fun projects out of Magnetic Stick N Stack sets! They spent hours building with their imagination creating some really neat things! They connect to each other very well, are very sturdy and don’t fall apart easily when you go to lift up your creation to move it. I love that there are endless possibilities of what you can make with Magnetic Stick N Stack sets. My son loves to build garages out of them for his cars, and my daughter builds doll furniture out of them. We have had them for a week now and each day they continue to build with them. I love how creative they are getting, and I do think these are a great learning toy for my children.

These are recommended for ages 3 and up, and they would make perfect gifts for all occasions. Magnetic Stick N Stack are fully compatible with Magna-tiles TM brand & all other major brands.

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***I was given a product in exchange for my honest opinion. This review is based on my experience with the product. I am not affiliated with the company and everything in this review is my opinion.

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Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

Vitafive: Custom Gummy Vitamin Packs for Adults and Kids Review @vitafivegummies

August 1, 2016 By Marijean

I try to live a healthy lifestyle. Exercise daily, eat my fruits and veggies, also take my vitamins. Well, let me re-phrase that. “Try” to take my vitamins when I remember. I always have a hard time remembering to take my vitamins daily. I am also not a fan of swallowing pills (who is?) or taking chewable vitamins. I prefer the gummy kind but can never find one that tastes good. Most are too sweet or artificial tasting. I need to find a good gummy vitamin that I won’t forget about taking each day.

I was recently contacted by a company called Vitafive. What is Vitafive you may ask? Well, for around $1 a day they offer personalized gummy vitamin packs sent right to your door every 4 weeks. With Vitafive, your vitamins are all prepackaged into one convenient pack for each day of the week. You can take them anywhere with you, no more worrying each morning putting them in a little ziplock bag to take with you or forgetting about the bottle that is in your medicine cabinet. These are so convenient to take to work, school or even on vacation!

I was asked to review a 2 week supply of the Essential vitamin pack. Inside the Essential Pack are 2 Multivitamins and 2 Omega-3. This health pack offers a daily solution to help fill the nutrient gaps in your diet by including a multivitamin, as well as providing you with enough Omega-3 to help tackle the deficiencies most Americans deal with on a daily basis. Vitafive offers 7 different vitamin packs. Essential, Beauty, Heart, Brain, Active, Immune and Sleep. They also offer a customized pack of the specific vitamins you choose. Very cool since some folks may want different vitamins than others.

Prices for the vitamin packs for 4 weeks:

Brain ($24.00), Heart ($34.00), Active ($34.00), Sleep ($24.00), Essential ($24.00), Beauty ($29.00) and Immune ($29.00). For kids, Essential ($19.00), Immune ($24.00) or Healthy Bones ($24.00). Customize your own pack (starts at $14.99). Shipping is free.

Each individualized packet contains exactly what you need. There are no questions, no issues, and you know exactly what vitamins you are getting each day. I love that I can take these on vacation and I don’t have to bring the whole bottle or put them in a pill container. They are also great to take out to a restaurant if you like to take them directly with food. So convenient in many ways!

I have been taking these vitamins for 7 days now. I actually can’t wait to take them each day. They are delicious! They don’t taste artificial and they do have a real fruit flavor taste. They aren’t really chewy either and they didn’t stick to my teeth. I am looking forward to ordering them for my children since I know they will love the taste as much as I do. I have noticed my energy has increased and I do believe it is from taking these.

Other great things about VitaFive is that they are:

Gluten Free
Vegetarian
Kosher & Halal
Made in the USA
Vitamins are safe from melting in temperatures of up to 140 degrees

I know you will be as satisfied as I am with your new vitamin packs, but if for some reason you aren’t, you can cancel your subscription at anytime with no hassle.

Use coupon code mhtw30″ (all lowercase) to enjoy 30% off your first month with vita five. Click here to order.

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*I received a complimentary 2 week trial of vitafive in exchange for this review. All thoughts are my own.

Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

Clean your Car Easily with Just Water using e-auto Car Cleaning Kit @ecloth

August 1, 2016 By Marijean

I am always looking for easier ways to wash my vehicles. I don’t take them to car washes so my husband and I do it all by hand ourselves. We spend a lot of money on car wash fluid and other sprays to make our vehicles nice and clean. When I heard there was a product to use on our vehicles with just water and no chemicals, I was definitely interested on trying it out. Let me introduce you to e-auto by e-cloth.

Here is more information about e-auto by e-cloth:

Car Cleaning Kit
The perfect solution for keeping your car clean and sparkling.
The three products in the Car Cleaning Kit and water are all you need to quickly clean, dry and shine your whole car. e-auto products are so powerful,
they can clean using just water. They will also perform well with a small amount of your regular cleaning liquid.
e-auto cloths have 1.6 million fibers per square inch. By using e-cloth’s unique fiber technology with water, they break
up and hold dirt, grime and grease which normal cloths leave behind.

Kit includes one (1) each:
Dual Action Mitt, Dry & Shine Cloth, and Glass & Chrome Cloth

Dual Action Mitt – 10” x 6.75”
- Orange “soft-fingered” side will quickly handle all the tough initial cleaning and get into hard to reach areas.
- The smooth grey side is for general and spot cleaning

e-auto Dry & Shine Cloth
- Dry and Shine Cloth – 16” x 24”
- After use of the e-auto Dual Action Mitt, use dry on the wet body, glass and shiny surfaces for the perfect water mark free, polished finish
- Cleaning power of the fibers removes any residues of grease and grime and is effective on all surfaces: body, lights, glass and chrome

e-auto Glass & Chrome Cloth
- Glass and Chrome Cloth – 20” x 16”
- Use the Glass and Chrome cloth to produce a perfect smear-free, lint-free and polished finish on windshields, glass, chrome and mirrors using just water

Care and Laundering: Rinsing thoroughly each of the three products in the Car Cleaning Kit during use is
enough for day to day use. To ensure your e-auto cloths perform at their best, we recommend machine
washing in hot water with a little detergent. Tumble or hang dry. DO NOT USE BLEACH OR FABRIC
SOFTENER. If fabric softener is used by mistake, re-wash with just detergent. Guaranteed to perform
after 300 machine washes.

We tried this kit on my husbands truck. He doesn’t wash it much so it was VERY dirty. I figured this would be perfect to see how this kit really can handle the dirt with no car was liquid. My husband just sprayed the entire truck with water and started wiping it down.

Before:

As you can see my husband’s truck was extremely dirty. He filled his bucket with water and starting washing the truck with the Dual Action Mitt. He started cleaning the truck and what we noticed was no lint left over. Most cloths leave lint which gets highly annoying, so this is a big plus that the Mitt doesn’t leave a lint trace while washing. The dirt came off with very little struggle. The second step is the Dry & Shine Cloth. This cloth quickly dried the wet surface and did leave a nice shine on the truck. The third step is the Glass & Chrome Cloth. My husband used this cloth on the windows and chrome and it left both nice and smear free.

After:

This e-auto set left my husband’s car very clean and shiny. It didn’t take much time to clean, and I love that you don’t have to use any cleaning fluid with it unless you want to. The Mitt is also guaranteed for 300 washes.

The only con I have about this product is that I wish the Mitt had a bug scrubber attached on the back for the bugs that end up all over the cars. Sometimes scrubbing will not take them off and you need something that will remove the bugs. Otherwise the Mitt works great for simple dirt removal with water.

I definitely recommend the e-auto set by e-cloth. It did cut some of our washing time down, and really did make the cars sparkle and shine without the use of chemicals. e-cloth also makes many other products such as Baby care, Pet care, Body Care, Mops and much more. Check them all out here!

Connect with e-cloth on their Facebook , Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube pages to keep up with their latest news, specials, and more!

You can purchase this set from e-cloth.com for $24.99 by clicking here.

***I was given a product in exchange for my honest opinion. This review is based on my experience with the product. I am not affiliated with the company and everything in this review is my opinion.

Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

The Angry Birds Movie available for digital download on July 29 and debuts on Blu-ray and DVD on August 16th

July 31, 2016 By Marijean

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE

Hatching Early on Digital July 29
On Blu-ray^™Combo Pack, 4K Ultra HD^™ + Blu-ray 3D^™ Combo Pack & DVD Aug. 16
Loaded with Bonus Materials, Including Deleted Scenes, Piggy Dance-Along and the All-New Short “The Early Hatchling Gets the Worm”

Bring the party home when the hit animated comedy, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, debuts onto digital July 29 and Blu-ray^™/DVD Combo Pack, 4K Ultra HD^™/Blu-ray 3D combo pack and DVD Aug. 16 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the most downloaded app of all time (nearly 3.5 billion downloads), the film that catapulted to #1 at the box office in the U.S. and more than 50 others countries takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely. In this paradise, hot-headed Red, speedy Chuck, and the volatile Bomb have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up in order to save their home. Boasting an “A” CinemaScore (viewers under age 25) and featuring even more of the breakout, fan-favorite Hatchlings, don’t miss the film that quickly became one of the highest-grossing video game based films of all time.The all-star voice cast includes Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses) as Red, Josh Gad (Frozen) as Chuck, Danny McBride (This is the End) as Bomb, Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids) as Matilda, Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters) as Stella, Sean Penn (Milk) as Terence, Tony Hale (“Veep”) as Ross, Keegan-Michael Key (“Key & Peele”) as Judge Peckinpah, with Bill Hader (Inside Out) as Leonard and Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) as Mighty Eagle. Rounding out the flock are Hannibal Buress (Daddy’s Home), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors), Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street), Billy Eichner (“Billy on the Street”), Danielle Brooks (“Orange is the New Black”), YouTube stars Smosh (Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla) and Latin music sensation Romeo Santos.

Bonus content on THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE Blu-ray, DVD and digital formats includes a bonus scene; the Blake Shelton Music Video “Friends;” Symphony Mode, which allows viewers to play the movie without all the squawking, just the music; a Character Sketch Gallery, where fans can see drawings and renderings of the birds, pigs and environments from the film; and Music Vignettes with Composer Heitor Pereira. Blu-ray and digital exclusive content includes the all-new short “The Early Hatchling Gets the Worm”, deleted scenes and a series of fun mini-movies featuring the Hatchlings. There are also five additional featurettes including “Dance Along Birds and Pigs,” where fans learn the line dance from the movie; “Crafty Birds,” where viewers learn how to build their own piggy tower; and three featurettes where fans can “Meet the Birds,” “Meet The Pigs” and “Meet the Hatchlings.”

Additionally, fans can unlock more content by syncing the Angry Birds Action! app with the audio on the
Blu-ray or Digital version of the movie. The Angry Birds Action! app movie integration will also extend to retail where fans can unlock an augmented reality Hatchlings selfie feature by scanning “bird codes” on in-store signage.

National promotional partners, including top retail and grocery brands, are teaming up with SPHE to offer consumers high-flying deals through a variety of brand integrations. Those partners include: Sonic Drive-Ins, Furniture of America, Mrs. Thinster’s Cookie Thins and Post Malt-O-Meal Cereals.

Angry Birds Toons: Season 3 Volume 1 will also be available on digital July 29 and on DVD Aug. 16. The set features 13 mini episodes of avian adventures that the whole family can enjoy. Bonus materials include three behind-the-scenes videos and character reels featuring Chuck, King Pig and Matilda.

4K Ultra HD features four times the resolution of high definition, high dynamic range (HDR)–which produces brilliant highlights, vibrant colors and greater contrast on compatible displays–and Dolby Atmos audio, remixed specifically for the home theater environment, delivering captivating sound that places and moves audio anywhere in the room, including overhead.

Synopsis:
In the animated comedy-adventure, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, we’ll finally find out why the birds are so angry. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.

The Columbia Pictures/Rovio Animation film is directed by Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis from a screenplay by Jon Vitti. Produced by John Cohen and Catherine Winder, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE was executive produced by Mikael Hed and David Maisel.

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Extras Include:

Bonus Scene: “Chuck’s Rescue”
Symphony Mode
Making Music! With Composer Heitor Pereira
Blake Shelton Music Video “Friends”
Photo Gallery

Blu-ray & Digital Exclusive Extras Include:

All-New Short “The Early Hatchling Gets the Worm”
3 More Hatchlings Shorts
Deleted Scenes
Crafty Birds – How to Build Your Own Piggy Tower
Dance Along Birds and Pigs
Creating the Real World of Angry Birds
Meet The Birds
Meet The Pigs
Meet The Hatchlings

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE has a run time of approximately 97 minutes and is rated PG for rude humor and action.

ABOUT SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com.

ABOUT ROVIO ANIMATION
Rovio Animation creates and distributes family-friendly animation properties for audiences worldwide. Rovio Animation distributes content through ToonsTV, the multi-channel video entertainment app available on iOS, Android and Apple TV. In addition, Rovio Animation manages the licensed consumer products business based on the globally known Angry Birds franchise, as well as the licensing and publishing of other properties. The Angry Birds Movie, Rovio Animation’s first full-length feature film, was released in May 2016. www.rovio.com

Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

Doc McStuffins: Toy Hospital on DVD October 18th

July 29, 2016 By Marijean

Get ready for cuddly Disney Magic with Doc McStuffins and her pet friends in DOC MCSTUFFINS: TOY HOSPITAL on DVD October 18^th! Filled with over 2 hours of new episodes & songs, and a FREE exclusive toysponder bracelet packed inside! Join Doc as she expands her practice from the backyard clinic to the magical new world of McStuffinsville, where she will carry on a family tradition by becoming Chief Resident of McStuffins Toy Hospital!

Join Doc McStuffins on Her Adventures as New Chief Resident of McStuffins Toy Hospital

Set in the Magical New World of McStuffinsville

DOC McSTUFFINS: TOY HOSPITAL

Bring Home on Disney DVD on October 18th

Includes over 2 Hours of New Adventures and New Songs,
Plus a FREE Exclusive Toysponder Bracelet!

Join Doc as she expands her practice from the backyard clinic to the magical new world of McStuffinsville, where she will carry on a family tradition by becoming Chief Resident of McStuffins Toy Hospital. After Grandma McStuffins shares the news that she too has the ability to bring toys to life, she transports Doc and her friends to McStuffinsville, a magical world made up entirely of toys. There, Doc appoints Lambie in charge of the toy nursery, Stuffy on vet duty, Chilly as receptionist and Hallie as head nurse.

Also featured are four episodes highlighting the McStuffins’ family experience as they encounter the joys of adoption after Mom and Dad McStuffins announce that they are adopting a baby. Storylines focus on a variety of emotions and situations young children can encounter when a new baby arrives in the family.

Laya DeLeon Hayes as Doc McStuffins; Lara Jill Miller as Lambie; Robbie Rist as Stuffy; Loretta Devine as Hallie; Jess Harnell as Chilly; Andre Robinson as Donny McStuffins; Kimberly Brooks as Mom McStuffins; Gary Anthony Williams as Dad McStuffins; and Dawnn Lewis as Grandma McStuffins.

Executive Producer: Chris Nee

Episodes:

Welcome to McStuffinsville

Baby McStuffins/Selfless Snowman

Runaway Love/Tour De McStuffins

Bringing Home Baby

Baby Names/Night, Night Lala!

Release Date:

October 18, 2016

Release Format:

DVD

Ratings: