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Review: Automoblox Mini X10 Timber Pack & Chaos and HR5 Scorch 2-Pack

Automoblox Minis Creations

We received the Automoblox® Mini X10 Timber Pack and Chaos and HR5 Scorch 2-Pack for free from PlayMonster to play with and review. Andrew loved these cars and he was so happy to do this review.

Both Andrew and I love cars. I love to ride in them, he loves to drive them. We also love to play with them. We’ve plyed with all kinds of toy cars but we’ve never had the chance to check out Automoblox before today. We received two packages of the new Automoblox® minis from PlayMonster. Many of the new designs for these toys were revealed at this past Toy Fair. I was unable to attend but am glad to get our hands on them for use in our home.

This time around I had Andrew play with them to his hearts content prior to any sort of video. When the time came to make the video below he had had so much playtime with them that he could speak to them much better than an on the spot unboxing. He’s learning how to do these reviews with me. I’m learning how to give him his own space to talk about things in his way.

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Learning to Ride Bikes

Riding Bikes

Today the kids got new bikes. Actually I picked them up last week at Walmart. I had been waiting and watching the sales at Toys R Us in hopes of picking up some cheap but you know what, the prices there were terrible. At Walmart I picked up a Mongoose bike for Andrew and a Genesis bike for Eva. Both bikes were under $80 which is a price that Toys R Us couldn’t touch. Not with all their markups and not really a sale, sales.

The bikes have been in the garage and this past Sunday we had a babysitter at the house and we forgot to tell her not to let the kids in the garage. The kids wanted their swords to battle with and the babysitter and Eva went into the garage. Eva saw the bikes but to her credit she played dumb until we asked her about it today. She definitely did not tell her brother because he can’t keep a secret to save his life. He would have spilled the beans days ago.

It was a nice day so we took the bikes over to Capron Park to get the kids going on the bikes. Andrew picked it up quickly which was a bit frustrating to Eva. We should have started with her years ago. She tried and tried all morning and with some prodding, encouragement and challenge she began to get it. By the time we got home she was asking when we could ride again.

While Andrew picked up riding much quicker than Eva he also fell about 8 times. The last time was right before this photo. He has a big scrape on his nose and it is all red tonight. That last one made him cry like crazy but the great thing is that he kept on going, he got back on his bike, which he named Bullseye and then renamed Comet. Continue reading Learning to Ride Bikes