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Counting on Lemonade: sharp animation and varied educational methods from LeapFrog

We were provided with a copy for review purposes. All thoughts are our own.

LeapFrog Letter Factory Adventures: Counting on Lemonade continues the re-opened factory with Leap and pals teaching preschoolers about basic concepts. LeapFrog has done math in a couple of previous releases including Math Adventure to the Moon, Numberland and Numbers Away. Counting on Lemonade spends a little too much time on the plot, but once it gets down to education it is much better than its predecessors.

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Toy animals, pink stuff and a child’s desire to help dad before going to the Oncologist

The Oncologist is not your typical doctor. The audiologist, cardiologist, plastic surgeon and immunologist, just to mention a few can all be figured out their prefix. Granted one may think that the plastic surgeon only works on little plastic dolls, but what child hasn’t ripped the arm off of Joe or Barbie? However, what is the ‘onco’ that these doctors are treating? I never knew that fact until I was an adult and kind of bummed out when I had to go see one. Everything is fine now. We have quarterly visits to Doctor Lee and our son wasn’t too happy with us on our recent visit.

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Our Halloween costume and party trends for 2014 from Buy Costumes #ad

Oh, suddenly it’s the middle of September and you’re starting to think about Halloween? Time goes by quickly, but this time of year seems it seems to be on treadmill for us. So, Halloween is just over a month away and you’re noodling some costume ideas…we’ve created some tips and trends for kids, adults and your parties from Buy Costumes.

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Win tickets to Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion-in theaters for only 1 showing

I remember seeing Star Wars with my dad in the theater. That was back in the day and he wasn’t too jazzed about it. Granted he was probably happy to hang out with me and that I was so happy to go. It’s a different scene now. On Saturday, September 27 at 10:45 there will be a one-time showing of Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion at Atlantic Station.

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Get cooking with #ShroomTember, #Blendability, less fat & more flavor

I have partnered with Life of Dad, LLC for the #ShroomTember promotion. Sponsored by The Mushroom Council, the #ShroomTember promotion gives anybody the chance to win a $500 Visa gift card. We cook for the family, there we are. Sometimes through the process of cooking we get in a rut of conformity, stale recipes and sleepy taste buds. I’ve always been a fan of mushrooms. One of my top 5 favorite dishes is the classic large portabella top with capers, horseradish, feta, bacon and pimento cheese. For this task we took a normally meat dominant dish and replaced half of it with mushrooms. Let’s see if our taste buds noticed!

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Test driving the Ford F-150 during our working staycation

We were compensated to review and drive this vehicle. All thoughts are our own. As a family we have big and small things, as well as growing people that are carted around every day. Certainly there are days when we need a truck and the massive amount of storage space. There are big things that I didn’t pick up when we tired the Ford F-150 that I’m kicking myself for. Our experience with the 2014 Ford all new F-150 is that it’s a big truck that can do lots of hauling and typical truck stuff, but also has the safety and creature comforts that one expects from a family vehicle.

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The Simpsons Family History: Aye carumba this is awesome

The Simpsons Family History: A Celebration of Television’s Favorite Family is not what I expected but I am 100% OK with that. I expected a blow by blow account of how each episode is made and some photos from the animators and voice over artists doing their craft. In reality the book is soup to nuts how Marge and Homer met, fell in love, had kids and found Santa’s Little Helper. It features art that is taken from the source that reminds viewers of the art that is at the root of the longest-running American sitcom, longest-running animated series and longest- running primetime scripted series.

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