Review: Real Steel toys

I received two Real Steel toys from Jakks Pacific to review. These are toys from the movie Real Steel which I saw back this summer. I got advanced preview tickets and was really excited to see the movie. I left that movie pumped up and excited. It felt like watching the first Rocky movie to me. I loved the storyline even if it was done before in movies like Rocky, The Champ and Over The Top, Throw in a little Transformers and you’ve got the movie. That being said the movie was entertaining and the robots in the movie were pretty sweet to watch in action. Jakks Pacific brings that action to your kids with these movie replica robots that they can play with. Continue reading Review: Real Steel toys

Trimming the Little Trees


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Today we put up Eva’s little tree and Andrew’s little tree. These are for their bedrooms but Eva decided that she wanted her’s in the hallway and we were going to put Andrew’s there anyway. Eva received this little tree when she was born and it has been set up in her room every year ever since. Each year we buy one special ornament for her tree and we are doing the same thing for Andrew. This year Eva has a very special Jessie (from Toy Story) ornament and Andrew has a very cute sled made to look like a pack of Crayola crayons.

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