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Fisher-Price Play Panel

The Nikon D7000 versus Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera: A digi-cam showdown

7 September 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

I laughed out loud when I saw that our friends at Fisher-Price had sent us a Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera to test-drive. If any family loves cameras, it’s this one! So it seemed a natural to compare my favourite camera, the Nikon D7000, to Lucas’s (and Tristan’s and Simon’s!) new favourite camera. Here’s how they [...]

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What makes a good toy?

31 August 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

One of the reasons I was so excited to be a part of the Fisher-Price Canada playpanel team of bloggers has to do with my deep admiration for Fisher-Price. They don’t just make toys – they make toys that kids love, classic toys that endure and endear for generations. Did you know the classic Fisher-Price [...]

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Learning through play with Fisher Price

27 July 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

A lot of my Friday Family Fun posts have talked about ways you can enjoy summer with your kids, whether engaging them or supervising them or taking them out on adventures. But vacation is supposed to be a break for Mom and Dad, too, and sometimes kids need to learn to play on their own [...]

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Fisher-Price Tough Trikes to celebrate springing into summer

3 June 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

Lucas and I happened to be on the porch when the delivery truck arrived, which in itself is a pretty exciting occasion for a three-year-old. When the delivery man rolled up the back of the truck, Lucas was spellbound and when he pulled out a box and grinned at Lucas and said, “I’m guessing this [...]

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A Spring into Summer giveaway from Fisher-Price!

20 May 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

Late in the afternoon yesterday, after eight solid years days of rain and clouds, the sun came out, the temperatures shot up, and just like that, it felt like summer. Yay! Summer is my favourite season. Bring on the heat, the humidity, the bugs — just let me get out and enjoy it. I get [...]

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Fisher-Price and the power of play

6 May 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

After three kids of experience, I must admit that I have become very discerning about the toys I pick for my kids. Not only am I getting pretty good at picking age- and personality-appropriate toys, I am realizing that there are certain types of toys and features of toys that I’m drawn to again and [...]

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Fisher-Price photo shoot – more pix!

1 April 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

I‘m still waiting for details on exactly how the Fisher-Price blog program will work out, but I keep getting amazing packages in the mail from my new besties at Fisher-Price and Mom Central Canada. First, it was this fun set of boxes full of a few of the toys that were used during the photo [...]

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Fisher-Price photo shoot sneak peek

25 March 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

We finally received a preview of the photo shoot with Fisher-Price in Toronto a couple weeks back. Wanna sneak peek? These are a couple of the group shots: Lucas is squeezing me in a hug, not snoozing! In this one, he’s actually got one hand on each side of my head and is squashing my [...]

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Our weekend in Toronto with Fisher-Price

11 March 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

Phew, is it just me or has someone hit the fast-forward button on life this week? Yowza! So much to tell you about, and no time to write a coherent blog post! As I mentioned last week, I’ve been selected to be one of a handful of official bloggers for Fisher-Price Canada. Last weekend, Lucas [...]

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And you thought I was kidding when I said we were old skool Fisher Price fans!

3 March 2011 Fisher-Price Play Panel

Check out this picture that Beloved pulled out of his archive. I’m guessing this is Christmas 1974. I told you we’ve always loved Fisher-Price!

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