Ravensburgery Minecraft Tryazon!

In anticipation of the new Minecraft Movie, Ravensburger was releasing these new games!  

We got selected to try them out.  

We all enjoyed the Minecraft Movie much more than we anticipated.  

Minecraft Heroes of the Village and Minecraft Explorers bring the typical beauty and quality of a Ravensburger brand board game.  I know I can expect great attention to detail, including little baggies to store the pieces in, anytime I buy a game from Ravensburger! 

Once a month, we have game night at our house with a bunch of our friends and their kids!  The kids play games together and so do the adults! We had a good time trying out these new Minecraft games.  Even though several of the adults had never actually played any kind of Minecraft game before, they were able to pick up the mechanics of the game easily!  That means, if your kids LOVE Minecraft but you have no idea what's going on, you can still all enjoy this great family game! 

We all enjoyed the card game and its game play more than the tile-laying game, but they are both clear winners for anybody who loves Minecraft! 

 

Personalogy Tryazon!

 

Tryazon has done it again! I signed up for a game from a new company, because the party dates were during our already scheduled Game Night! We've been having game night since New Years Eve 2024 and it has been wonderful! We get to hang out with our adult friends and the kids get to hang out with their friends! 

I have to be honest, that I didn't have high hopes for this 'get to know you' game called Personalogy!  

But, when we started playing and having discussions based on the cards, it was a huge hit and lots of laughs were enjoyed!!  

I think the most interesting thing we talked about was being of the opposite gender for a day...Pam had some fun questions about what it would be like to have male anatomy!

The pictures speak for themselves!  We had so much fun starting out our game night with Personalogy!  

Anna and Erin Sticki Rolls

Thanks to Tryazon and Anna & Erin for letting us try out the BFF Bracelet kit!

We found these at Walmart in the Easter section, and they'd make a great Easter basket filler!  

Sulley and Zoe had a great time sticking the stickers all over themselves, the pamphlet and the collectible card that the kit came with!  We did find it a little difficult to tear the sticker off the strip while wearing the bracelet, BUT, both of these kiddos have some fine motor/dexterity issues, so neurotypical kiddos may not have the same problem.  

This little kit was only $10 and I think that's a fair value.  I'd recommend this for a kiddo between the ages of 4-7, probably for girls who are already interested in beading and bracelet making.  

Enjoy!

 

Mr. Bendy

I picked this game up not really knowing who's Christmas gift pile it would end up in, but figuring any of us would enjoy it!  I was right! This game is an instant hit with our family!  It was given to Lucas for Christmas, and I think he was happy with that!

We have been fans of Fat Brain Toys since Lucas was a baby!

The game play is pretty simple.  

You draw a card and choose one of the options to craft.  

When the timer starts (45 seconds, which we found to be a little short) you start using Wiki Stix to decorate Mr. Bendy into whatever you chose.  

The other players are encouraged to watch you while you work but aren't allowed to make any guesses until the timer goes off and gets reset.  

All players attempt to guess what the prompt was, and then points are awarded if someone guesses correctly. 

Can you tell what I made?

It's a Mr. Bendy mermaid!

Since the little two aren't reading, they worked in partnership with their brothers.  Here Percy and Vinnie are hard at work decorating Mr. Bendy.  We used our digital device to set a 2 minute timer, since we all felt that 45 seconds was way too short.

Another one of my creations... can you guess? Everybody go this one right!

 It's a Mr. Bendy snowman!  

This game is an easy winner.   It often goes on sale, but I'd even pay full price for this one! 

Kids of all ages can play, though non readers will need help with the cards.  We plan to order a set of colored wiki six to enhance the creations! 

Snow Day!

 

       A couple weeks ago we got a decent snow fall.  The boys wanted to go out and sled and I sent Lucas and Vinnie with them to the little sledding hill in our neighborhood.  

After they'd be gone a little bit, I decided I was going to ahead and meet them and then I convinced Tim to get off work early and come too!  

On the trek home Tim was able to pull Percy on a sled most of the way..  Sulley rode the sled down the hills back to the house. 

At one point, poor Percy was down on the hill and Vinnie literally rode his sled right OVER his brother!

This was taken earlier in the day, before Percy got a face full of snow.

Tim and Lucas keeping warm!

Our little sensory seeker, of course, loves sledding.  The cold, the speed, the effort to climb up the hills, and the exhilaration are all perfect for him! 

Some of the snow on the playlet and the car.

Goonameez by Try-A-Deal!

 

    Before Christmas, we were able to try out Goo Games by Sky Castle Toys, thanks to a partnership with Try-A-Deal.  This month, we were selected to try another one of their products, Goonameez.  

    Sulley and I went to Five Below to find the Goonameez and searched through most of the store before we finally found them!  There were several different designs available, each one had a bubble that you could push and another bubble with a little friend floating on what looks like a pool float.  

    To be perfectly honest, we weren't sure what the purpose was at first.  We checked out all of the options and Sulley picked out two.  Then we headed out to the car to check out our new toys!  We had fun shaking them and pumping the bubbles as fast as we could!  

    

    Unfortunately I was a little too rough with mine while getting the packaging off and ripped the keychain off of the toy! That was sad, but I think we can fix it!

    We accidentally left the goonameez in the car overnight and when we came out the next morning they were frozen solid! I'm so glad they didn't rupture in my new car!  

    Later, Percy found the goonameez and he loved them! He made up several different games and stories for the characters and really enjoyed the toys, without me even prompting or guiding him!  

    Ultimately, the goonameez are a fun fidget toy & an open ended toy that we will keep in the restaurant and hospital bags for the boys to play with when we need quiet, relaxing entertainment! 

Ultimate Aquarium

    This was a Christmas gift to myself! I've had this game on my wish list for a bit and one day before Christmas, Alexa notified me that it was on sale half price!  I went ahead and clicked "Buy it Now!" and wrapped it up for myself!

The game play is pretty easy to learn after you get started and surprisingly complex once you learn what all the cards are and get into the strategy.  We played a game of it with myself,  Tim, Vinnie, and Lucas and had fun.  The art is cute and we enjoyed the different features of the cards! 

I won! Woohoo!  We all thought it was fun that I won the game with no water in my aquarium! :) 

I probably wouldn't spend $25 on this game, but I would definitely buy it for up to $20. I'd also gift it to any of my strategy loving, aquarium loving friends!