Counting Down To Christmas

IMG_7358At the beginning of December I mentioned that it’s really easy to make a green advent calendar. Well, that was with the help of my new reviewer Summer. It’s been quite a lot of fun working with Zoe and Miles on the Advent Calendar. They are learning their numbers, counting, and number recognition. I’ve been really impressed with Zoe and Miles and all of the progress they have made. But not only that’s it’s been so much fun counting down to Christmas.

The kids are SO EXCITED about Christmas this year!

Every day, Miles says, “Can I do my animal cracker!” But he’s really saying Can I do my advent calendar today. So we’ve been doing the animal cracker every day. Playmobil sent us one of IMG_7357the advent calendars and Zoe has been enjoying it even more than the candy I put in the green advent calendar. Then each kid takes a turn.

Miles does the green advent calendar and Zoe does the Playmobil advent calendar. The Playmobil advent calendar is the Santa Playmobil advent calendar. I would rather the kids have the nativity scene but this one has been fun too. Zoe is learning about different animals but more important than that she’s been learning how to share with Miles. Watching Miles and Zoe playing together and learning about feeding animals and just great cooperation has been wonderful. I love my kids and how well they share together.

The Countdown to Christmas is so exciting. We have five days left!!

Playmobil School Gym

imagePlaymobil is also participating in our Holiday Toy Drive. I love playmobil because they are so creative and diverse. They appeal to all ages and inspire lots of imagniative play with the building and playing. They sent us the Playmobil School Gym to donate to the charity of our choice. We have worked with Playmobil before. They have great products and sent us the Playmobil 1-2-3 Playset. Playmobil is broken up into two categories, the toddler set and then the older kids set. The toddler sets or 1-2-3 playmobil, can always be found in stores in yellow playmobil packaging.  I spent time playing with Playmobil at my last job. The job I had before becoming a mother. Yep, I got to play with toys all day then too. We could fill an entire wall at the store with just Playmobil and the different themes of toys they had. One of the best sellers we had was the Advent Calendar, the other would be the Pirates Sets.

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(PLAYMOBIL/Product #4325/Suggested Retail Price: $35.99/Available: August 2010)

Stay active and get some exercise in the School Gym.  Includes three figures, gym with basketball hoop, gymnastic rings and bars, soccer goal, and other accessories.  You can even keep score with the manual scoreboard.  Dimensions: 10.6 x 10.6 x 9.4 inches (LxWxH).  Recommended for ages four and up.  Suggested Retail Price: $35.99 Warning.  Choking Hazard.  Contains a small ball and small parts.  Not for children under 3 years. 

Click on the image please, in order to see the content of this item.Another Toy Playmobil option for this Year would be For older kids:

The new My Take Along Puppet Theater, looks really cool. My Take Along Puppet Theater playset is sure to earn a standing ovation.  The Puppet Theater retails for $49.99. Role-playing is even more fun with this on-the-go set. It even comes with sound effects including laughter, applause, and two different kinds of music.