fun and sweet just a little heavy.
580872
These earrings are gorgeous on. The only set back is that the earring backings they come with aren't strong enough to support the weight on your ears, so I had to switch out the backings for a more sturdy pair. Other than that I love them.
28722
Fun game for smaller children.  It is very simple and fans of the show will enjoy it despite a couple drawbacks.

As some others have stated Pinkie doesn't really stay in the cake when pushed down, my 4 year old has a hard time getting it to lock in place.  My 6 year old gets frustrated and smacks it down which usually works but will probably break it soon enough.

If your kids are clever they will notice you can tell which hole is going to be the winner simply by looking into them and seeing which one has the tab showing which immediately ruins the game.

Lastly while the storage under the cake for the balloons is good to have it can be a bit of a burden to put them all in there as they have to go in a certain way to get it closed.

Other than those few drawbacks the game is pretty fun, super easy and looks pretty cool just sitting on a dresser or whatever.
3483920
This was great fun but required some construction so keep that in mind.  This construction does not deter from the fun of having a car fly down the tracks and all the accessories that are zooming all over the room.  I put this on a small table for stability as my floor is not completely level which helped the cars and everything else we could get down the tracks move even faster.

It is colorful, well constructed, and a nice age appropriate toy for boys or girls.
625099
Cute! Just wish it was a little more flexible/protective .  It is a fun change of pace.
134106
This is not a story that really grabbed me it was a cute sweet read. It starts out really good but is just missing something. Two people who have dated in the past end up being Santa and his elf neither wanted to see each other and are very surprised to see the other one. As they go to leave due to the snow that is coming Nick gets hurt which puts Lyssa trying to take care of him, the kids that need to go home to their parents, putting away all the party food, and get back off the mountain before it snows.  They work their way down the mountain through the snow fall only to get stopped by a tree. Having no way to get home they most go back up the mountain, trying to stay out of each others way, keep the children entertained and hope that someone will come get them before Christmas.

The characters are very likeable from the two main to the children. I thought this was cute and at time funny. Nick and Lyssa are forced to work together taking care of the children and facing their issues that her sister hopes they will work out. This is a very clean read that is enjoyable. The author goes throw in a little passion which is delightful.  It was fun to see how they kept the children entertained I really enjoyed that. I did feel Nicks foot healed much faster than I would have thought along with him running around out in the snow faster than I would have thought possible.

It would have been nice to have seen the Epilogue to have been about later on and not the same day or maybe it was the next day. To me it was more of a next chapter not an Epilogue. I thought the ending was rushed but likeable. I thought this was a cute fun read that I did enjoy.

I volunteered and/or requested a copy from NetGalley/Edelweiss/ AudioBookBoom/book tour/author/publisher to review.
1142056
This is sweet. Jenny & Dev are pretty adorably awkward as parents who trip over themselves while trying to be smooth in their romance. On a second read I can better appreciate how parents of grade-school age kids aren't going to have a romance full of zingy chemistry  but sweet goofy moments. No one gets to be cool when the kids are there to call you out. But, there are great little moments of vulnerability for Jenny & Dev. I was able to identity with both of them as parents  my game would probably be just as lame.

It's a fast read. It's funny how the kids are these huge presences affecting their parents, but they aren't very much in the story. It would have been nice to see more of them, and their characters. The girls are kind of "older sister" and "middle sister", and Sam and Jacob are pretty "perfectly adorable little boys with differences".

I was pretty enchanted by the first book. In this book, Ozzie & May are distant secondary characters. Lucky's story is explored a bit, and Toni's sort of is too.

It isn't quite the Bourbon Street family as the first story since Jenny doesn't hang out with the team much. But she does get a good character arc as she learns to be we own hero & use her crazy to her advantage. And it is good for a series that different characters have different style of stories.
3379448
This is a light weight little Christmas story.  That doesn't mean it's not good, because it truly is a sweet, fun and really nice little story for this holiday season.

When Riley Stetson sets out to visit her besty Claire in  Shifter grove she didn't plan on a mid winter swim in the lake during a blizzard unfortunately sometimes mother nature has other ideas.  a car leaving the road and sliding down a cliff into a frozen lake was definitely not something Blitz Frost ever expected to see happen, but there it was.  Disturbing his alone time as his alter self a reindeer.

But he can't let the person in the car die when it breaks through the ice.  Thus he grabs on very luck Riley just as the car starts to submerge.  That however, is not the least of the complications for Blitz.  Not only does mother nature have havoc on her menu so does mother fate as she presents Blitz with his true mate in the form of one Riley Stetson.  It makes for some really interesting Christmas Magic.

I think you will really like it.
2516248
Every once in a while I like to curl up with a fun, lighthearted small-town romance, and that's exactly what I got with Marina Adair's Sugar's Twice as Sweet.

Sugar's Twice as Sweet starts out with our heroine, Joie, getting dumped by her fiancee in an embarrassing and very memorable way. Poor Joie just wants to prove to her parents that she's not too flighty or too impulsive to be anything other than a disappointments so she decides to head to her late aunt's inn in Sugar, Georgia and turn the dilapidated inn into a success that her parents are sure to be proud of.

Joie spent her summers at Fairchild House with her aunt, and it's there that she learned that living balls to the wall and believing in magic is okay. So of course when Joie returns to Sugar, Georgia she decides that she's going to do whatever it takes to be that little girl and believe again. I found myself having a huge soft spot for Joie from the very beginning and I couldn't wait to watch her story unfold.

Then we have our hero, Brett, who's recently returned to Sugar after a sex scandal forces him to take a reprieve from the lime light. Brett is a bit of a playboy, who loves his women and loves living his life traveling and playing golf. Though once he meets Joie, or should I say becomes reaquainted with Joie, all bets are off.

Joie and Brett first met when they were kids when Brett helped Joie out of a tree. They were each other's first kiss, and they both had childhood dreams of growing up, getting married, and having a hog farm with each other. Of course, life always gets in the way of childhood dreams, but it was so cute watching them fall in love as adults.

After a feud begins between Joie and the old ladies of Sugar, Brett agrees to help Joie renovate the inn. Of course, this is where the story really takes off. The old ladies do everything in their power to run Joie out of town, and while I thought some of their antics were pretty funny, some were just plain mean. Luckily, Joie had Brett to stand to up his grandma and the rest of the old ladies for her, and make them see how much their meddling was hurting her.

The romance between Joie and Brett was a little slow paced for my liking, but it really went along with the story. Joie was just looking for a good time with the town playboy, while Brett wanted to take things slow and prove to Joie that he was more than just a womanizer. When they finally get together though? It was explosive!

Of course Brett kept a few things from Joie, which he thought he was doing to protect her, and s*** hits the fan when Joie finds out. Poor Joie... I was so heartbroken for her! I was actually pretty scared that Joie and Brett wouldn't get their HEA, but luckily, with the help of the town and Brett's older brother, Cal, Joie decides to finish the inn and get her man.

The ending was absolutely perfect, with a little groveling from Brett, and forgiveness from Joie, not to mention a pig as a grand gesture... Overall I couldn't be happier with it. Sugar's Twice as Sweet was the first book I've read by Marina Adair, but as a great start to what I'm sure is going to be a great series, it won't be my last.

*ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
3444187
The Jesus Loves Me bear is sweet as can be, but I wish my babies could start it more easily to at least play through once.  Holding the two hands together in order to continue playing is more than my 18 month old would do.
646840
They are a little heavy, but they are beautiful.
2372378
This was a fun, flirty yet sexy book to read.

I enjoyed this one but felt it was a little heavy on the computer game element.

The characters were great and complemented each other well.
4550392
Great fun for the kids. Wish it had a little weight to it so the legs stayed in place but cute. The covers are annoying in my opinion but you can leave them off.
3223833
Very fun and sweet gift for my sister and her 2 girls to open together.  They really loved them and it was sweet.  I have no complaints -- only 4 stars to be clear this is not a high quality keepsake kind of thing -- more like a sentimental little present for a mom with 2 girls - a fun extra gift on Christmas day..... totally happy with it- I have no idea how they are holding up -- but such a sweet design.
4460314
This puzzle was very sweet.  It was enjoyably challenging, but not too hard to have fun.  I love that Buffalo Games includes a poster; makes it much easier to see details then just looking at the box top.
3651835
really nice and pretty but it is a little hard for the kids to make it move. They will definitely get a workout
1761801
My daughter with a huge sweet tooth really got the message of "A Sugar Meltdown".  An Olympic Athlete slumping to the ground after someone slips him sugar disguised as an apple - powerful image.  And for Moms, the energy of the flips and one handed hand stands - makes me think I should step up my game when playing with kids.  The big puppet heads of some of the characters is a bit odd, but it is easy to get used to.
3595446
my daughter (5) loved it!  Super cute, like the rest of the big eye animals... but..  It's HEAVY!!  The head weighs about 3 lbs!  making it a bit less cuddly than the smaller ones.