Friday, June 15, 2012

last hirit sa tag-init...

Enjoyed our last summer hirit @ Villa Concepcion Pandi Bulacan.

purple wiggly wig

she saw it and she wears it. she looks cute in it...waaaaah, she's really an adorable kid. love you kiddo.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Let your kids run their own Toca Hair Salon! Cut, color, comb and blow-dry lifelike hair on six different cute characters. Using your fingers you can make any hair style you want! And of course - take a snapshot and save your creations!
Price: $1.99

FEATURES
√ Cut and trim hair with the scissors and electric hair trimmer
√ Wash the characters hair with shampoo, shower, and towel
√ Use the hair dryer to get the right look
√ 12 hair colors to choose from!
√ 8 brand new accessories for the finished styling
√ Use the magic potion G.R.O. to make the hair grow back again!
√ Six cute characters that make fun faces and sounds while you cut their hair!
√ No rules or stress - play any way your kids want to!
√ Kid-friendly interface!
√ No third-party advertising
√ No in-app purchases

Toca Store

Toca Store is a Store Play Set that triggers your child´s imagination and inspires role-playing. We wanted to create a toy that can be included in children´s natural exploration of everyday life and help them to master social and mathematical skills. That´s Toca Store!
Price: $1.99

FEATURES
✔ Choose between 34 different objects to sell in your store
✔ Set your own prices
✔ Invite friends to the store and let them start shopping!
✔ Cute animations guides along the way
✔ Beautiful original artwork
✔ Multiplayer fun!
✔ No rules or stress - play any way your kids want to!
✔ Kid-friendly interface!
✔ No third-party advertising
✔ No in-app purchases

Birthday PartyPlaytime

Time to invite friends and family to a birthday party - around your iPhone or iPad! Choose which theme you want, set the table, serve the cake and give the birthday boy or girl a present! Eat and drink with your finger, and tilt the device to put everything in the dishwater when you're finished!

* * * A CREATIVE GAME FOR KIDS AGE 3 AND ABOVE!* * *

Price: $1.99

EATURES
√ Fun sequel to Toca Tea Party!
√ Three themes to choose from - Pandas, Dragons or Rainbows!
√ Surprise present to the birthday boy or girl!
√ Blow out the candles on the birthday cake!
√ Shoot fun party poppers during the celebration!
√ Fun sounds when your guests eat and drink!
√ Finish by putting everything in the dishwater!
√ Beautiful hand-drawn graphics!
√ Kid-friendly interface!
√ No third-party advertising
√ No in-app purchases

Now you can have a birthday party wherever you are - just take out you iPhone or iPad and you're good to go! Friends, siblings, or even teddy bears can sit around the device and have a party together. If your kids have played Toca Tea Party before you will recognize the theme! Designed to stimulate your kids imagination, Parenting's Birthday Party Playtime lets your kids make up their own story with their toys and friends.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Toca Boca Collections part 1

Dana owns an ipod touch and recently we decided to buy her an iPad, (though she's not using it solely - but more on shared gadget for the three of us). That is actually our 3rd birthday gift to her.
I've learned about Toca Boca games through a forum, that it was nice and children can learn from it. So I have searched and check some reviews, (I was convinced) so we downloaded the Toca House.

Toca House

Toca House! Help the five friends to do fun chores around a cosy house. Let your kids do the dishes, ironing, sweeping or planting flowers in the garden. Loads of fun with 19 different mini-games!

Peso power: $1.99

FEATURES
√ 19 different mini-games to play with
√ Domestically themed mini-games - teach kids what needs to be done around the house!
√ Loads of variation - different order of the games each time
√ Fantastic original artwork!
√ Convenient time to pause or take turns when the sun sets after playing ten mini-games
√ Fun sounds and animations!
√ No rules or stress - play any way your kids want to!
√ Kid-friendly interface!
√ No third-party advertising
- No in-app purchases

Toca House is a free play toy for kids that takes them through the everyday chores of a household. Cleaning, washing windows, deliver mail, taking a bath or mopping the floor. All familiar themes for kids that they see everyday, but often can't participate it. But now they can - and it's fun too! Play a series of mini-games that take place in and around the house with five super-cute characters. When the sun sets it's time to go to bed, but you can always play another round of course. This makes it perfect for turn-taking or a break to do something else too!

Toca Kitchen

Pick your ingredients from the fridge and prepare them in anyway you like. Free exploratory play with food in a new way. Let’s find out what the cat likes!

Peso power: $1.99

FEATURES
- Four cute characters to cook for - each with their own favorite food!
- 12 different ingredients that can be prepared in 180 different ways!
- Slice, boil, fry, cook, microwave or mix any of the ingredients
- Optional vegetarian mode!
- Fantastic original artwork!
- No rules or stress - play any way your kids want to!
- Kid-friendly interface!
- No third-party advertising
- No in-app purchasesToca Kitchen is not a game - it's a toy where you and your kids get to explore cooking. What happens if you mix a carrot and then fry it? Will the cat like it? And what is the bull's favorite food? Toca Kitchen supports free play for all ages and is a great way to use your imagination.

Toca Kitchen Monsters

FREE app!

Ever wanted to play with your food? Now you can! In this Monster edition of the super-hit Toca Kitchen you can cook and play with food for two hungry monsters. Pick any ingredient and prepare it in your own way! Slice, boil, fry, cook, microwave or mix? And wait for the response from the hungry monster...

FEATURES
✔ 2 cool monsters - each with their own favorite food!
✔ 8 different ingredients that can be prepared in many different ways!
✔ Season the food - but watch out if you do it too much...
✔ Slice, boil, fry, cook, microwave or mix any of the ingredients
✔ Optional vegetarian mode!
✔ Fantastic original artwork!
✔ No rules or stress - play any way your kids want to!
✔ Kid-friendly interface!
✔ No third-party advertising
✔ No in-app purchases

@Ark Avilon Zoo

Ark Avilon Zoo is an interactive zoo located in Pasig near Tiendesitas. Dana's turning 3 years old this August and we thought that this is the right time for a trip to a zoo, she loves animals, she can name it when she sees one, either on TV or on her iPad. I told her that we will take her to Manila zoo, and that was last month, getting her ready so she won't be afraid of the different animals that she'll see/meet. After reading some reviews ,we decided to bring her to Ark Avillon Zoo instead, a DAY FULL of FUN and INTERACTION with Animals.

We went there around 11:30 am, (i know it's almost a lunchtime. There weren't that many people. A ticket costs P300/ adult and P200 if you're a kid, free for 1 year and below.

...the facade...

...i like how their name was designed. sooo cute..

This is how the inside looks like, there is a feeding booth where you can buy foods for some animals (ranges from 10 to 50 pesos each) , stuffs like toys, balloons and memorabilia. At the ground floor, there were different animals inside their cages, you can see them through the window glass, at that time, most of them were sleeping, could be coz it's their syesta time already.

After checking all the animals on their cages, Dana spotted this cute fluffy BIG dog, she can't take her eyes off it, she loves the dog, as in... She's touching it, amazed on his fluffy hair and his size. much bigger than her..(good thing the dog is kind and behave. i think he got used to people approaching him and taking pictures) ... bad thing that we wasn't able to ask his name.

Here are some photos of birds located at the ground floor. They have their own place, they were all behave and not so rude even if lot of people were taking their pictures, maybe they got used to it, they are the center of attraction anyway. There's an eagle, owl and parrots. We took photos with the parrots. My hubby was brave and excited to put the big Parrot on his shoulder, and of course our Dana should have one too, so there's lil birdie on her shoulder as seen below.

Then we went upstairs, where some farm animals like deer, goat, pig , rabbits, snakes, big lizards and so on were located at. We decided to feed the rabbits/guinea pigs with a carrot (costs 20 each). Dana enjoyed it so do I. They are sooooo hungry as in..hehehe

a wishing well.

And when we finally decided to eat lunch and went downstairs, we saw a huge yellow snake. Taddaaaan, of course we didn't miss the chance to take a picture with the behave snake.hehe. Daddy was not afraid and put the snake on his shoulders. then Dana was not afraid to touch the snake too, she's amused on how it feels touching a snake.

We ate lunch nearby (@Tiendesitas) then after we decided to roam around the zoo for the 2nd time, and then we met Jenny the orangutan. She was nice and friendly. Dana was kinda afraid of her first but they get along really well after few minutes of aloofness.

We also went where the crocodile and some big fishes located at (still @ the ground floor). We then feed the carps (costs 30/ container). Dana enjoyed it.