I knew Matchbox cars had been around for a while, as I played with them when I was a kid, which was longer ago than I care to admit. I remember being particularly proud of my special carry case with little trays that made it easy to store all my cars neatly. But it still came as s surprise when Matchbox contacted me and asked me if I’d like to review their special edition 60th anniversary models. 60th anniversary?! Surely they can’t be 60 years old? But yes, they are. And given the geekson’s love of cars, I couldn’t say “no” to the review opportunity.
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As one of Panasonic’s Intelligent Living Mums I’ve had the opportunity to visit Panasonic HQ and see their rather fabulous “ideas kitchen”. I’ve also had the chance to test out a few of their products, which is always fun. A couple of months ago a huge box was delivered to the geek residence. A huge box containing a snazzy combination oven – that’s a microwave, grill and convection oven all rolled into one. Our challenge, should we choose to accept it, was to try to cook with the thing…
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The geekson is learning to count. He doesn’t always get all the right numbers in the right order, but he definitely seems to be making the association of pointing to an object and saying the number. He keeps asking to have counting books as his bedtime stories, and often grabs my hand when I’m working through them with him to encourage me to point at each object as we count.
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I knew Matchbox cars had been around for a while, as I played with them when I was a kid, which was longer ago than I care to admit. I remember being particularly proud of my special carry case with little trays that made it easy to store all my cars neatly. But it still came as s surprise when Matchbox contacted me and asked me if I’d like to review their special edition 60th anniversary models. 60th anniversary?! Surely they can’t be 60 years old? But yes, they are. And given the geekson’s love of cars, I couldn’t say “no” to the review opportunity.
