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Our 5 years old boy loves dinosaurs and to have the opportunity to review this app is just awesome! I can tell by our kiddos excitement on this app the moment I tapped to start it and upon seeing the main screen, we got scared when the dinosaur (T-rex) roared at us!

* Title: Dinosaur Puzzle and Play
* Price: $0.99
* Category: Entertainment
* Released: Apr 17, 2014
* Version: 1.0.0
* Size: 28.6 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: CUPCAKE DIGITAL INC © 2014 & TM Discovery Communications, LLC
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5..

Description from the product page:

"Take a journey back in time and play with 16 amazing jigsaw puzzles in Discovery Kids Dinosaur Puzzle & Play, perfect for the explorer in you! Learn fun facts and interact with vibrant, tappable scenes filled with the coolest dinosaurs, from the Triceratops, the popular herbivore to the voracious Tyrannosaurus Rex, plus so much more!" 

* There are 2 games you can play with from this app, puzzles or painting. Under the puzzle section, you can choose the difficulty levels (Easy, Medium & Hard), the harder it is, the more puzzles required to complete the picture.

* I let our 2 kiddos take turn to solve the puzzle pieces and I like that once the puzzle is completed, you can see some animation from the dinosaur and also learn more about them. Our 5 years old boy and 2.5 years old girl take turn to tap on the dinosaurs and see what animation appeared from it. There is a function to mute the narrator voice if you do not want to hear it.

* Under the painting section, there is easy to find navigation buttons, from zooming in and out from the picture, to delete or undo your action, take a snapshot of your painting and the various colors, coloring utensils and options you can choose from.

* My only recommendation for improvement is to separate out the sticker option which is currently located as one of the options in the painting section. The developer can reuse the dinosaur pictures from the puzzles side and allow stickers to be placed in it - that way it is more realistic as currently it looks weird when the stickers are placed in the illustrated painting.

* Overall a fun and yet educational app for the family!

You can purchase the "Dinosaur Puzzle and Play" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"

Our 5 years old boy has always been intrigued with our body organ functions, skeletons and etc. The moment I received a pitch to review this new app, I immediately requested for a review opportunity as I can foresee our kiddos enjoying and learning more from this app!

* Title: Inside Your Outside (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat)
* Price: $3.99
* Category: Books
* Released: Apr 16, 2014
* Version: 2.6
* Size: 59.4 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Oceanhouse Media, Inc.
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

Description from the product page:

"Come along with the Cat in the Hat in this interactive book app as he takes Sally and Dick for a ride through the human body! Explore pictures, learn new vocabulary, and personalize the story with your own narration. Kids will love learning about the human body as they visit the right and left sides of the brain, scuba dive through the blood system, follow food and water through the digestive tract, and a whole lot more!" 

* This app is engaging and interactive and I love that we can also touch and even move some of the objects in each page on the screen and the words pop out to tell you what it is!

* I used the opportunity to teach our kiddos the importance of our body parts, the five senses and I myself learned something new as well! I'm glad to be able to explain to our boy with an example of how we feel dizzy after spinning or twirling around (we sometimes sit on my office chair and have a wild spin hahahaha)

* Prior to this, our kiddos have been watching cartoon documentaries on human body and its function and with this app, I am also able to explain more to our boy. He seems to be particularly intrigued at the page below, how the bladder empties out the waste water - I can see him getting a better picture of how his pee comes out from his body.

* Overall a nice educational app for the kiddos! We love it!

You can purchase the "Inside Your Outside (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat)" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"

Two months ago, I received an email on the possibility to review some wall stickers. At that point, my hubby and I were discussing on the possibilities of converting a small space below our attic to be our small living room and I thought it might be good to have one of these stickers in the room. The idea didn't work out due to some circumstances but still, the stickers did not go to waste. I put it into our bedroom :) Anyway, let's continue with my review below...

About the company:
"Cut it out wall stickers was created with its customers in mind, offering you an affordable yet innovative way of styling your interior. We are a team of professional London based graphic designers who set up cut it out in late 2011. We began as a trio, tired of our mundane 9-5 jobs we decided we needed change! Following the recent trend for wall vinyl we followed in swift pursuit but of course with a little cut it out flare. Our doodled designs on post it notes grew to become panoramic wall art.

We have now migrated from our cramped bedroom offices to a studio, horaah! With an additional three members of staff we hope to continue growing from strength to strength. Nevertheless we retain our founding principles, hand finished craftsmanship and a bespoke customer service, something rarely found on the high street. Providing a great customer shopping experience from start to finish is our utmost objective.

Our wall stickers are not mass produced and every wall sticker/decal is made to order by us. The beauty of these particular wall stickers is that once they are applied they look like they have been 'hand painted' blending seamlessly onto your walls. With a colour palette to die for, you will be spoilt for choice."

I browsed through the website selection for family type of wall stickers and finally decided on the "May Love Be The Heart Of This Home Wall Sticker". I love the inspiring message and hope it is that way for our family and home :)

There is an easy to follow video tutorial on the website guiding you how to apply the wall stickers, it is easy and to be honest, I initially have some concerns on applying the wall stickers I got as I thought it would be tough what more with the cursive writings and all. But my concerns were all gone right after I watched the tutorial and realised how easy it was to apply the wall stickers.

The wall stickers are of good quality, easy to apply and gives an amazing new look on our wall. Love it!

You can browse for more products at http://www.cutitoutwallstickers.co.uk/

Do note that I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the product in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.