We all agree it would be nice if money grew on trees, don’t we?

To celebrate their new Orange juice the funky peeps over at Innocent Drinks have created a magic tree on their website. Give it a shake, it’s dropping prizes and some lucky soul is going to win £1000, others Innocent hampers and free juice.

Head over to http://juice.innocentdrinks.co.uk/ to shake the tree – you can login with Facebook and share the Magic with your friends. Just so you know the Magic tree needs flash to shake and some of the prizes you need to print off to redeem so put the iPads, iPhones etc to one side, head to a ‘puter and make sure your printer is working before you start shaking the tree.

The lovely Innocent gang sent me two vouchers for their new orange juice, two bottles of which are now residing in my fridge, a bottle with bits and a bottle without – I will be tasting with and without Vodka for a thorough review! Yes, indeed, it’s been one of those weeks!

It isn’t just Fireman Sam who’s has a CGI makeover, the prancing dancing mouse Angelina Ballerina has too!

With Lil H’s Fireman Sam DVD Hit Entertainment included Angelina Ballerina’s latest new release Pop Star Girls.  This is new territory for me Baby G is only 17 months old and Lil H calls the viewing shots at Lancaster Towers so I recruited some of H’s BFF’s to let me know what they thought of the 60 minutes of poptastic viewing.

What can I say?  Girls are born to twirl and there was a lot of twirling and whirling around the room going on.  A lot of toe-pointing and toe-tapping throughout the five episodes.

Set in the Camembert Academy (LOL!  This was news to me too!) Angelina and her friends dance and learn to work together as a team and Angelina realises there there is more to life than just ballet when she falls in love with Hip Hop, Rock Bands, Fiddles and more! 

The room of girlie viewers from 17 months to 5 year olds were on the move and groove and I was surprised Baby G enjoyed it.  Lil H retired to his bedroom declaring “let me know when its finished” – definately one for the girls! 

Pop Star Girls DVD is released on Monday 21st March 2011, certificate U, contains 5 episodes runs for 60 minutes and is available from http://www.hitstoreuk.com where it is available for just £8.99 (RRP £12.99)

HiT Entertainment sent us a copy of the new Fireman Sam DVD for Lil H to check out and review. 

The “Ready For Action” DVD contains five episodes of the newly CG Animated madeover Fireman Sam.  The storylines are based around Sam being the his usual flame-fighting Hero with the Pontypandy crew off to rescue friends in need.  From firey vegetables, water rescue and even some karaoke, there’s a heap of trouble and many adventures to look forward to with Fireman Sam:  Ready for Action DVD.

Lil H has only recently had any interest in Fireman Sam, my mum has one of the old school series on DVD at hers for him.  He really enjoyed this and we have watched it twice but I have stealthed it away now – I am saving it for an excited return in the event of a rainy day during the Easter Holidays. 

H has asked for it a few times which is always a good indication of it getting Lil H’s thumbs up and I like the fact its only 50 mins long so there is a natural break to turn the TV off compared to Disney feature length films.

Fireman Sam – Ready for Action is certificate U, has a running time of 50 minutes, was released on 14th March 2011, available to buy from www.hitstoreuk.com with 23% off for £9.99 (RRP £12.99)

We *big puffy heart* Micro Scooters at Lancaster Towers.  Lil H got his when he was about 2.5yrs old and Diva G has been desperate for one since she coud sit up having seen her big brother on his.  Thank you to Micro Scooters who sent our little Diva her own pink one.  Mr L is in charge of outdoor pursuits, although to be fair the majority of Diva’s scooting has been done indoors :-S so Mr L has the low down:

The world of Micro-scooters according to Mr L…

• Have you seen my 3 year old son H on his micro-scooter and wondered what’s that rad  move he is pulling? Well he calls it the Flamingo and for those of you who haven’t seen, it involves wrapping one of your legs around the steering column so as to look like you have one leg (please don’t try this at home as I am pretty sure it doesn’t meet any Health and Saftey standards)
• Why bother? Well my opinion is that a toddler can independently travel a longer distance than by just walking, not using less energy but just having more interest in getting from A to B.
• How do you steer? Well its simple the front wheels slope together, the steering column is connected to the base so when you lean the steering column in either direction the wheels turn.
• What age are they suitable for? As soon as they walk or as in Diva G’s case as before she could walk, basically she was obsessed with her brother’s scooter from the moment she could stand.  [The official line is from Age 3]
• Should your child wear protection? Basically yes, a helmet is essential but I think that’s all you need. Kids are fairly robust and I feel that if you wrap them armour they just will not learn to put their hands out (you can’t wear armour your whole life)
• How do they stop those things? There is a foot brake on the back wheel. H likes to get his scooter sideways by gaining as much speed as possible and stamping on the brake.
• What happens if the 25year old oaf of a next door neighbour has a go on a scooter designed for 3 year old? It breaks. Don’t worry spares are easy to get and very easy to fit  http://www.micro-scooters.co.uk/category/good-ideas-spares/
• What do you do if your kid gets too tired to continue? We have several different buggies and the scooter will hook over the handles all while your little one has a rest on the way home.

Micro scooters are available online direct at http://www.micro-scooters.co.uk/ and also at small, large and other online stores with prices starting from £49.95.  Tha Maxi Micro- Scooter is itable form Age 6-12 priced from £92.95. 

We love our micro-scooters, with a 2.5yr age gap it has helped Lil H give up the buggy.  So do your kids scoot?  Is it on a birthday, Christmas list?  Show Mr L some comment love and share your thoughts…