First Time Mom and Losing It

**The toddler and I were invited to the #PlayAllDayElmo Event and received a gift bag for attendance. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be a good fit for my readers. All opinions are 100% my own.


When I received the invitation to attend the #PlayAllDayElmo Event by Hasbro I quickly RSVP'ed! My toddler has been an Elmo and Sesame Street fan since she was an infant. I have bought her every big Elmo toy for Christmas and they have always been a big hit. As soon my toddler woke up in the morning she yelled in excitement because today was the day! I might have told her a few days too early about the event! We took a long train ride to Spring Street and headed to the Crosby Street Hotel.


We went down to the event space and was greeted by an amazing staff. They took the care to decorate everything in cheerful colors, balloons and Elmo decorations! Cookie Monster and Grover was there to take pictures with the kids and then my daughter got escorted to a huge play room full of amazing Sesame Street toys.


We got to play with the Play All Day Elmo and given a little demo on it. The Play All Day Elmo has two modes, one for toddler play and one for a preschooler. This was perfect to use with my toddler because once she became an expert on that mode and becomes a preschooler next year I can switch up the mode and she has a whole new Elmo and games to play with. The Elmo has 8 different modes of play and 150+ play responses like turning him upside down and tickling his tummy. It also has a Nap switch when you are done playing with him where he will sing a song and go to sleep.


After playing with the toys we went to a screening room and the real Abby Caddaby and Elmo were there! All off the kids (and parents) squealed in delight when we saw them. We got to watch the new Play All Day with Elmo DVD while the kids jumped and clapped and did what the DVD asked them to do.



The Play All Day Elmo is the perfect holiday gift for kids ages 14 months to 4+. The Play All Day with Elmo DVD would be an amazing stocking stuffer too.

My family and I were invited to the event and given a gift bag. All opinions are 100% my own. 



On Saturday my family and I got to celebrate with the Transformers at the #TFBirthday party in the Children's Museum of Manhattan. As soon as we entered the party room we were amazed at all of the great decorations and all of the toys!

There were so many stations where the kids could just play and create. They got little passports to get stamped as they went to the different stations. The staff was so awesome with the kids and patiently showed my nephew and daughter how to play with each one of the different toys. After they had fun playing with each toy they got to take their creations home with them!


My daughter ran to the Mr. Potato Head station and stayed there for a while creating different Transformer Mr. Potato Head contraptions. At one point one of her Transformers had fire coming out from all over the place.


My nephew enjoyed the Transformers Construct-Bots the best. Thanks to Justin (@justinaclin) for helping my nephew create the Dinobots Grimlock.


My daughter got to color her own "Roar" sign and of course had to pick every single purple in the crayon box to decorate her sign. Then she got to put it up on the board with the other roar signs.

The coolest toy of all the stations was the Flip and Change Transformer. With just a little flip the Transformer changes into a cool sports car. The kids (and me!) also got to play with Transformer Mashers, Kre-O Transformer Bricks, Transformer Rescue Bots and Transformer Battle Masters.


There was also a super cool Rescue Bot Mascot that the kids got to take pictures with. It took my nephew and niece a little bit to warm up to him and then got to give him high fives and take pictures with him.


After they got all of their stamps on the passport they got to exchange it for a cute goodie bag with tons of transformer favors. Then we all took a break and had some yummy lunch, juice and cupcakes.

I knew my nephew was going to have tons of fun and was pleasantly surprised when my daughter has just as much fun. Transformers are not just for boys!