This past summer, we took a short ride on a "pirate ship" during our beach vacation. Ever since then, Joey has been fascinated with anything and everything pirate. So, he was excited when Pirate Pursuit arrived.
Pirate Pursuit is a pirate track game with a wind-up pirate galleon to sail around the treasure island. Be the first player to fill your loot bag with coins from the treasure chest before the pirates catch up with you in their galleon! For 2 to 4 players. Contents: game board, wind-up pirate galleon, 4 loot bag boards, 24 play coins, 4 pirate counters with stands, dice, dice shaker, guide.
Each players chooses a character and a loot bag. The goal is to fill your loot bag with coins first. Players take turns rolling the die and moving across the board trying to collect coins and not lose any!
We often do a family-game-night with the extended family. I think I'll take this along next time for the children to play! Want to try Pirate Pursuit? You can find it on
Amazon!
Random Like: You know how a lot of board games fold up and fit inside their box? I thought it was neat that the Pirate Pursuit board went together and disassembled like a puzzle! Four pieces fit together to make the board and are then easily taken apart for storage. It always drives me nuts when a board game finally breaks in half from overuse or misuse. I thought that was a neat way of designing the game board.
* I received Pirate Pursuit for review. All opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy here.
I was so excited to finally have the chance to play the Mexican Train game. My dad has talked about it for several years after having a co-worker introduce him to it. He loves this game and hadn't been able to find the 'right one'. He had wanted all of us to play this for a family-game-night, but I guess it just isn't the same if you don't have the original. Now, we have the original Mexican Train game and all is right with the world.
It's been quite a while since I've played any sort of game that involved dominoes and Joey heard the word 'train', so he was in! The game is fun and a little addicting. It can also last for quite a while just depending on how things go. So, do prepare yourself for that!
The object of the game is to keep your train moving all the way to victory! Lay out a chain of dominoes (called trains) from the center domino piece, or add pieces to the group’s common chain (The Mexican Train). The first player to finish playing wins! There are many ways to block the trains along the way – so beware of obstacles!
Want to try the Mexican Train game for yourself? You can find the Mexican Train game by Tactic on Amazon. Mexican Train Game
* I received the Mexican Train game for review. All opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy here.
I can not believe how much fun we had at LEGO® KidsFest in Indianapolis! Yes, Joey loves LEGOs and could design and build for days on end. But, I wondered how LEGO® KidsFest was any different than playing with LEGO® bricks at home or at a friend's house? I guess I wasn't as hip to this amazing LEGO® world as my seven year-old son.
When we walked into the convention center and were immediately met a life-size Emmet (from Lego Movie) made entirely of LEGO® bricks - then I understood. It was almost unreal to see something so large made of LEGO® bricks. Savannah and Joey were in complete amazement as we walked from one creation to the next. I think I was most impressed with the giant Green Hulk and from Lightning McQueen from Cars. Oh, and Lord Business from Lego Movie was also surreal. He was about three times taller than I am!
After we ooh'ed and aaah'ed at the masterpieces that greet you at the door - Joey spent twenty minutes playing in the over-whemingly large pile of LEGO® bricks. It was difficult to pull him away from all that fun. After we convinced him there were many more activities he would enjoy we finally had the chance to wander between the different sections.
LEGO® KidsFest Activities
Some activities are subject to change.
LEGO Model Gallery: dozens of life-sized models made entirely from LEGO bricks
LEGO Master Builders: live demonstrations and activities from the crew who get paid to play
Race Ramps: build a custom car, then race it down the ramp against friends and family
LEGO Chima: choose a tribe and test battling skills with the whole family
LEGO Star Wars: build and display a Star Wars model
Creation Nation: build your own creation to add to a custom map of the U.S.
LEGO DUPLO: younger visitors can explore imagination through building
LEGO Retail: purchase LEGO merchandise and official KidsFest tour goods
Brick Pile: a gigantic pile full of LEGO bricks for creative play and enjoyment
Monochromatic Builds: bricks of a single color to foster group creativity
LEGO Friends: build for the five empowered friends from Heartlake City
LEGO Mindstorms: build and program robots and snakes
LEGO Ninjago: spin the way to being a Spinjitzu member
LEGO City: using the imagination to create buildings and vehicles to the urban diorama
Every activity we chose ended with the kids receiving a small packet of LEGO® bricks. They were ecstatic to walk away with new additions to their collection. Joey has spent most of today playing with his LEGO® Legends of CHIMA Spider Crawler.
If your kiddo loves LEGO® and you have the chance to attend a LEGO® KidsFest - I recommend going and grabbing your tickets early. Tickets are limited and do not last long! You'll have a fun time and learn a lot about LEGO® that you never knew existed!
Did you know?
More than 400 billion LEGO® bricks have been produced since 1949.
The LEGO® minifigure represents the world's largest population of people! More than four billion minifigures have been produced in the last 30 years. This is almost 12 times the population of the United States!
LEGO® minifigures are out of this world, literally. The two Mars Rovers have an image of the LEGO® minifigure etched into their front grill.
Approximately seven LEGO® sets are sold each second.
There are about 62 LEGO® bricks for every one of the world's six billion inhabitants.
Laid end to end, the number of LEGO® bricks sold in a year would reach more than five times around the world.
There are 915 million ways to combine six eight-stud LEGO® bricks.
Children around the world spend five billion hours a year playing with LEGO® bricks.
With a production of about 306 million tires produced a year, the LEGO® group is the largest producer of tires in the world.
LEGO® is the contraction of two Danish words, "leg godt" which means "play well".
There are about 62 LEGO® bricks for every one of the world's six billion inhabitants.
19 billion LEGO® elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO® elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute.
Joey loves trains. He also loves the color blue. Which makes Thomas the Tank Engine quite possibly the most amazing thing in the world. He has many Thomas toys and trains - which are often chugging through the house. So what could be better than an day out with Thomas and taking a ride on Thomas?
Joey grew more excited as we neared the trains station and caught a glimpse of that big blue engine! It really is amazing to see Thomas the Tank Engine come to life. I mean, it's a large blue engine! It's Thomas - chugging down the tracks - right before your eyes!
We arrived and quickly checked-in to pick up our boarding passes. As you can imagine, Thomas is very popular - so there were a lot of people there to see him that day. I like that they planned the local event over the course of two weeks and you receive scheduled times to board. This keeps the entire outing very organized and from being overly crowded.
You will still want to arrive early when you go to a Day Out With Thomas. It's likely that your local station will have activities planned to entertain and educate you and the kids while you wait for your boarding time.
As you can see, we were able to ride in the train car just behind Thomas! Joey loved that! After we boarded - we caught a glimpse of Sir Topham Hat greeting everyone and taking pictures.
It was a bright and sunny day in Bumblyburg until Dr. Flurry came to town. This chillin' villain wants to freeze the entire city in fear! This job is too big for LarryBoy to handle alone, so he turns to "The League of Incredible Vegetables" for help! The League is up for the task, but finds that their own fears could land them in Dr. Flurry's deep freeze! Will they remember to turn to the One who is bigger than all their fears before the whole town ends up on ice? Find out in this heroic new VeggieTales episode with a lesson in handling fear!
My son loves to pretend that he is in fact, a super hero! With a receiving blanket tucked into the back of his shirt - he jumps, leaps and valiantly flies runs through our home. This may be why I have heard non stop excitement from him about The League of Incredible Vegetables!
There is always a neat lesson tucked into each and every VeggieTales episode - maybe "tucked" isn't the right word. They are always centered around an important and valuable topic for children. Dealing with fear and having courage is something we routinely talk about and help walk our children through. This gives them an opportunity to identify with some of their favorite characters.
Watch The LEage of Incredible Vegetables trailer below or visit their site to learn more this new DVD!
