The following review is by Marly, our youngest product tester and writer. She is Ciaran’s daughter and is 11 years old. To read more about Marly, visit our About Us page:
Treasure trot is a really cool board game that I recently got to try out. It is a great family game. It’s all about horses. When you play the game you move around the board and collect cards. The first player to collect three matched sets of cards is the winner.
I especially loved playing the game with my little sister because she totally loves horses and she really enjoyed it so much. I think it is a perfect game for kids her age, about 5-9 yrs old. It felt a little young for me (I am almost 11!) But it was still fun playing with her because she enjoyed it so much.
Treasure Trot is part of the world of Bella Sara. When you go online (get your parents to help) and register, you get your very own horse to play with and take care of. I really enjoy going on the Bella Sara site. There are lots of games there for many levels of players. Some of them are actually quite difficult, even for me!
One great thing about the Treasure Trot game it that is comes with an exclusive limited edition Bella Sara trading card, with a beautiful horse pictured on it. You can enter the code from the card on the Bella Sara website and you get to add the horse from the card to your stable. Then you will have two horses to care for and play with! You can add more horses to your stable when you buy more trading cards. Also, when you have enough trading cards you can also use them when you play Treasure Trot.
Treasure Trot and the Bella Sara website are perfect for kids who love horses and caring for animals.

The following is a review by Marly, an opinionated 10 year old, who loves to share her thoughts on the latest and greatest.
I was so excited for the release of The Suite Life of Zach and Cody Suite Sweet Victory DVD. I love to watch this show because it always gives me a good laugh. The show is about identical twin brothers who live at the Tipton Hotel. They are always getting into trouble.
Every episode has a good lesson in it. For example: When your mom says not to do something, you should listen to her. If you don’t, you will get caught! I love the cute outfits that the characters London and Maddie wear. My favorite episode was when Zach and Cody both ran for class president. I liked how the brothers were very competitive and argued but made up in the end. This DVD includes funny outtakes and a game that you can play to test your knowledge about the series.

Cory in the House is a show about a teenager (Cory) who moves to the White House when his dad becomes the chef there. His sister is Raven from the series “That’s So Raven”so if you are a fan of that show, you will love this one too. Raven has psychic abilities and Cory is obsessed with earning money. In every episode he has a crazy scheme to make a million and gets into all kinds of trouble. The actors who play Cory and his friends are very talented and funny. The Cory in the House All Star Edition DVD has three episodes with guest star appearance by Raven and wrestler Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson. My favorite episode is when his sister Raven comes to town. She ends up dressing Cory as a girl, which is hysterical. This DVD has behind the scenes bonus features. You can’t help but laugh.

Webkinz are a popular new toy. They are sold out almost everywhere! Our local toystore puts a sign on their door that says “No Webkins today, sorry” when they don’t have them any more.
Webkins are popular with parents and with kids. They are little stuffed animals with a tag on their wrist. The tag has a code inside that lets you log on to webkinz world create a virtual version of your pet.
Some parents are afraid of their kids making friends on the computer because their friends might be 20 yr olds trying to find out where they live and all sorts of information. But in Webkinz World there is no way to share information like that. You can only choose from a list of questions and answers like “How are you today?” and “Fine” and “Do you want to play?” and “Sure, lets go!”. Parents also like that Webkinz world is educational. It teaches kids stuff like budgeting your money.
I like to go to the Webkinz World Clubhouse where there are so many rooms to choose from. Each room has different acttivities or games. You can earn “W” money by winning games. Sometimes I play against other Webkinz owners. My pet has her own room which I get to design by buying things at the W shop. I like to go to the W shop and buy my webkin clothes, and furniture and I love to buy her food.
The types of Webkinz that I have seen are dogs, cats, pandas, pigs, horses, unicorns, elephants, polar bears, gorillas, frogs, monkeys, hippos, cows and lions. My favorite one is the Pig. I call mine “Pinky”.
Here is a list of stores that sell Webkinz so you can find them in your town. They cost about $10 – $15.