Hamster Chase App Review!

 

It is no secret that I am attached to my iPhone. I even sleep with it next to me. I really enjoy playing games on it, especially when I am waiting to do something, or riding in the car with my family. Checking your email, forums, Twitter and Facebook can be boring. I don’t always have texts to respond to so I have apps to play with. I recently had the chance to learn about an app called Hamster Chase.  Hamster Chase is a fun game where you have to move the hamster through different puzzles to reach their bed or food. Sometimes you have more than one hamster; sometimes there are holes that you have to avoid falling in to. The worst thing is the cat. I don’t like the levels with the cat because, it’s hard. Especially when you have to knock the cats out with the punching glove, but I am determined to beat each level no matter how long it takes.  Hamster Chase is really addicting and so much fun. I had Noah try it too. He tried to use his finger to move it, using your finger will not work, you have to tilt the device.  I really like that you have to tilt it because when I try and click on something on websites I tend to miss what I am trying to click on and click on something else.  Noah thinks that Hamster Chase is so much fun and he asks to play it all the time, or when I am playing it, he will ask for a turn. Of course I can’t resist his smile so, it is an app we play together.   

Here is some information from the developer:

This top-down, accelerometer-driven puzzle game has players guide four cute cartoon hamsters (Sasha, Goldie, Snowflake, and Ting-Ting) home through 100 levels filled with deep holes, flying balls, spinning tops, vacuums, and even a nasty pussycat--the ill-mannered Sour Puss. Hamster Chase also includes a fully-interactive, virtual Hamster Cage that allows players to watch hamsters run on their wheels, play hide and seek, tell jokes, and much more.

Hamster Chase was created by Christopher Haag, a multi-talented designer/programmer/producer and sole founder of Gamieon.

                     Features:

·         Colorful graphics: all the “cute” you can take in one sitting!

·         100 levels, including challenging boss fights against Sour Puss

·         Gold coins are awarded based on how fast players clear each level

·         Skip harder levels by spending coins

·         Includes a virtual Hamster Cage

·         Facebook and Twitter integration make bragging on the street a thing of the past

·         Compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and most Android smartphones and tablets

Hamster Chase is now available for iOS and Android!  There are free and paid versions of Hamster Chase. The paid version is only $0.99 and worth every penny.

For more information please visit Gamieon

Please Don't Say Hurtful Things About Others

Noah was in gym class and two girls started fighting. Noah did the responsible thing and told the teacher. One of the girls, who are kindergarteners, was saying help help help. Noah told me later that he thought about stepping in but didn't. He decided to tell the teacher. I told him that he did the right thing. I told him he could have gotten hurt or in trouble too. I am proud of him for making the right choice. Another girl called him stupid. He was obviously upset about it still when he got home. I told him he isn't stupid, he is really smart, as he begged to do his double digit addition worksheet. I asked him if he thought he was stupid and he said no. I told him that sometimes people say things that aren't true and that girl doesn't really know him and that she was just being mean. I also asked him what he did when she said that and he said nothing. I told him that was best because he might have made her madder. I am so proud of him for making good choices. I am proud of him for doing the right thing by telling a teacher about the fight and for being able to know that if someone says something about you it's not always true. 

After our conversation, it got me thinking. I have been called some things and been accused of being a certain way but I know that I am not any of them. People have a way of twisting words and putting words in others mouths and until there is nothing true about what the original person said. It is like a bad game of telephone. I think that it is important to talk to your children about who they are and make sure you give them praise and let them know that sometimes they will be faced with someone who calls them stupid or fat or ugly and that none of it is true. Not a single word of it. When you believe in yourself and love yourself nothing anyone can say will define you. When you start thinking that way is when it is really a problem. As I have mentioned before, I was in an abusive marriage. I was told how fat and ugly and stupid I was every day that I believed it. If you hear something long enough and loud enough you will start to believe it even if it is just a lie. I know how hard it is not to care what others think. It really doesn't matter; if someone loves you then they love all of you. They look past your flaws because they don't see them. I think that flaws are things we all have, we are not perfect, but are things our enemies use to try and break us down.  If someone tried hard enough they could find something wrong with anything. I am perfectly imperfect, and I am perfectly fine with that. 

GrooveBook App Review

I love to take photos of my son. I don't always carry a camera but I always have my smart phone. I am always using the camera on my iPhone. I have so many pictures on it that I ran out of space and had to delete some. Thankfully they were just silly pictures that I took multiple pictures of something. I remember when I had tried to print pictures I took from an old cell phone and the quality was horrible. It was just a normal cell phone and this was like five years ago. Now that almost everyone has a smart phone what do you do with all of those pictures? Thankfully there is an app called GrooveBook that you can upload your pictures to and they will print up to 100 pictures in a book for you. I love that it is a book because all of your pictures are together. I have had times where Noah would get in pictures and they would become scattered everywhere. A few pictures would be lost under the furniture or carried off and found in a toy box months later.

Another cool feature of GrooveBook is the pages are perforated so you can easily share a picture with family and friends.  This would be great for birthday party pictures or even newborn pictures. When Noah was born I decided not to have the hospital photographer take his newborn pictures. I took them myself and they turned out much better than if I would have paid someone to do it. Those pictures all look the same. You could use GrooveBook to print pictures of your newborn and give them out for announcements. It also eliminates the hours you spend organizing your pictures in to albums. I have empty albums because I never got around to filling them.  You could have all your pictures sorted by theme. Groovebook would also be great if you are getting a new phone and you don't want to lose your pictures or spend time texting yourself them. 

You can get 100 photos printed free, just pay $2.99 shipping.

You can find the app in iTunes store

You can get a free month of GrooveBook by using the coupon code Sheilacakes13

For more information please visit the GrooveBook Website