Shopping can get a little tedious when you
are taking little ones into the stores with you. Usually when I go shopping I
do it during snack time. This way I can pack a snack and a juice and hope that
is enough to keep my children occupied for a quick trip to the store.
Unfortunately, more often than not when the snacks are done so is the shopping
trip.
Needless to say, I am always looking for ways
to keep the kiddos entertained while shopping. They are always ready for an
adventure and as a result I have tried to make our shopping trips more
interactive and fun for them. Sometimes we go on a treasure hunt for a
particular product {usually the last item that makes it in the shopping cart}
and other times we play letter games throughout the store. With release of The
Avengers movie my entire family has been very interested in costumes and super
heroes.
While both of my boys love capes and helmets
and super heroes, my husband and I are the true geeks of the family. We are all
about gizmos and gadgets and love our Apps. We were both into comics when we
were younger and love Marvel! We have seen Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk, and
Captain America and loved them all! Since we missed seeing The Avengers in
theaters I knew that it was a movie that we needed to purchase and when I saw
on iTunes that there was an app for that I was quick to download it.
While the movie The Avengers would make a
great date night for my husband and me, the Avengers Augmented Reality App was
really a treat for the kids and I to enjoy. Earlier this week I took my
youngest with me on a special shopping trip to pick up The Avengers Blue-Ray/DVD/Graphic
Novel combo pack {because we love out comics} and dinner for a date night and
we took our Avengers Augmented Reality App on a test drive.
We had ourselves a little #MarvelAvengersWMT
Adventure. While shopping we
were on the lookout for all things Avengers. We looked everywhere for The
Avengers products and were quick to check nearby for an Avengers poster to
interact with for the app. It was an interactive treasure hunt that my son and
I enjoyed it immensely.
We did not have too difficult of a time
locating some trigger points. The trigger points in the toy aisle and the DVD
section were easy to locate and we had a great time bringing the posters to
life. While I liked taking the quiz to find out which character I would be, my
son really got a kick out of taking pictures with the Hulk! Having this app to
play with definitely brought our shopping experience to a whole new level. It
kept my son entertained during the less interesting aisles. It also made me
that much more excited about seeing the movie.
You
can see the rest of my shopping experience via this Google + photo album here.
Once home, the boys and I got to work on
getting everything ready for The Avengers date night. We cooked our MarketSide
pizza and baked our brownies and even pulled out some of dads old comic books
to look through. We had the Blue-Ray/DVD/Graphic Novel combo pack all opened up
and ready to go for when dad got home. Then we spent some more time paying with
the Avengers App and posing for pictures.
After we put the kids down for the night my
husband and I enjoyed a fun night watching The Avengers movie, eating brownies,
and flipping through comics. My husband and I both enjoy Marvel comics as well
as the movies based off of the Marvel comics and we really enjoyed our date
night.
My boys are little, but they too seem to be
developing a fondness for the superheroes! Do you or your children love The
Avengers too? Well then mark your calendars and plan your next visit to Walmart
for Saturday,
September 29, 2012: there will
be special Avengers Character Appearances in select Walmart stores! Make
sure you download the app before you go so that you can make an ordinary
shopping trip an Avengers treasure hunt for the whole family.
Be sure to check out Marvel via their Website, on Facebook, Twitter, as
well as the Exclusive Blu-Ray/DVD/Novel Combo Pack at Walmart.
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