For the LEGO enthusiast(s) in your house Now that you are a parent, your love of LEGO has been rekindled. You watch your kids play with the little plastic bricks, you marvel at their creations, you curse them each time you step on one with bare feet. When you were a kid, you … [Read more...]
Daddy Plays Rad Tunes For Baby
When Kid 1 was a baby I started a little ritual at bedtime: I would first read him "Goodnight Moon" and then turn on a CD of Mozart recordings. The first track was "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and he would be pretty sleepy before that song even ended, so that was as far as we … [Read more...]
Dear Santa: LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
We've been to a lot of Halloween parties the last few weeks. The first one was thrown by Disney Interactive on the lot at Disney in Burbank. My kids were in heaven - there were video games to play all around the room, and lots of sugary cookies to eat. They basically stationed … [Read more...]
Pizza Stuffers: Better Than Snarfing a Granola Bar
So, this is random. I was offered a pack of Totino's Pizza Stuffers for my family to taste to facilitate a review. I was pretty happy about that because it's free food and something easy to cook AND who doesn't love pizza? WHAT CHILD DOESN'T LOVE PIZZA? Have I made that part … [Read more...]
The Bee Effect
Unfortunately for honeybees, they are bees, and therefore lumped into the unsavory category of "bug" for me. I've never been into bugs. In fact, I'd rather they not come near me. Just this morning my skin crawled when I was walking Kid 1 to school and we came across a … [Read more...]