Due to an unforeseen snow day, five LEGO superstars came together on our as-yet-to-be-cleaned-post-breakfast dining room table. Their mission? Seek out and destroy all “cute” toys. Okay, so I know I declared the LEGO people set a Christmas toy fail just yesterday, but you’ve gotta believe me that I have no idea how many of [...]
I know it’s January and we all just want to put the pain and stress of Christmas shopping behind us, but I got this bright idea to take inventory of all the stuff I got my kids and really evaluate what they’re playing with. Then I thought how exhausting it would be to go through [...]
This post is dedicated to the toys that pack a bit of a sting to them. You know the ones – those hard, plastic beasties that poke at tender little knees (LEGO’s anyone?), the mechanized monstrosities with moving parts that pull and pinch and the poorly designed finger eater uppers. Ah yes. Good times. Barbie’s [...]
As per yesterday’s post, my 5-year-old got a new toy unicorn yesterday and is very excited about it. She slept with it last night and when I woke her up for school, informed me that unicorn horns can shock people. Me: Oh, really, sweetie, where did you hear that? Emily: Ana (her sister) told me [...]
What’s better than seeing Barbie’s head on the end of a stick? Oh this isn’t a riddle, IT’S BARBIE’S WORST NIGHTMARE! Seriously, though, I stumbled upon the coolest photo collage of The Making of Barbie, on a site called designboom which I’ve now added to my bookmarks. I’ve been on a quest to find a [...]
Hello, friends. Please meet our two newest toy acquisitions, fresh from a trip to Barnes & Noble this morning. It sort of looks like Bernard (the Wild Things monster) wants to eat Sophia (the Unicorn) for lunch, no? Oh pretend play, how I love thee so. Now before you start clucking your tongue and shaking [...]
I’m trying to remember when the first Webkinz entered our home. Let’s see…I think it was Valentine’s Day 2007. I’d read about Webkinz online and thought – now, that’s a great idea for a Valentine’s Day gift for my kids. Yes, I buy them both treats for Valentine’s Day because I have a shopping problem. [...]
I posted my first review of Printies the week after Christmas, so I won’t bore you with a list of my reservations (again). There were also some things I liked about the product such as the fact that my printer handled the fabric sheets without a problem and the Printies were centered without me having [...]
Full disclosure: I got the idea of writing random open letters from The Fat Cyclist. Check out his blog – you’ll spend at least 5-10 minutes laughing. Now back to our regularly scheduled post. Dear Target, I am a shopaholic and while I don’t completely blame you for my condition, I can’t help but notice [...]
Bla Bla Dolls, sold at blablakids.com, are the latest cool trend among the tween set, or so my 9-year-old niece informed me on Christmas day when she received one from her grandmother. She found me examining the toy with a very puzzled look on my face because, quite frankly, it looks like a baby toy [...]
