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 [...]
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 [...]
There’s a little toy store near me that sells all manner of toys that you can’t find in Toys R Us or Target. It’s overstuffed with puppets, Playmobil sets and doll house furniture and it’s just one of those places where kids get completely lost in (think Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium). This is the place [...]
Feast your eyes on the TykeLight Buddy. It’s the coolest night light EVER. (note I’m linking to their upgraded model, the Mobi Tykelight Portable GloMate since the Buddy doesn’t appear to be available anymore). Okay, I really love this thing and since I’m handling it on a daily basis I couldn’t resist a quick write [...]
My 5-year-old has no less than 40 Barbie dolls. I’m serious. I counted them about a week ago because I felt bad that I’d only bought her one new Barbie for Christmas. But after the Barbie head count from hell, I was glad I exercised some self restraint because there is just no more room [...]
What could possibly be better than an Ugly Doll, you ask? You love Ugly Dolls! Your child has 5 of them! Three kids in the class have the same Ice Bat, for crying out loud!! But don’t you see? That’s the problem! Ugly Dolls are yesterday’s news. They’re so “plush 1.0.” So are you ready [...]
