Hey, kiddies! Where can you find a pair of fun-loving, poorly animated and misunderstood WOLVES? Where is there a whole host of inappropriate sexual innuendos and barely controlled violence? In your local movie theaters (but hopefully not for long). Yes, I’m reviving this long-dead blog based on a thoroughly horrible experience I had at the [...]
I figured I should try to talk about toy trends on this blog. I mean, Toy Graveyard can be so much more than me bitching and moaning about various toys my children own. As such, and in the interest of trying to get myself into next year’s Toy Fair (as if my incessant shopping isn’t [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
THE RULES OF BARBIE (which do not apply to you, if you are a human woman) 1) Barbie can wear any outfit in any season at any time day or night, and still look FABULOUS. That’s right, strapless evening gowns with strappy sandals in January or thick wool pants with a turtleneck in August, it [...]
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 [...]
