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About a year ago I was wondering if there might be some way to turn a blog into a bound book--words and pictures all together.  I thought it...

I never know what our favorite game of the season will be--(see earlier Qwirkle post on our tradition of giving one great game every Christm...

Every year I've tried to give one great game to my family for Christmas. A favorite that comes to mind was a great (possibly discontinu...

I remember an ad for a shoe when I was growing up--the jingle went 'looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker.' I don't remember ...

Don't know if you are the same sort of last minute shopper that I am - but assuming you are or maybe you need a gift for a grown-up Janu...

My seven-year-old son is enthralled with Neopets Puzzle Challenge .  I've played it only once myself, but I can see the attraction.  It...

We are gaga for this game. I'm in love with it because I can hear my son singing, for real. No joking around singing, because he has t...

When we were coming out of the subway station after seeing Young Frankenstein on Broadway , my son's friend pointed out a bit of graffit...

I just love it when you find a company whose products you adored for your kids when they were younger and then you learn they make something...

I accidentally invented the referee the other day. We were at my daughter's soccer game and there was a slight dispute about whether th...

We go upstate to the Catskills a few times a year. A couple of years ago my husband discovered an obscure brand of tea called Tay , at a co...

I've always been a huge fan of the subway. I grew up in a small town and so any experience with a subway meant that I had travelled to ...

I haven't yet heard from my friends that I overdid it, but I just found myself spending about forty-five minutes browsing and sending ca...

I'm a weather junkie so I'm predisposed to enjoy a tornado toy, but what a cool toy this is! From Discovery Channel, this tornado i...

I have to admit I was prepared for WAT-AAH! to NOT be a favorite thing...biased, I suppose, by the fact that it's basically water in a ...

I was going to call this 'Spanx (duh)' but then thought that might be too cheeky (npi... really). Because, basically, I have wholeh...

My youngest child just started school in the same building as her older brother and sister.  Hallelujah! Only one PTA meeting to feel bad ab...

At the beginning of the summer we ran out of ziploc bags.  I decided to take this as a challenge. How long could I go without them?  We made...

I am addicted to  Blokus .  A strategy game developed by a mathematician, I feel sure it must be helping my kids with mathematical concepts....

Believe it or not my kids don't mind using the neti-pot .  I was introduced to it when I was hugely pregnant and mightily congested and ...