Archive for October, 2008
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If you found your way to this site, I’m guessing that like me, you’ve discovered that things in your house are a bit to, well, loud. I know our house is often that way. The kids are playing, the TV is invariably on for one kid or another (or in those very [...]
Like anything else with a picture of a train on it, N, our little Thomas the Tank Engine groupie, went nuts when he opened this gift (one that we had on his wish list, I think)
Thomas Making Tracks Game actually a pretty clever board game, although to truly play it according to its rules, I’m [...]
It turns out that the Connect 4 game we bought for J isn’t “new and improved” as much as “completely different” than the Connect Four game we played as kids. Apparently whether you use the numeral or spell it out makes a big difference.
While the game we bought may be the “original Connect 4,” as [...]
Glinda over at Teeny Manolo lists her favorite classic toys. While not all of these qualify as being “without noise” (I haven’t played Operation in – oh – 25 (cough! cough!) years and I can still hear the buzzer clear as day), they certainly are a far cry better than much of what’s [...]
I just came across this post on About.com listing some top science toys.
I need to remember that “toys” doesn’t have to mean legos, Matchbox cars and Barbies.
Link: Top Science Toys
This was too funny not to share.
My wife had a doctor’s appointment this morning, and I went along to watch our 2 1/2 yr old during her appointment.
Fortunately, the office had a little basket of kid toys – some children’s books, random action figures – that kind of thing. Of course, N heads straight for [...]
What a great concept: Take the Handmade Pledge.
They’re approaching 8000 signatures already.
More: http://www.buyhandmade.org/
(via Seth Godin)
OK, tell me you didn’t know exactly what this post was going to be about just from that title.
J returned some of his duplicate birthday gifts, and we suggested Connect Four as one of the replacements (and at something like $7, what I think is a real value). So far he and N are having [...]
It’s funny, but we discovered that one of the best ways to keep our house quiet was by introducing noise. Well, not so much “noise” as music.
When the kids start running wild, when they’re not able to focus on a toy for more than 10 seconds at a time, or when they start running into [...]
We were visiting family the past few days, and of course they graciously had toys waiting for our boys. I found the contrast between two toys that N (age 2 1/2) received too funny not to share. (And in our family’s defense, I’m still running this site in under-the-radar mode, and all gifts are graciously [...]
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