The DS? I have no recollection the exact moment when I first saw one. But, I probably saw a kid sitting on the sidelines playing with one at (a) basketball practice, (b) soccer practice, or (c) swim practice. Practice can…
Category: Family
Review & Giveaway: SIMS ANIMALS Africa for wii
Two summers ago we purchased a wii. We were stuck at home in August…feeling a little sorry that we were not going on a big vacation trip in August. We did go to the beach in June of that year,…
Dog Days of Summer Revisited
Summer is but a distant memory. Had to scrape about a 1/2 foot of snow of my van a week or so ago. Drove around a corner just as the snow on my roof slid off. Dreading the next time the…
H1N1 Answers from Dr. Mark Rosenberg
Back in the fall my normally “go with the flow on anything related to the kids’ medical health” husband, made a stand about H1N1. He was ADAMANT that the children — a kid, a preteen, and a teen — would…
Swim into a Good Book
For as long as I can remember, books were my go-to entertainment source. Now don’t get me wrong I do watch TV and obviously I spend time on the computer, but a book can make a long flight pass quickly…a…
Napping by the Numbers…Child #1, #2, #3…
Have you ever written a comment on a blog or a message board and thought “This could be a post.” I. Do. This. All. the. Time. You know what is funny? When I actually sit down to write a post…
My History with General Hospital
I watched my first episode as a college freshman in…mumble…1983. I was visiting a friend in NJ. I found the plot utterly baffling. Luke and Laura were at a concert in South America. There was a man with a mysterious…
Review: My Sims Agents for wii
With the dawn of the new school year, I instituted a new nightly routine. The routine centers around TV, and for that matter all types of screens — wii, TV, DS. I gave each child 3 index cards. For each…
Birthday Parties Through the Years
For years we always played Pin the Tail, Pass the Parcel, etc. The kids loved it since many parties were held at locations and we had ours at home. Once my oldest turned 8 we mostly did sleepovers. This year…
Can Anyone Remember Pre-Answering Machine Days?
I posted this over at Momster.com on whether teens know the value of big-ticket items purchased for them: Do you remember the days before cell phones (1990?)…in the deep dark murky past? I got my first cell phone in 1995…
