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I recently attended the Toy Fair in NYC. I keep remembering bits and pieces about the Toy Fair. The day was overwhelming…in a good way. I knew the Toy Fair would be big, but never guessed just how big it would be. It was located on 3 floors of the Javits Center. I walked...
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Dogs. Bears. Cats. Pandas. Horses. Bunnies. Dragons. You name an animal. Build a Bear probably has it! I know because we have a collection of BABW furry friends strewn around our house. BABW furry friends make the perfect toy for all ages. My little guy clutched his Elmo by the ear when he was...
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Readers of this blog know that I am a mom of 3. Twitter followers will know that I am online constantly. As an online mom of an online tween and teen, and a sometimes online kid, online safety is a constant topic of conversation at our dinner table. My teen is extremely web-savvy. She...
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Letters are becoming a dying form of communication. In our house, my kids get cards and letters from their grandmothers. When my kids go to college, I am sure I will e-mail or text or Facebook them to keep in contact. I remember how excited I was when I got to read the blue...
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If you read my blog, you know that I have my entire family participate in review process. How can I tell my readers about a toy, DVD, CD, or game, without mentioning how much my family enjoyed playing with it? We all pitch in. Coach Dad has played games. The kid has watched DVDs. ...
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My middle child came home from school abuzz with “Take Your Daughter/Son to Work.” Her friends were abuzz with talk about who would be going with mom or dad. She had never participated in Take Your daughter/Son to Work before. Her dad was a high school English teacher who objects strongly to kids (ours...
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Our mornings are scheduled. All three kids are scheduled during the school day. Our evenings are a sandwich of snack, swimming, volleyball, karate, dinner, homework, and reading. Bedtime is set in stone. Weekends are either heavily scheduled. It’s the season of our lives. There is no way out of the rut. Most days I...
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Let’s start with where I was last week. This week is all about recovering from taking the train to New York and flying to and from Houston. New York was awesome. I met a niche toy company. This company have a line of dolls for girls aged 1 to 3. The dolls are super...
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3 – 4 years is a great age. Girls of that age love any kind of craft. Pick a craft that does not require glue as kids have a hard time squeezing bottle, plus will be upset when crafts don’t stick together. Avoid Oriental trading-type crafts as they are too complicated. Craft ideas: Have...
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Roads — Plowed. Driveway — Clear. Suitcases — Packed. Kids — Excited. Adults — Relieved. At the unseemly hour of 6 a.m. Coach Dad, the tween, and the teen, fired up the old SUV…loaded up the bags…packed the snacks…and headed out of Dodge. After almost a week snowbound, it was a blessing to be...
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