Before now, tablet notebooks and netbooks have been priced in the thousands. Not hundreds. You will all remember the post last year about how much I loved my new netbook, and I still love it. While RK is spending so much time out of town on business this summer though, he’s taking it with him. [...]

Below are toys for the Pre-K through elementary school age range. Toys that have stood the test of time in our house – meaning they still get used a great deal, and they still work. I will start with Baby Alive. This is another of those toys the kids like way more than I do. [...]

Today’s post is going to be about infant and toddler and pre-k toys. We’ll talk about toys for older kids later. I’ll talk about (and point to) some of my all time favorites. Things both girls adored, and that got (and in some cases still get) a whole lot of play. The Leap Frog table [...]

  I looked for an MP3 player that had a speaker because there is too much research out there about damaged hearing on young kids who use earbuds or headphones or whatever. GG wanted an MP3 player, but I just wasn’t comfortable with the possible damage to her hearing. So, this seemed a good solution. [...]

For those not familiar with the story, we worked it so that TT got her bedroom for Christmas. I was hoping that the build up to it, and the excitement of her getting it as a present, would maybe help out with the fact that she would (finally) be sleeping alone in a room by [...]

The TinkerToys were a big hit. And I’ve enjoyed playing with them as well. TwinkleToes absolutely loves the Vtech Write & Learn Letter Pad. She’s played with it for hours already, with no hint of wanting to put it down any time soon. And both girls have enjoyed the Hyper Dash. You put the different [...]