I’ve held off posting something because I felt sure we’d have a rumor by now. But so far — Nada. No reports of TA’s, no reports that matching has begun, no rumors about a cut-off date. UPDATE: An agency reports matching has begun!!! ————————– What toy have you bought for your child that was money [...]

There are two new kid’s tablets on the market – one by Leapster and the other by V-Tech. I’ve done some research on both, as I think this is something that would be good for Twinkletoes. Here is what I’ve learned: Vtech – InnoTab $79 MP3 player AVI video player No camera $25 games 64MB [...]

I’m going to post tomorrow’s post tonight, since I’ve got it all put together. Keep adding your hits and not-hits and I’ll keep adding them. What was a hit at our house? Surprisingly, the Scratch & Sketch books have seen a ton of use. Some of the books are blank pages with a page to [...]

Which toys have stood the test of time? I’ll start out today by pointing to two previous posts: Review: Toys for little ones From that page — the easel still gets a ton of use. In fact, the girls did a beautiful menu on the chalkboard side, like you see in the restaurants, and put [...]

Imagine what would happen if the TinkerToys, the Legos, the Lincoln Logs, Potato Head parts, Barbie furniture and clothes and shoes, and alphabet blocks all got dumped into the middle of a room, and then a miniature tornado moved through it all. If you leave two kids to play for an hour unsupervised, that’s about [...]

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. [...]