The start of birthday party season is upon us. For years now I have dreaded these days, when the schoolmate b-day invitations begin to roll in. I was always miffed when Charlie Brown would moan about the fact that he was never invited to a party – personally that would be the sweetest thing ever....
January 11th, 2008 | Parenting Blog | Read More
The Bear’s two preschool teachers gave all the kids in the class (she has since moved on to Pre-Kindergarten) a really inventive holiday gift – a mix CD of songs selected specially for each of them. The Bear’s song – “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” from Annie and...
January 8th, 2008 | OWTK Kindie Music News | Read More
Any word on when is Wolf Parade’s kiddie-rock record is coming out?
I joke, but it does seem like there is a mad dash to jump into the genre – maybe because it’s one of the only making a buck with physical CD sales these days. Or maybe because it allows often serious artists to have...
January 7th, 2008 | kid's music reviews | Read More
There are many art and art-related books available for the toddler (and even infant) set. Here is a brief glimpse of a handful of the finest.
Vincent’s Colors Words and Pictures by Vincent Van Gogh from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This book delivers on an interesting concept. Van Gogh’s...
January 6th, 2008 | Children's Book Reviews | Read More
The Bear is head-over-heels in love with Singing in the Rain. She loves Kathy Seldon (Debbie Reynold’s character) but for some reason has to leave the room when she nails Lina Lamont in the face with that cream pie. Weird. She just gets upset at that part of the film.Happy Weekend everyone…this...
January 5th, 2008 | Hodgepodge | Read More
My day job is beating me down this year. 2008 has me working nearly 12 hour days and seeing my kids for a total of 3 hours the past two night. This sucks…big time. To quote Robbie Robertson (since I am on a Band kick this week) – “A good damn impossible way of life”
On the...
January 3rd, 2008 | Hodgepodge | Read More
Holy Crap…two posts in one day! I’m on pace for 730 posts this year…
The OWTK 4 had a nice New Year’s Day. Surprisingly, I saw almost no football…I guess the bowl games at the end of a bizarre college football season did not hold enough interest to get me to flip on...
January 1st, 2008 | So Much Time So Little To Do | Read More
The Mrs. and I have spent the prior seven New Year’s Eves together, in front of the television watching great music. No, I am not referring to the pop tarts du jour that litter the national New Year’s Eve broadcasts each year. Our tradition avoids all that as we watch the finest rock and...
January 1st, 2008 | So Much Time So Little To Do | Read More
