My two nine year old nieces are over this evening, marking the Bear’s first sleepover in our home.
They ate pizza, watched Singing in the Rain (for the first time), read a ton of books and generally enjoyed each other’s company. Was a fine Friday evening (save for my MSU Spartans dropping...
December 29th, 2007 | Hodgepodge | Read More
Got some Barnes & Noble, Border’s or Amazon.com gift cards burning a hole in your wallet (or digital purse)? Consider acquiring the adorable He Came With The Couch by David Slonim. He Came With The Couch is an offbeat story of a family’s new couch and the unexpected appendage that came...
December 27th, 2007 | Children's Book Reviews | Read More
Santa was kind to the Bear this year. Her list comprised of the following five things:
Car Pillow (for her to rest during road trips)
Books
Paints
Long Sleeve Leotard
Nightgown
The elves were able to, luckily, construct a suitable car pillow. There was a bit of doubt about their ability to produce...
December 26th, 2007 | So Much Time So Little To Do | Read More
OWTK wishes you and your family and wonderful holiday season.
Out With The Kids will be back in the swing of things in the new year.
Until then…
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December 24th, 2007 | Hodgepodge | Read More
Sharpen your vocabulary (or be reminded just how dumb you are) over at FreeRice.com and help feed the hungry. My vocab level is a surprising 31. Considering I never use words like vexatious when discussing TV ads and those never-ending 1/8 of-the-screen promos during the holiday programming on ABC Family,...
December 17th, 2007 | Hodgepodge | Read More
No motivation to write anything. Blame it on the current hectic nature of my day job, the utterly frustrating home-construction work we have been having done since September which has my house cluttered to the point of near-personal emotional-breakdown and my efforts to beef up World’s Fair, my...
December 13th, 2007 | Hodgepodge | Read More
We recently received “Somewhere in Nowhere Land” and “Trick or Treat”, the two new Maggie & the Ferocious Beast DVDs released in September, and they have, in very quick fashion, taken over my house. The Bear has fallen in love with the charismatic polka-dotted beast, Hamilton...
December 6th, 2007 | OWTK Kindie Music News | Read More
Debi Derryberry delivers an undeniably pleasant collection of kiddie-rock tunes on her new disc “Very Derryberry”, a 15 song effort that appears to be aimed at the toddler set but is absolutely perfect for the older-infant and pre-toddler age groups. Really though, the sugary-sweet tunes...
December 5th, 2007 | kid's music reviews | Read More
