My girls don’t go bonkers for TV these days, but when they do it’s not because of Big Bird or Oscar the Grouch. They never ask to watch Sesame Street nor do they turn it on themselves. Sesame Street may have been the one of the most popular children’s television […]
There are, I imagine, countless ways to chart the growth of a child. There’s the classic physical growth chart, hanging on a wall or a door, that a child backs up against while their mom or dad draws a line right above their noggin. We have a Madeline one shaped […]
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner has a new production company and it’s 1st effort is Glenn Martin, DDS. It’s an animated show for kids that was recently added to the popular Nick at Nite primetime block of family programming. Before you let your kids watch this show about a traveling […]
Say hello to Molly. Molly is the Bear’s bear. Not her favorite bear. Well, some days she is. Molly has been at Grandmom’s house for some time, at least the whole summer but probably longer than that. On Monday night, Molly left Grandmom’s house and came back to live with […]
What am I on a fiscal calendar? What’s up with the year in review in August?It’s been just about 1 year since I left corporate America for a different kind of job. I’ve been home with my 2 girls since 8/22/08 and we’ve had our share of fun and of, […]
= hours upon hours of imagination-expanding f…f…FUN! Months back I scoffed at the idea of spending $100+ on a stupid cardboard box. In that piece I advocated spending a little extra to get a new refrigerator, which always comes with a complimentary, sturdy box. I totally forgot that a lawn […]
Join OWTK and thousands of other parents in signing a petition to insist that schools abandon their practice of buying factory farm/hormone laden milk. Encourage Congress, via federal nutrition programs, to make wiser milk purchasing decisions for our children, opting instead for hormone free, organic milk products. A grass fed […]
I didn’t stock up on bottled water or buy a power generator before Y2K. I made no plans to carry a rifle and hunt for my own food beginning on 1/1/2000. As a rule, I tend to not freak out when stuff like Bird Flu, SARS or what-have-you dominates the […]
