Last summer, I took the girls to Hershey’s Chocolate World. We took the then-new attraction Create Your Own Candy Bar for a spin, in fact this new exhibit was the impetus for that journey. The chocolate bars were pricey at $14.95 but still I deemed it a worthwhile expense for […]
A couple months ago, after I saw someone tweet about the then upcoming, super-specific, National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day I bookmarked a website that details all the ‘National’ days, weeks, & months on the calendar. Some of them are just too funny (get ready for Intimate Apparel Week later this month!) […]
Magnabilities were the gift from my girls to their mommy and grandmom. The elegant jewelry features magnetic inserts – some stunning, others more playful – that can be swapped out to match that day’s style. So very classy. Both the Mrs. and my mom love their Magnabilities jewelry. Soft Heat® […]
When selecting a gift for a preschooler, kindergartner or grade school-age kid, I’d like to think that you couldn’t go wrong with anything I’ve featured here on OWTK (especially the music). That said, below are some choice 2010 holiday gift options for young children, divided into 4 1/2 sections. MUSIC […]
It took approximately 27.6 seconds for the Bear’s mental hamster wheel to spin a story of a skeleton key, bumble bees, a scale, and a sleeping parachuting fella. A few moments later, the Mouse spit a tall tale involving an alien landing in a fountain then blowing up like a […]
The approach to Hogsmeade and Hogarts castle, through ‘The Lost Continent’ and Seuss Landing in Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure, is absolutely stunning. For a man-made edifice depicting a fictional place known only in books and on film, the first sight of the imposing castle will be, for some, akin […]
The brainchild of a mother-daughter team, Little Librarian makes playing pretend library in your own home a little less like pretend thanks to realistic library cards, late notices, and those old school book pockets and cards from the pre-computer era when your name and due date would be written on […]
Silly Bandz have entered my home. The Bear’s life, from an entertainment and culture standpoint, is decidedly outside of the mainstream. This isn’t an accident. She probably wasn’t able to participate in some conversations with her kindergarten classmates, if said discussions were trapped inside the pop culture frame of a […]
