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2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Violent Christmas
Holiday Gift Guide

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Violent Christmas

I’m a little short on the violent-ish ideas. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, I’m a goddamn peaceful man. Still, these select goodies are more good than evil, and each gets my nod of approval this holiday season. A VERY VIOLENT CHRISTMAS   JT Splatmaster Paintball Gun I gave a […]

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Playful Christmas
Holiday Gift Guide

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Playful Christmas

Everything in these 2012 gift guides can, on some level, be considered playful, right? So why then the existence of this special Very Playful Christmas guide? Because it’s a cheap and easy way to squeeze in some more great gift ideas for kids that aren’t necessarily Tiny, or Personalized, or […]

OWTK Kindie Music News

The 2013 Grammy Nominations for Best Children’s Album

**Post-Grammy Update** Huge congrats to the Okee Dokee Brothers for winning the 2013 Grammy Award (55th Annual Grammys) for Best Children’s Album. Their masterwork, Can You Canoe?, also took the top prize in the usually way more plugged-in Fids & Kamily Awards, marking the first time the Grammys and the […]

When A Nintendo 3DS Is More Than Just Another Gaming Console
OWTK Gaming / Parenting Blog

When A Nintendo 3DS Is More Than Just Another Gaming Console

The 3DS my oldest daughter will be getting for Christmas this year is far more than just a 3DS. I mean, it IS just a 3DS, same box and capabilities as the one Santa will drop off for your son or daughter, but her’s will be different. This is a […]

Parenting Blog / Required Reading

Required Reading: What Doesn’t End A Marriage Will Only Serve To Make It Stronger (Or How To Fight With Your Wife Without A Future Court Date)

I am a fighter with my lover.  And yes, if you are curious, my lover will punch me in the arm tonight for caller her “my lover.” If anger is a nail, I never shelve it. Instead I hammer the fucker home strong, proud, and true. Sometimes I whack my […]

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Handmade Christmas
Holiday Gift Guide

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Handmade Christmas

A VERY HANDMADE CHRISTMAS   Fabric Wall Decals from Love Mae We can’t afford ’em, but maybe you can!  Seriously, I am saving my jellybeans to buy the dolly dress up decals for the Mouse. She’d flip to mimic her favorite Melissa & Doug magnetic dressing dolls on her revamped […]

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Bookish Christmas
Holiday Gift Guide

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: A Very Bookish Christmas

Books make brilliant holidays gifts. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Every year (save for the last, ’cause I’m a dummy and forgot) I buy the girls each a book. I don’t need to do this, as we get many sent to us for free, but I do. Traditions, ya […]

OWTK PHILLY LOCAL: Alex & The Kaleidoscope Band Holiday Show
OWTK PHILLY LOCAL

OWTK PHILLY LOCAL: Alex & The Kaleidoscope Band Holiday Show

In the mood for some live family music for the holidays? You’re in luck! Local kindie favorites Alex & the Kaleidoscope Band have a gig scheduled in Phoenixville, PA this Sunday, 12/9 at 4pm, and having seen the group perform live before with my youngest in a relatively large theater, […]

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