I was in a panic yesterday. After buying a single gift for the Bear’s primary 1st grade teacher over the weekend it suddenly dawned on me that we had nothing for the teacher’s assistant. It was 5:30pm. And school is over in 3 days. And I hadn’t a clue about […]
At this point, you probably know the Recess Monkey back story. At least I hope you do, because you won’t learn that the trio are early childhood educators at a progressive Seattle school or that they’re managed by a monkey named MayMo. You also won’t read a word about their […]
How very timely of Mr. Kelly. It’s Flag Day, peeps! “That Old American Flag” is the most serious of Kelly’s videos even if it involves early 80’s hairdos, polyester clothing, and a unicycle. It’s a great song and every great song deserves a great video. The tune appears on Kelly’s […]
“eXTeNdeD pLaYdATe”, Alexandra and the Good Batch‘s 2010 caps-lock crazy debut album was overlooked by many in the kindie world. What they, and you, missed was an energetic, creative album (gorgeous looking too) with several terrific songs. I love the dancehall-ready “I said, ‘Mom!’”, the emotion depth of the ballad […]
A faux speakeasy. Little girls in pearls and dressed to the 9’s. Young lads in fine hats, playing cards, and spitting antique phrases. On opening 75-seconds of sorta narrative. This might be my favorite kid’s music video ever, for one of my favorite kid’s songs ever (from the album “Beautiful […]
Ho-hum. Another day, another interview. Such is the life of a wildly successful, world-famous daddy blogger. Ahem… Interested in learning even more about me? C’mon, you know you are! Head on over to The Inside Source presented by eBay to find out what oddities are on my eBay wish list, […]
When is it okay to give your kid a cookie for breakfast? When the primary ingredient of the cookie is a vegetable, that’s when. The Bear’s end-of-year performance in her 1st grade classroom was recreating scenes from Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, a Zimbabwean tale that was part of the school’s Cinderella-across-the-world […]
Don’t be jealous, but I spend the majority of my days in nothing more than a t-shirt and underwear since leaving the corporate world of finance over 2 1/2 years ago. Still, I like to upgrade my upper half when out to dinner, the theater or over my folks’ place […]
