The Mrs. and I were lucky enough to be in the audience for the Ellis Paul show on Saturday morning at World Cafe Live in Philly. He played most of the tunes off his debut kid’s record, the impeccable effort titled “The Dragonfly Races”, sprinkled in a couple Woody Guthrie […]
So I’m flipping through the new Parenting magazine, reading all about Mom’s and their interaction with their children (why isn’t this rag called “Raising Kids Without Dads!”) and there is a huge Ad for Muzzy, a two page spread! Yikes, that is probably a fairly expensive advert. Anyway, it reminded […]
You have probably seen a Cloud b product at some point, even if you don’t recall the encounter right now. They are the inventive company (with the snazzy packaging) behind the Twilight Turtle – a fantastically cute illuminated sleep aid that is available in all those cool, quirky magazines and […]
On Friday, when I picked up the Bear and Mouse from their grandparents, my mom sent me home with a platter of frozen, breaded chicken – the thinnest you’ll ever see. She prepared it and then, like everything else in her house, it went into a deep freeze – unsure […]
The start of birthday party season is upon us. For years now I have dreaded these days, when the schoolmate b-day invitations begin to roll in. I was always miffed when Charlie Brown would moan about the fact that he was never invited to a party – personally that would […]
The Bear’s two preschool teachers gave all the kids in the class (she has since moved on to Pre-Kindergarten) a really inventive holiday gift – a mix CD of songs selected specially for each of them. The Bear’s song – “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” from Annie and the […]
Any word on when is Wolf Parade’s kiddie-rock record is coming out? I joke, but it does seem like there is a mad dash to jump into the genre – maybe because it’s one of the only making a buck with physical CD sales these days. Or maybe because it […]
There are many art and art-related books available for the toddler (and even infant) set. Here is a brief glimpse of a handful of the finest. Vincent’s Colors Words and Pictures by Vincent Van Gogh from The Metropolitan Museum of Art This book delivers on an interesting concept. Van Gogh’s […]
