UGG Boots for Kids

I admit, the first time I ever saw a pair of UGG boots I thought they were kinda ugly. A big soft boot like that, made me think of some kind of a huge slipper. Something best restricted to home use. Like crocs though, these comfortable designs grow on you. They become popular and once you see [...]

Transformers Handheld Electronic Game

I still remember how I used to spend hours with my lousy gameboy-wannabe handheld game.  back when I was a kid. There’s something about being able to grab your digital game and take it on the road with you. As a parent, I appreciate the same quality about this game – your kids can use [...]

Educational Science Toys for Kids

Science toys can be a great choice when you’re looking for a unique gift for a special kid. They are educational – you know the kid will actually benefit from them while playing. Grownups love them and they’re likely to become the center of parent-child interactive playtime. Still, finding good quality, interesting educational science toys [...]

Email a Gift Card on Time for Christmas

If you still haven’t got your Christmas gifts ready, you must be a really really late shopper! Myself, I would stay away from the gift shops this time of year… but you don’t want to disappoint anyone, right? least of all a kid! Here’s a quick fix – get them an Amazon Gift Card! It’s [...]

More Personalized Gifts for Kids!

Reviewing another online store that specializes in personalized gifts for kids: Frecklebox. Different kind of products by this one though and what I like about them is they give you the ability to create a dashing set of items for home and school, all with the same design. Of course, the recipient’s name is always [...]

Play and Donate Two More Days Left!

Our family’s favorite gaming website (we’re members for the third year in a row!) has such a nice special this week, I just had to dedicate a blog post to it. They let you play their online games and earn tokens for your scores. The tokens are then transformed into donations that go to the [...]

New Packaging for this Blog

If you’re a returning visitor you can see that I’m working on re-packaging the content of this blog. After more than two years of blogging, I think it’s time for a new look. The work is ongoing and will probably take me a few days to put in all the finishing touches. Thank you for [...]

Family Board Games – Settlers of Catan

I was pleasantly surprised to see Settlers of Catan hit the bestsellers list on Amazon, as it is definitely a family favorite in our home. This is a classic, though fairly modern, strategy game where you collect resources, trade them and used them towards building your little empire of roads and settlements on the board. [...]