We‘re going to review something a bit different this week and take a look at a series of kid books everyone in our house enjoys. “Narwhal and Jelly” by Ben Clanton is a fun series of books about two ocean friends. The premise is simple if common. Two unlikely friends have adventures Read more…
Well, not technically. But school’s out and for most of us, especially here in America, that’s the signal for the start of summer. At least it is for me. I imagine for people who finished school 20 years ago, don’t have kids and don’t work in any job that has Read more…
My son has been learning to play Civilization. I’ve loved these games since I was a kid when the first one came out far, far to long ago. Unfortunately for a 7yo, they have grown quite a bit more complex over the years. He loved the exploration and meeting new Read more…
There’s been a lot of new information coming out about Disney’s new Galaxy’s Edge Star Wars area coming to Disneyland and Disney World. Part of me wants to be a grumpy old man. See how Disney is exploiting Star Wars and over saturating it. The park is going to be Read more…
This past weekend I went camping for the first time in 25ish years. The last time I was around 6th or 7th grade in Boy Scouts. And this time, its because my son joined Cub Scouts. We tried to make another campout last fall, a very basic one night thing Read more…
At dinner time we have a tradition of pulling a card from the Family Dinner Box of Questions. These are questions designed to prompt discussion during dinner time beyond “how was your day”. Some of them are amusing, some are quite bland. But my son really enjoys doing them. One Read more…
You ever heard someone say boys don’t like girl stuff? That boys don’t like girl toys or won’t read a book or watch a movie that’s about a girl? I’ve always found this idea ridiculous but have seen plenty of examples of people believing it. Toy manufacturers are the worst. Read more…
I was reading to my son from an old set of DIsney books. These were from a Fun-to-Learn set of books that all taught something different using the main Disney characters (Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc). One of the books, volume 13, is about the seasons and holidays and something struck Read more…
I was talking to my son the other day about how the body uses food for fuel to grow. Now, it’s pretty obvious when you think about it, but my brain had never made the connection that we are literally, what we eat. Our bodies use the mass of food Read more…
When I was a kid I liked baseball. The Marlins* became the first MLB team for Florida when I was in elementary school which was pretty cool at the time. I played in some softball teams and had a few baseball cards. But I was never really a big fan. Read more…