This is kind of cool, and definitely worth checking out… You can get a free, autographed picture of your favorite Disney character by writing to: The Walt Disney Company Attn: Fan Mail Dept. 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521 The only catch is that you have to make your request via snail mail [...]
In the runup to Christmas, I thought I’d point out a few of the more enjoyable Christmas-related websites that we’ve run across. First and foremost, time is running short… If you forgot to write your letter to Santa, or if you have some last minute additions, why not e-mail Santa? You even get an instantaneous [...]
Yesterday afternoon I was poking around online for something (can’t recall exactly what) when I ran across a really cool site with an absolute ton of printable mazes. In fact, they claim to have one billion different mazes. While it’s impossible to tell if there’s actually a billion unique mazes, there sure are a lot. [...]
We recently took the boys to the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta, which is billed as the world’s largest aquarium, and I thought I’d write a quick review of our experiences. In short, while we went in with high hopes, we left a bit disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a very impressive place. But [...]
The other night the boys and I had a grand old time with some dry ice that I brought home from work, and I’ve got the pictures to prove it… We started out small, just splashing some water on it and watching it “smoke.” We also melted a chunk so the kids could see why [...]
While the nation is experiencing a summer heat wave, I’ve been trying to come up with “cool kid activities to keep us cool.” So far, we’ve made it to the pool almost everyday. We also been to our new (new to us, anyway) county library. We recently happened upon preschool story time to the delight [...]
It’s late May, and school is almost out… In other words, it’s time to start thinking up some extra activities to keep the kids busy. With this in mind, I thought that it might be worth sharing the following… Did you know that theaters often have free (or very nearly so) morning movie showings geared [...]
If your kids are anything like ours, then they love to play with LEGO. Unfortunately, if you stop by just about any toy store, you’ll find that LEGO prices are incredibly high (with a street value like that, they might as well sell ‘em by the kilo). This makes it virtually impossible to build a [...]
Last summer our family (re)discovered the joy of Yahtzee. We were in Las Vegas, and we were looking for something to entertain the kids when we weren’t hanging out poolside. Given the choices available in the gift shop (pretty much just dice and cards) I thought it might be fun to play some Yahtzee. So… [...]
I just sent “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2” back to NetFlix, and I thought I’d mention what a hit these movies were with our boys over the holidays. My wife and I had, of course, seen both of these movies some time ago. But the boys hadn’t yet seen either of them. To make [...]
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