Posted in Giveaways!, Miscellaneous on Jun 18th, 2010
As my loyal readers know, I have long been a fan of LeapFrog products, so when the public relations folks at LeapFrog chose me as one of their reviewers for the as-yet-unreleased Leapster Explorer, I was thrilled. It’s absolutely awesome. All four of my kids, ages 6-11, have been using it and they love it, [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 5th, 2009
Like most sane people, I’m not a big fan of rodents, particularly when I come upon them unexpectedly. So imagine my shock, disgust, and the length of my backward jump when I ran across this: OK, so admittedly it doesn’t look nearly as realistic in a close-up picture, but trust me, from five feet and [...]
Posted in Lessons on Nov 19th, 2008
Yesterday I sort of shot myself in the foot. We were at the store and Logan had $1 to spend. He found a purple plastic recorder for 88ยข. I encouraged him to get it because he’s always using his sisters’ recorders, which makes them very angry. They don’t want his germy little mouth anywhere near [...]
