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We love word games in our family. Not only is it great for family bonding, but it teaches kids vocabulary and strategy. Here are some fun word games for your kids to play with each other and with you! 1) Hangman – Of course all you need to play are paper and pencil, but my […]

My only daughter, Snowy, just turned five in January, and for the past few months, she has been on a definite Pokemon kick. Snowy gets it honestly: Pokemon was one of Mr. Snowflake’s favorite things as a kid. When the Pokemon craze was at its height in the 90’s, I remember it being primarily a […]

Apparently I’m part of a newly named segment of the population called “Xennials,” a microgeneration born during 1977-1983 between the Gen X’rs and Millenials. We grew up with an analog childhood and a digital adulthood so we’re old enough to remember the simple good old days, but young enough to be tech-savvy. We currently live on […]

I’ve always been a big kid at heart. I knew even as a little girl that loved Lisa Frank, Sanrio, and whose bedroom was filled with stuffed animals and cute things, that this would probably never change even as I grew up. Before having kids I would spend a lot of time looking at adorable […]

I’ve talked a lot about board games and how much Mr. Garland and I love to play them – we have a big collection and we play every single chance we get. One thing we’ve talked a lot about is how we want to introduce Jackson to board games as he gets older. Mr. Garland […]

Olive is 4 1/2 and learned how to play Uno a couple months ago. She is hooked and we call her the Uno Queen because she almost always wins! We play Uno or cards almost every day in our home, and I can see the many positive impacts it has had on both kids. Charlie has […]

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and for my family that has always meant GAMES! Growing up, my family played a game we simply called “Marbles,” but it was basically a variation of Wahoo (which is basically a grownup version of Sorry). We played this almost exclusively at every family gathering…we played for hours upon hours and we loved […]