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Drake has recently expressed some interest in learning about coding. At the school library they often play with robots and coding, and this summer we were gifted Botley from a friend which the kids have all enjoyed. He also borrowed a book series from the library about coding which he enjoyed a lot. There are a lot of different […]

I haven’t been in the US to take advantage of Cyber Monday deals in over 4 years, so I’ve been purchasing Christmas gifts online since we will be here for Christmas! There is just so much variety here that it’s really hard to decide! Rock tumbling kit – This has been on my wishlist for a […]

I think the author of this article about not buying plastic toys was feeling how I feel most of the time, especially around birthdays and other occasions. I am a bit of a downer when it comes to special occasions because of my frustration with the ubiquity of plastic for kids. For the first two years of […]

I have long suspected that kids do better with fewer toys. I vividly remember before I had kids, my friends’ son showing me his rock collection, organized in a wooden box with little dividers and just thinking – this kid really values what he’s playing with. I also really liked the idea of rotating a […]

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 […]

It’s almost been a month now since the Christmas bonanza, and I thought it would be nice to see what toys were the big hits and misses for the year Drake – Age 8 Hit: The bulk of Drake’s gifts this year were chapter books. He loves to read and asked for some of his […]

Snowy’s birthday is just a few weeks after Christmas. This year, it’ll be simple to tell everyone what Snowy wants: anything dinosaurs and arts and crafts. I wrote about all sorts of gifts for a dinosaur loving girl this holiday season, but this post focuses solely on dinosaur craft kits because there are so many […]