Tag: toys

Parenting reviews

Gifts Parents Hate

Recess at Home: Using Magformers & Thames and Kosmos Toys During Breaktime

The Fairy and the Construction Vehicle: Playtime With My Daughter

New Magformer Toys are Fun and Calming

Remote Control Star Wars Speeder Bike: Toy Review

Big Wheel by Jakks Pacific: Toy Review

The Strong: National Museum of Play – One of my favorite Museums to take kids

Crayola Product Review: A Friend to Parents, Kids, and Artists

18″ Star Wars Rebels Action Figure: Toy Review

Air Huntress Z-Curve Bow: Toy Review

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cra-Z Art Set: Toy Review

John Cena 31 Inch Collectible Figure: Toy Review

WWE Rumble Fists and John Cena Punching Bag: Toy Review

A Boy and His Dog: Reliving the day my son chose his stuffed companion

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Baby Wearing

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Action Figures: Toy Review

Gifts Parents Hate
How often do you watch your child unwrap a present and upon seeing the gift, look over at the buyer and think, “What were you thinking?” As a father to four kids, I have quadrupled those moments. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when adults close to me buy my kids gifts. It’s a […]
Bonding With My Sons Over NBA2K21
Last year, a major bonding moment occurred between my sons (ages 16 & 8) and I. My 16-year-old went to Best Buy and came back with NBA2K20. Other than FIFA, all of my son’s games are action-type games. Not really games that you can sit alongside and compete. So when he showed me the game […]
The Lake ‘N” Pines Motel in Cooperstown: The Perfect Place to Stay With Kids
When you’re vacationing with kids, the place where you sleep needs as much consideration as what you do while on vacation. Because I have 4 kids, not only do I need to find a place where all my kids can sleep comfortably, but I need a place that has onsite activities. The hotel/motel/B&B that we […]
Visiting the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown
The farm life to a New York City kid is a foreign concept. There is a farm in Queens that is on every NYC school’s field trip schedule, but to see a farm, you must be intentional. Seeing cows, goats, and pigs in the Queens Zoo and Bronx Zoo doesn’t quite show what farm life […]
Visiting Cooperstown’s Hyde Hall
Between 1817 and 1834, a mansion designed by Philip Hooker was built for George Clarke. Clarke was a wealthy landowner who inherited a fortune from his grandfather. Before construction began in 1813, Clarke married Ann Low Cary Cooper, a wealthy widow from a prominent New York family. George named his home “Hyde Hall” after his […]