by Nicole Etolen | Oct 22, 2011 | Kids & Family
GIANTmicrobes is releasing a new edition to their collection just in time for Halloween. No skeleton would be complete (literally) without the Bone Cell, and in just a few days, you can get your very own plush version of this very important little cell. I’m so...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 18, 2011 | Kids & Family
Some of the coolest inventions are made by moms who need a solution to a particular problem and can’t find one already on the market, so they just make it themselves. I am in awe of them, because I would never have the ingenuity or patience to design my own...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 17, 2011 | Kids & Family
Ever since I first read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland when I was a little girl craving adventure myself, I have been a major fan of the book. Like a psychotically, more than slightly obsessively major fan. In fact, I wrote a ten-page paper on it in high...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 13, 2011 | Kids & Family
Did you know that the same bacteria that causes strep throat can also lead to a condition called necrotizing fasciitis, also known as “flesh eating disease”? Fun stuff, right? What could be more appropriate for Halloween than a little flesh eating disease,...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 12, 2011 | Kids & Family
Both Jake and I have adored LeapFrog educational toys since he was old enough to sit up and bang on the little Learn and Groove table (the version that was out in 2006), so when we were chosen to host a LeapFrog “Learn, Create, and Share” party through Mom...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 4, 2011 | Kids & Family
I’m excited because a good chunk of the Toys ‘R Us Hotlist features toys for boys, or toys than can work for both boys and girls. I often feel like everyone, from toy manufacturers to clothing designers, focus more on the little girl demographic. I wonder...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 2, 2011 | Kids & Family
I’ve been a fan of Uncle Milton’s Toys since I got Jake the Star Wars Jedi Telescope last year for Christmas, so I contacted them about reviewing their products and was ecstatic when they said yes. I totally lucked out and got three awesome “In My...
by Audrey | Sep 18, 2011 | Kids & Family
Education Through Time by Kody Carling Throughout time, the human race has had a reputation of learning from experimentation to increase the quality of life for the Earth’s inhabitants. With the educational gains in the field of medicine over time, the life expectancy...
by Nicole Etolen | Aug 21, 2011 | Kids & Family
Jake has an outrageous amount of board games, mostly because I get tired of playing the same thing over and over again, so I need a lot of variety. We have an eclectic mix of classics, new takes on old games, and just plain new games, as well as educational versus...
by Nicole Etolen | Jul 14, 2011 | Kids & Family
I have always had an odd fascination with horrific “bugs”, and spent months trying to win myself one of the GIANTmicrobes before finally contacting them to see if they’d let me do a review. Seriously, what could be more awesome for the wanna-be...
