A Grinchy T-Shirt
It’s okay as long as you don’t encounter any elementary school-age children. [Available from Zazzle]
View ArticleA Thought about Homemade and Used Costumes
Watch Target Corporation crap on its customers in 15 seconds. [Link via Slate] Target is mocking awesome homemade costumes. So… maybe I’m not what Target has in mind for its ideal customer. I’d never...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
Our breakfast was loosely based on Better Homes & Gardens Silly Snacks, the holiday section titled Gobblers. They proposed a turkey made from two sizes of Ritz crackers, shoestring potatoes, corn...
View ArticleThe Winter Ogre is Coming to Town!
I joked about it last year. This year I’m bringing the magic, joy and wonder of the Winter Ogre to life! A few days after December 21, the first day of winter, the ogre giant comes down from the...
View ArticleThe stockings were hung…
The stockings were hung by the cardboard fort with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. This year, we finally started using a living Christmas tree like the ones I had in my youth. I...
View ArticleBooks for Christmas redux
Last year, after filming their 3-year-old son showing disgust at receiving books for Christmas (and the parents laughing), and presumably after users of Youtube attached critical comments to the video...
View ArticleHappy New Year – 2011 Videos
If your kids are old enough to understand the new year, but can’t stay awake, show them celebrations from around the world. It’s one of the side benefits of living in North America — being among the...
View ArticleHappy Birthday World!
How better to explain New Year’s Day to a toddler than to say it’s the world’s birthday? Yeah, I tried explaining the Gregorian calendar to my 2-year-old son, but he was having none of it. Our New...
View ArticleThe Winter Ogre visits tonight!
Now is the time to place unwanted toys in an ogre sock near your front door. In early December, the Winter Ogre comes down from the mountains (or out of the sewers, subway, cave, etc.) to forage for...
View ArticleOur New Year’s Day tradition
Our New Year’s Eve / Day tradition is to make the world a birthday cake. While we eat it, we talk about the highlights of the past year and what we hope will transpire in the coming year. We couldn’t...
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