Do you remember the first video game you ever played? I’m not talking about something at home – I mean a real quarter-sucking cabinet down at the local arcade. I do. We were living in West Germany in the late 70’s and the ...
As you may have figured out from my recent flashback to the 70’s post, I tend to be a bit nostalgic. Sometimes it’s simply a reminder to myself about what life was like back then. Other times I crave the feelings and emotions th ...
We’ve never been ones to encourage returning gifts after the holidays. We hope the givers have put a lot of thought into the present, and to us it is an insult to take it back to the store to buy something else. The only time we have ...
If your kids are anything like mine, they’ve spent countless hours on their iPads, game consoles or your PC building a virtual world in the highly-popular video game, Minecraft. At first I didn’t ‘get it’, it just se ...
As I sit in my daughters room and stare up at the decorations, I realize we’ve done a good job of decorating it to fit with her personality. Her instruments resting alongside her music stand, a corkboard filled with Disney pins graces ...
It’s time to come clean about something. History was my least favorite class in school because, well, yawn. It didn’t keep my attention and my teachers didn’t have fun ways to for us to learn. As odd as it sounds, despite ...
Everyone has expectations. Whether it’s that much-anticipated and highly-publicized movie, a toy or game from an established designer, a random meal at a new restaurant or even a family trip, we all set a bar somewhere and are either overjo ...
I was one of “those people” who stood in line back in 2004 to be one of the first people to be able to play World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment. Ok, maybe that’s stretching the truth a little bit. Nicole stood in l ...
Okay, be honest. Thinking back to the holidays… How many of you read our heads-up and were able to purchase Disney Infinity 3.0 before it became too scarce to get your hands on? Did you take our advice and successfully fill wish lists ...
Having two brothers very close in age, I was able to see the power of sibling bonding. They were – and still are – best friends; doing things together, sharing experiences, enjoying time together. Did they fight growing up? What ...
