My freshman year of high school I had the amazing opportunity to fly to Nintendo of America’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington. That experience was one of the best things I have ever done in my entire life. Being able to go up and p ...
Ever since I could remember, I’ve been playing video games. From the original Wii and DS to the Wii U and most recently, the Nintendo Switch, I’ve enjoyed playing a variety of games. The first game I remember playing was Super Mario Bros. o ...
I starting playing the Pokémon series when I was about seven or eight years old. I had a neighborhood friend who introduced me to Pokémon and helped me learn the mechanics of the games. The first game I had played was the original Platinum ...
When you stop and look back at the last ten years of your life, what do you see? Hopefully it’s filled with joy or maybe even surprise. Each decade of my adult life has brought about something noteworthy, but when I started this blog ...
The girls are at an age where the division between parents and children has the potential to become a chasm. Scott and I decided long ago that parenting would take priority over befriending our children, but that also meant we would need to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I’ve been playing video games for the majority of my life. Santa brought us an Atari 2600 when I was only about 7 years old. That was dang near 40 years ago! Over time, we let go of our Atari, upgraded to a ColecoVision and eventually ...
Screentime is an issue at our house (like yours too, right?). As in, we set timers and our kids (one boy, three girls, ages 10 through 6) get no more than 30 minutes of video games a day. That includes educational games, though on snow days ...
