Or maybe I should title this, how NOT to do it. I loved this pattern by Alan Dart Devilish Dragon. He does look quite intimidating. Not just his scary eyes, but the fact there are over 40 pieces to knit and sew, as well as this dragon standing nearly 18 inches tall. Oiy! But my [...]

I have 3 boys so it’s no surprise we have a ton of video games. We have Nintendo DS’s (plural), Wii’s (plural), iPods, PS3, iPad, you get the jist… So whenever I have the chance to review something even minutely connected to the gaming world, the boys freak the freak out. This time, I wasn’t [...]

My kids have owned about every type of pet known to man. Recently our hermit crab (named, bat crab) floated on up to hermit crab heaven. My seven year-old is used to pets dying (hint to me to stop buying them maybe?!) and wasn’t too torn up about it, but misty nonetheless. The next afternoon [...]

Yes, that’s right! We have a new in the box, unopened, glorious Fisher Price iXL to giveaway! Make your kids super happy this holiday season by winning this and wrapping it up under the tree (or menorah, or whatever you celebrate!). I got to play with the iXL at both BlogHer and Time To Play‘s [...]

We’ve got the kids pretty well covered so far, but how about the furry kids? You can’t forget them on the holidays! Hartz has them covered.  They have toys for every pet personality! Since the turtle wasn’t much interested in the dog toys, Emily called for reinforcements. I rounded up the Knitschmidt family dog, Lucky, [...]

Toy Story 3 Action Links are the HOT toy this Holiday season! I can now see why, they are both addictive and a total blast! We were selected to host an in-home party featuring these toys. The boys were so excited! We got Toy Story 3 plates, printed pictures from the movie, had Pizza Planet [...]

We love Sprig here! We got the Dino set a while back and the boys love it! They especially love the smell of the Sprigwood! Sprigwood is made up of reclaimed sawdust and recycled plastic. Mother Earth can breathe a little easier knowing that more and more toys are being made out of recycled products [...]

How I wonder what I’d ever do without this toy! Chewy is not one to have a favorite toy, blankie, etc. He likes trucks, cars, trains, things with wheels that either talk or make noise. He usually takes the 800 stuffed animals I collect for him and uses them to throw over our balcony. But [...]

Day 1 of our 12 days of Reviews features Steve Spangler Science! My boys love science! They especially love hands on experiments. We watch Steve Spangler on our local news channel often and the boys always want to recreate the fun experiments he highlights. I was recently given the opportunity to review the Big Bag [...]

If you haven’t seen Chuggington, you need to! Especially if you have train obsessed kids like mine! We recently received a Chuggington Training Yard with Loop to review from the Learning Curve Company. My kids are not normal. They find ways to play with toys that are either not appropriate or not what the toy [...]

News at 11… In the @Colorado_Mom household, there was a violent attack of epic proportions. BIGFOOT snuck up on Spike the Dinosaur and a fight broke out! Wanna know who won? Well, it was a draw. Bigfoot has some stinky attacks, but Spike came back with his monstrous roar and tried to frighten BIGFOOT away. [...]

I can officially say, our house is OBSESSED with the Rubik’s Slide! I have never seen my husband and 2 older kids fight over a game, besides when they fight over the ipad. There, I said it, the Rubik’s Slide is just as popular as Apple’s iPad in this house! It’s true too. That’s my [...]