Too Much Awesome

-Republished with permission from Linus & Bubba Books. As a child, part of the Christmas ritual for me and my siblings was snuggling up with the basket of Christmas books that came out with the decorations every year. The illustrations were so vivid, the books always smelled a little bit like cinnamon from being in [...]

Escapism. Through whatever medium we use, we are all searching for that elusive experience that takes us elsewhere; that state of mind in which we aren’t concerned about our money problems, our painful lack (or disturbing presence) of a significant other, or whatever war or natural disaster is happening in whatever part of the world. [...]

As a child, there was nothing more exciting to me than when my mom (who used to teach kindergarten) received the Oriental Trading catalog in the mail and passed it onto me. I could sit for hours and just stare at all the ….stuff! What was so fun about Oriental Trading Co. was how oddly [...]

If you’ve been reading this site for a while, it’s no secret that Chris (whom I just happen to be married to) is good at videogames. As someone not particularly skilled in this area, it’s convenient for me to keep him around to kill the stupid final boss on his first try (you know…the one [...]

When I was a little girl in the 90’s, I was surprisingly disinterested in Barbie. Sure, I had a few and I would take them along when I went to sleepovers, but they just didn’t kindle my imagination. No, I didn’t care much for toys in the likeness of people, but give me a My [...]

If your toddler is between the ages of 2 and 20, it is likely that she is going through a scared-of-the-dark phase. One of the most common solutions (aside from camping out in your child’s bedroom to stave off the boogey-man) is the soothing comfort of a night-light. A company called Cloud B has a [...]