• Swing

    Time to Play: Swing States

    Our latest source of marital friction stems from my wife’s desire for a swing set. Rather, it started out as a swing set, then morphed into a jungle gym. Now the plans include a sand pit, cargo net, monkey bars, catwalk, turrets, and slide. Basically, my wife wants to turn our back yard into a [...]

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    Weekend Box Office: Avengers Destroys Battleship!

    Three new movies attempted to do dethrone the Avengers this past weekend. Find out how terribly they did in the Weekend Box Office report.

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    Letter Recognition Toys

    My son is non-verbal autistic, so we are working on letters and words many times a day in the hopes that one day it will just “click.” He’s made great strides, and we have a few toys to thank for that. Here are some favorites that have been useful in Brady’s various therapies as we [...]

  • Kindergarten

    Time to Play: Surviving Kindergarten Orientation

    It’s the night before Kindergarten Orientation. Yes, in May. It snuck up on me. It’s not that I didn’t have the date highlighted in hot pink or anything…I did. It’s just that when you’ve spent almost 5 years glued to a certain little girl, you don’t exactly believe the date will ever arrive. She’s never [...]

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    iCarly: Groovy Foodie! Coming to DS

    Great news for iCarly fans, a new video game is coming next month!

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    Weekend Box Office: The Avengers Continue to Dominate

    The Avengers broke more records in it’s second weekend. Let’s take a look at some of those records now.

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    Time To Play With Jim & Chris

    Time to Play TV is a fully interactive, fast-paced channel featuring exciting games, family friendly prizes, informational programming about toys and family entertainment and much more, brought to you by the experts at TimetoPlayMag.com.

  • Remembering Maurice Sendak

    Anyone who loves children’s literature is sad this week learning of the death of Maurice Sendak. I know I am.

  • Toy Store

    Time to Play: How to Save Money on Toys

    We’ve all been there. (Many still are!) You’re walking the aisles of your local toy store and your little munchkin looks up at you with those big, beautiful eyes holding a new Barbie doll, or a light saber. Maybe it’s a pack of Pokémon cards. You’re on a tight budget but, come on, parents aren’t [...]

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    Weekend Box Office: We Have A Hulk

    So how much money did The Avengers make in it’s opening weekend? Check out my Weekend Box Office recap to find out now.