Amazon releasing all new Fire HD 8 Kids edition tablet
We’ve been using our Fire Kids Edition Tablet pretty heavily the past three years. The old tablet routinely fills up the internal …
Threenager, Kindergarten, kid bugs
Past few weeks have been a flurry of getting ready for kindergarten, a 3yo’s birthday party, and attempting to get my health …
Story: my kid is in the bottom 5% of the class!?!?
We’ve had our issues for the past two years with Maggie in preschool and pre-k, and about a month back she had …
Back to school, and what a difference the school makes
Different school, different year and damn, this place seems to have it right. I called and they confirmed M was ready, other …
My nearly threenager finally flipped her lid
I don’t know what Aerin was mad about yesterday, I was upstairs trying to get Kim’s phone to work, but it ended …
Buying kindergarten supplies – only three stores
Got some at Google Checkout, some at Walmart, and then had to go to Staples to find a very specific notebook that …
Two months plus and no tantrums
For about five years we lived with the instance I called Katie Kaboom. This is when my otherwise lovable child would explode, …
Took my 5yo to a Monster Truck show
After years of watching House MD I decided I might want to see a Monster Truck show one day. This was many …
I made my 2yo a superhero with a Smart house
Over on my other blog, Pocketables, I’ve been given a lot of smart plugs for review. I’ve also got three multicolor smart …
Camp’s been a trip
There’s been a real change lately in Katie Kaboom’s comings and goings in that she’s not been around except for maybe once …
Maggie’s first movie: The Incredibles 2
The thought of taking my kid to a movie in a theater has been both an appealing one and the source of …
5yo can’t remember 1 min ago, recites 2mo old presentation
I’m driving my 5yo to summer day camp today, this is a child who you ask what she did at school all …
A fandom redeemed – Hulking out for anger management/bedtime
When I was a kid I had various relatives tell me that reading comics was going to rot my brain, that playing …
Then that angry child went away
I’ve had a grumpy child, a whining child, and an annoying kid, but for the past month or so we’ve been free …
Hello new server!
After a fight I won with Pocketables and lost with theITbaby time and again we’ve finally moved off of the virtual server …
School’s out, camp’s not started, a week of juggling
It’s been an interesting week. School’s been out since 11:30am a week ago today, and while Monday was a holiday (Memorial day,) …