Roar!

Well, my holiday shopping has officially begun in earnest. Santa saw that this Struxx ROBOTRIXX is down to $20 shipped, and, well, that was hard to pass up. Er, impossible, actually. Santa has 1-click ordering enabled. Stop looking at me like that.

Doodle me this

I’m always kind of sad when my kids outgrow coloring books. With both kids, though, they sort of get “too old” for a little while, and then the doodling begins. My son is worse than my daughter—you simply don’t leave a pencil out unless...

Bucket o’ fun

If you’re looking for a regular ol’ bucket of Lego, you could do a lot worse than this Ultimate Building Set of 405 pieces for $20 from Amazon. It ships for free with Prime, or get your order up to $25 for Free Super Saver Shipping. It’s probably...

I’ve got the whole moon, in my room

(I’m hearing that to the tune of “Whole World In His Hands,” just so you can share the earworm joy.) I love this: Get a moon in your room from National Geographic for just $15—use coupon code EM111509B6 for free shipping. [Edited to add: The...

Happy Swedish children

They’ve just taken another round of markdowns over at Hanna Andersson—which, as we all know, is Swedish for “unbearably cute”—and my purchasing finger is feeling mighty itchy. 40% off is pretty hard to resist, especially for my very...

Kiddie kitchen, coming up

One of the last things I got rid of when my kids outgrew the “little kid” toys was our play kitchen. They’d had so many hours of fun there—and I’d been served so many delicious wooden and plastic meals. (Yum yum!) I’ve come to think...

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