#15 – Sweden’s Biggest Cultural Export is Pop
On my podcast this week: Akash, from India, moved to Sweden expecting a heavy metal mecca. This was not quite...
Old tech, so complicated
We had a bunch of 10 and 11-year olds over for a birthday party last weekend. My husband collects old...
The modern family
As I’m sitting here typing this in my nice comfy slippers from my iPad, my husband plays games on his...
Indestructible
My husband started the morning by showing our young boys the indestructible power of an old Commodore 64 joystick. Now,...
My blessed child
Our family was playing a board game together on New Year’s Eve. My youngest son needed to draw a certain...
Chicago Cubes
While we were in Italy, we heard the news about the Chicago Cubs World Series win on the radio. Of...
Everything was better in the …
… insert decade here. I’m sure you’ve gotten one of these emails before, or seen a post on Facebook about...
Pet Rock – The Next Generation
I told the kids I had a Pet Rock when I was their age. They thought I made it up....
Sweden vs. Italy
Um… today is the Euro Cup match between Sweden and Italy. So I’m assuming this article is regarding soccer, but...
12 Angry Birds
My youngest son was extremely excited yesterday when looking over our movie list and seeing that we had “12 Angry...
Unappreciative kids
For some reason, my kids weren’t into the new board game I bought them.
Why so stressed?
This is what my husband keeps asking me. “Why so stressed?” Good question. I don’t know. Maybe it’s because: I...
They fought so you can shoot lasers
Looking through some activities to do in the U.S. this summer and I found a WW2 Destroyer that has tours....
Cat in the Hat
My husband and kids have wanted to visit Japan for quite a while. Of course they all want to go...
Mini Metro is the reason for my downfall
I realize that I haven’t written much on my blog the past week or two. Normally, I’m quite good at...