Over the past week my family has fallen victim to an Angry Bird addiction. I bought the silly game and one by one we’ve been sucked in. Green pigs have stolen the birds eggs and they are angry and ready to wage battle. Using a slingshot you need to fling the birds against the pigs [...]

Confession time again. I don’t like taking my kids to the zoo. No matter whether we spend two hours or the entire day at the zoo I come home feeling dirty and tired and ornery. My kids are generally feeling that way too. It’s a fun outing but one we only do about every 18 [...]

The fabulous library of Dr. Seuss apps has grown again! Oceanhouse Media has released two new Dr. Seuss e-books – One Fish, Two Fish and Oh, the Places You’ll Go! I haven’t tried out either app but based on what I’ve seen from the Dr. Seuss apps in the past I’m certain they’ll be fantastic. [...]

We have an amazing children’s department at our local library. During the summer all of the libraries in our area join up for summer reading and the kids can earn prizes for daily reading. One of my children’s favorite prizes is the rodeo tickets and let me tell you it is quite the experience to [...]

Most of the matching/memory games that I come across are best for preschoolers and elementary aged kiddos. I just tried out Pairopix and I’m happy to report that this app is best suited for older kids and adults. It’s a tough one! Your goal is to match up different images that are hiding behind different [...]

Last week Duck Duck Moose released an iPad HD version of their Wheels on the Bus app. We gave it a whirl at our house and compared it to the iPhone app. The app is the same in both versions but the HD graphics are more impressive than the iPhone version. The images are brighter [...]

The good folks at Sesame Workshop recently sent me two of their new Video USB Flash drives to try out. I never thought that a USB drive could be considered “cute” but the ones that arrived in my mailbox certainly were. Why? Because these USBs are shaped like a Sesame Street character’s face. You separate [...]

Olivia has been a part of our house since my eldest daughter was very young. We bought the very first book when it was published, not knowing what a magical story it would turn out to be. Since then the books have continued to join our bookshelves and my second daughter was particularly entranced with [...]

ABC by Paul McDougall is another unusual ABC book. This one features some unique characters and very silly text. Take for example C – C is for Chelsea the charming young carrot. Chelsea’s illustration shows she is indeed a carrot and quite charming. Then there’s G – G is for George, the ghost made of [...]

My seven year old daughter is thoroughly enjoying the Math Ninja app. It combines an arcade style game with math practice and it does it in a way that’s a lot of fun. You play the game as a Math Ninja who is battling the evil Tomato-San. Tomato-San wants to take your math treasure and [...]