Am I hot stuff, or am I not?
January 30, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Baby Things, Baby Toys, Children's Movies / DVDs, Children's Music / CDs, Children's Toys, News and Links about Children's Things
I’ve been nominated for this week’s Hot Stuff Award at GNMParents. The post in question was my mention of Julie Aigner-Clark’s recognition in the State of the Union Address.
While I have nothing against the Baby Einstein products, I can’t honestly say that I’ve ever seen the videos, listened to the CDs, or played with the toys. I can see why Erica of GNMParents took my enthusiastic congratulations of Aigner-Clark as a promotion of her product.
In actuality, I was congratulating Aigner-Clark on harnessing her passion, sharing it with the world, and being able to make a …read more
Do you know Big Idea’s Veggie Tales?
August 8, 2006 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Children's Books, Children's Clothing and Accessories, Children's Movies / DVDs, Children's Music / CDs, Children's Toys, Computer Games for Kids, Internet for Kids
I love VeggieTales. And, I have to admit, I was not introduced to them after my children were born. No, I’ve known Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber longer than I’ve known my own children.
Big Idea Productions started releasing these videos of computer animated vegetables when my husband and I were in college. We were hooked on them, and started collecting them then. The creators utilize inspiration from the Bible (Dave and the Giant Pickle/Rack, Shack and Benny), classic TV (God Wants Me to Forgive Them? parodies Gilligan’s Island) and literature (Madame Blueberry as …read more
Same Toys, Different Continents #1: Live Hot Potatoes!
July 4, 2006 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Children's Movies / DVDs, Children's Music / CDs, Same Toys Different Continents
Welcome to the World Premiere (makes it sound really important, aye?) of the new Play Library series “Same Toys, Different Continent.” Each Tuesday, Hsien (speaking in italics) and I will be taking a look at our respective homes across the ocean, find a toy, video, or other kid object we both have, and discuss how that object is enjoyed, appreciated, utilized, or ignored in our little corners of the world.
The first of these is The Wiggles DVD, Live Hot Potatoes!
Right off the bat I have to say that I love love love the band!! They rock and the …read more
Children’s Videos That Don’t Annoy
July 3, 2006 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Children's Movies / DVDs
We are on the last day or so of our chicken pox quarantine, finally! Before these past 14 days in the house with the kids is just a distant memory, I wanted to share with you a couple of the videos that we’ve seen 5 (or 15) times that are still enjoyable enough to sit through.
The first is Disney’s Peter Pan: Return to Never Land. I’m never much one for movie sequels, especially of the animated nature. They always seem to be an effort by the studios to just make a buck off of the …read more
