Big Bear Battle Years ago, my friend Joel showed me a video of bears in Canada similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSSPDwAQLXs The bears eat salmon as the salmon jump out of a river. Some spots are better than…

Mr Putter and Tabby is a great first chapter book Princess in Black is an amazing series, with just the right amount of scary for the monsters. Dory Fantasmagory is very funny, though with slightly more questionable co…

This is a game suggested by my daughter's 1st grade teacher, and I made a little variant.  It's fun to play and helps teach quick math skills. It uses a standard deck of cards. Put 6 cards face-up in the center (nobod…

Every night before I put the kids to bed, I tell them that I love them million billion trillion and kiss their heads. I go back into my son's room and demand to hear the "Breakfast Report" from him, sometimes in a…