Denise Schipani / 9 Comments / holidays, toys / christmas gifts, Santa, toys, wish lists /
I don’t know who or what deserves the credit for this (though I’m happy to take it!), but my boys have had to be coaxed and prodded to come up with ideas for what they want for Christmas (which is the gift-giving holiday we celebrate in these parts). Is it my strictness? My older son’s […]
Denise Schipani / 15 Comments / family life, humor, kids' TV, toys / commericals, Franklin, kids' movies, kids' TV, Kung Fu Panda, Little Bear, Little Bill, Maisy, Miffy, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, Noggin, Wow Wow Wubbzy, Yo Gabba Gabba /
The latest I hear about the basic-cable TV channel Noggin (“It’s like preschool on TV!”) is that it’s now called Nick, Jr. Can commercials be far behind? My husband and I (well, my husband, actually) stumbled upon Noggin while flipping through the many upper (as in, above 100) channels we have in our cable system. […]
Denise Schipani / 105 Comments / contest, toys /
If you’ve been reading Confessions, you already know I don’t buy a lot of toys for my sons. I like toys, I honestly do, but there are few things I’d spend my money on (and before you think I’m truly awful or that my boys are playing with corncob dolls like Little House on the […]
Denise Schipani / 8 Comments / family life, toys / CityMommy.com, Toys R Us /
I was recently asked to write a guest-blog post for City Mommy, a local community website for moms in cities and towns around the country (you sign up, and access forums for local groups, and so on — a virtual coffee shop for moms). Anyway, I thought for a bit about what I might want […]