For many people across the United States the date April 20th, doesn’t mean anything special. Unless you have a friend or family member celebrating a birthday, it’s just another date to cross off the calendar. Not so if you live in Colorado. From the early 1970s the term 4/20 has referred to marijuana and its […]
Continue ReadingA few of you have been asking in our previous Skylanders posts for ideas on what to do for a Skylanders birthday party. Couple that with the fact that I’m planning a party for my soon-to-be-seven Skylanders fanatic, and my tech gears have been turning. Here are some of my ideas and I invite you […]
Continue ReadingThis week, Jules‘ youngest turned 13. Now she is officially the parent of two teenage boys. Jules is also happy to announce that next week, Sunburst Award winning Canadian author Alyx Dellamonica will be co-hosting Jules’ Geeky Pleasures Radio Show. They plan to discuss her newest book Blue Magic, LGBT issues, and more. If you’ve […]
Continue ReadingI grew up in a French-speaking town so Dr. Seuss was just not part of my childhood like it is for many kids in the US. When I moved to California, I took a job as a mother’s helper while I attended college. One evening, their 5-year-old son asked if I could read to him […]
Continue ReadingDon’t ever let yourself think that being a grownup means you can’t have an awesome birthday cake. You don’t have to go all out and have a themed birthday party to enjoy it, although I had one friend this year who threw herself a Firefly birthday party complete with costumed guests. How fun is that? […]
Continue ReadingLooking for a cheap party that’s sure to be a hit? Throw one of my favorite events for kids. A BYOB party,as in Bring. Your. Own. Box. Guests are invited to show up with cardboard boxes of all sizes, the more the merrier, the bigger the better. We supply masking tape, duct tape, markers, paint, […]
Continue ReadingThrowing a first birthday party is usually a festive affair, filled with balloons and cake and presents. When our first son turned one we centered the whole party around his favorite stuffed animal, a Paul Frank Monkey. We knew we wanted to do something different for our second son’s first birthday party, something that even […]
Continue ReadingLast week, the Police and Firefighters of Arlington Texas helped grant the wish of a 7-year old boy fighting Leukemia. Kye’s wish was to be Batman battling bad guys in a high action movie. With the help of Wish with Wings, the Arlington Police and Firefighter Department as well as the Mayor’s office and a […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s better than birthday cake? Zombie birthday cake, obviously. I have few domestic talents, but this is a cake that even the most clueless chef can tackle with ease. Mistakes? No such thing. This zombie rises up out of a grave of chocolate cake, frosting, and crumbled cookies. What you need: foil cardboard box Oreo […]
Continue ReadingQuinceañeras are a big, big, big deal in Latino culture. It’s something like a Sweet 16 but it happens at the age of 15 and, if the family is Catholic, often involves a mass in the Quinceañera’s honor. The entire ordeal takes months of planning, from the tremendous wedding-worthy sized cake to the dresses for the […]
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week. Corrina I attended the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo aka C2E2 on Sunday and picked up a comics from one of my favorite independent companies, Spinner Rack Comics. I picked up the […]
Continue ReadingLaundry may be the most Sisyphean of household chores: Unless everyone in your house is stark naked, it’s literally never done. That’s why, when my son turned 11, I decided he could do his own laundry. That’s right, he washes, dries, folds and puts away his own clothes. Reactions to this news from other moms […]
Continue ReadingAlthough Gogo’s Crazy Bones is a new release, the Gogos themselves are collectible toys that have been around for years as colorful little characters that you collect and then duel against each other. Multiple series are available with more on the way this summer so there are hundreds of Gogos out there for kids to collect. Now […]
Continue ReadingCharles Darwin is even more fascinating when horribilized by Horrible Histories. Such delightful horribleness started back in 1993 with author Terry Deary whose books got kids interested in the past via gory details and humorous asides, then spun off into several TV series and sites packed with online games. After writing so much about mayhem and […]
Continue ReadingLast September was my son’s second birthday party. Unlike with his first, I spent a long time considering what theme to go with; at two he was certainly old enough to have an interest in his own things, but not yet old enough to choose his own party theme. I eventually picked a pirate […]
Continue ReadingBetcha this will turn into the theme song playing in your head. Kristin Andreassen, you’re singing what we’re thinking, “Crayola doesn’t make a color to draw my love.”
Continue ReadingMost people associate C.S. Lewis with The Chronicles of Narnia but his body of work encompases far more, including a science fiction trilogy that is available for the first time in ebook format. Out of the Silent Planet, the first book in the trilogy, tells the tale of a man kidnapped, taken aboard a spaceship, and transported to Malacandra or, as […]
Continue ReadingFor seven seasons now, Bones has been one of, if not the single best example of, strong female characters on television. Two weeks ago, all that changed. You may have heard of The Bechdel Test, which states simply that a movie passes if it has: – Two (preferably named) women in it – Who talk […]
Continue ReadingImagine creating custom confections in any shape you desire, watching layer after gooey layer turn into chocolate tastiness. It’s now possible, thanks to a 3D chocolate printer developed by researchers at the University of Exeter and made available by Choc Edge via eBay. Apparently there’s competition in the automated goodie-making field. MIT has a prototype […]
Continue ReadingI am a big fan of zombies and have been since long before The Walking Dead drew in legions of new zombie fans. The same is true of author Dana Fredsti who has loved zombies ever since a guy chose a zombie movie for their first date. No really, I’m not making that up. She told me […]
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