My brain is like a sieve with trivia. It absolutely does not stick. So it really doesn’t make sense that I am partial to trivia games, but I am. I love them, especially when you only need two players to play.Wise Alec is a really entertaining family trivia game for 2 or more players, and [...]

Laser tag meets remote control vehicle with the new Battle Machines from Jada Toys! The super cool vehicles fire laser beams while on the move! Blasting your opponent once or twice stops them in their tracks with loud explosion sounds. A third shot takes them out completely. Pure awesome. My Chevy Camaro and Ford Mustang [...]

Puzzles, puzzles, puzzles! I love doing puzzles! I really like having a jigsaw puzzle sitting out on a table for everyone in the family to work on. Whenever someone gets the urge, they can just plop down and start fitting puzzle pieces together. Right now I’m working on one with 1000 pieces called Courting Peacocks [...]

Are you full of baloney? Do you like to doodle? Excellent! Then you’ll absolutely love the game Yamodo! Party Time. Each round begins with a made-up word and theme. Players doodle their idea of what the word looks like and jot down a definition. But hurry! It has to be finished and turned into the [...]

When my daughter was little, I used to make my own version of recordable storybooks. Mine were on cassette, and I said, “ding!” when it was time to turn the page. It certainly wasn’t professional, but it made her happy to hear Mommy’s voice. Now Hallmark has recordable storybooks, and they are SO easy to [...]