Filed under: Playground bureau A new baby is pretty exciting for mom and dad, but big siblings may have mixed feelings about their family's new addition. Make them feel special with a big brother or big sister gift. -- MomFinds Got a little boy obsessed with that body part that all little boy's beco...

Sled hockey is just like regular hockey—same rules, same helmets, same slapshots—only tougher. It's hard enough to fight someone on skates; try maneuvering for a rabbit punch on that little sled. Yes, it seems that the U.S.-Canadian hockey rivalry has spilled over into the paralympic spo...

The soft white silence is settling outside on a cold winter mornng. I’m guessing about two inches so far, atop the eight or so that remain from last week’s storm. The above is from Intellicast, my fave new online weather toy. Talked to a friend in San Diego last night. He was taking a br...

Last weekend we went sledding with Kyle, Matthew, Cynthia, Jonny and Zoe at the Elm Creek Park Reserve. We did the same thing last year (sans Matthew, Cynthia, Jonny and Zoe), so it's been an annual event for two years (Flickr Photostream), although Kyle's chicken stew with dumplings made a much str...

Here are a few of the exercises that will get me through the Velocity Diet experiment… Hit the tire with everything you've got! First, sledgehammer training.  There is nothing like the feeling of wielding that 8, 10, or 12 pound hammer over and over again into the tire to get the blood pu...

Author: petercoffin Added: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:49:42 -0800Duration: 159 This is the end-all, be-all of seasonal-based rap songs. Lyrics: Fall's over - and it's gettin' real cold Time for people to leave for Florida that are old Time for Grandma not to drive at night cause she dread Time to go down a...

Director : Jeremiah S. Chechik Release Date : 1 December 1989 (USA) Genre : Comedy Cast : Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, Beverly D’Angelo as Ellen Griswold, Juliette Lewis as Audrey Griswold, Johnny Galecki as Russell ‘Rusty’ Griswold, John Randolph as Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Sr., ...

Sometimes all it takes to discovering a favourite new band is to stay up late and watch the late-night talk shows. New Sub Pop signees Grand Archives made their debut television appearance yesterday on Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson performing an energetically poppy version of "Torn Blue Foam Co...

This ice hovercraft school bus has to be the coolest and worst news ever to descend upon children all over the world. I mean, I would have loved to go to school in one of these spiffy snowspeeders......

Filed under: Gear, Health and Safety, Toys, 2 years, 3 years, Toddler, Preschooler, Sports Last year when we sent Bean down the hill on a sled, he wasn't very much into the whole idea. Granted, we got a couple of grins from ear to ear, and he's mostly game for any adventure, but there was a certain ...