TOYS & GAMES
Otrio -- a super simple but incredibly fun strategy game!
We recently were at the birthday party of our godson (who turned 11 already!), and one of the presents he received proved to be an instant hit: the board game Otrio. Have you heard of it? Otrio is a super fun strategy game, based on the universally known classic tic-tac-toe. To win from your opponent, ...
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BIRTHDAY PARTIES
The Toadstool Tea
I can't believe my daughter has just turned one -- time has flown. Now I know a one-year-old might not appreciate a proper birthday party, but I can't resist one. And in the spirit of being 'girly' there was nothing for it but a fairy tea-party, to be more specific The Toadstool Tea (for those ...
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AMSTERDAM
A toy warehouse
It was my son's first birthday last Sunday and we figured, given our current geological location, an Amsterdam-style toy warehouse would be the ideal present. I remember that some of my childhood friends had a warehouse like this and it was played with extensively (as a doll house for the girls and a fire station ...
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