Board games have evolved, a lot, since the days of Monopoly and LIFE. We have cooperative games that encourage working together, games that require a bit of math, and so many games that require logic and decision making. They come in all shapes and sizes, they have some of the best themes too. Whatever you're interested in, there's a board game with that theme, I almost ...
Seven Years!
So somehow it's been seven years since this Geek and the Beast started dating. We've been married 4 1/2 years, and we've been parents...and bloggers..for a little over 3 years if you're trying to keep score. A little flashback Friday, and this was almost a year after we had been dating. I'm so lucky to have been able to spend my entire adult life with my best friend ...
Top 3 family board games for preschoolers
Board games have come so far from Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land. You can find games with deep themes and mechanics, and the innovative kid games, well, they're fantastic for learning! Whether that means they're learning how to count, tell the difference between shapes, or hand-eye-coordination. Games are such a beneficial tool in learning. You can teach your children how ...
What do you want to be for Halloween?
What do you want to be for Halloween? It’s a question we started asking Aliceana weeks ago. We talked her through a lot of options, and even took her to one of those overpriced Halloween specialty stores, just to make sure she knew what was out there. She had a few suggestions of her own, a spooky ghost, a knight, or maybe even a firefighter, but we kept circling back to ...
Which Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC is worth getting?
I finally did it. After completing Dragon Age Inquisition, yes even taking out all of the Dragons and finishing every side quest ever. (Except the darn horse race in the Hinterlands, I just can't complete stupid races.) I decided to download the DLC expansions. On a sidenote: The other day I watched AJ play Dragon Age for the first time in months, like so long he forgot the ...
Cheese stuffed brats in a blanket
Game nights are the best kind of nights, whether that means you’re sitting around a table playing a board game or sitting on the couch (and jumping up every two seconds when something good or bad happens) while watching a football game. This past weekend, we did a little bit of both. Saturday was all about playing board games, while Sunday was all about football. Our team won ...
Introduce your kids to Star Wars with the Machete Order.
I consider myself a late blooming geek, I mean the tell tale signs were always there, I would farm in every video game even when resources weren’t a big deal, but hey, I always wanted 99 lives in Crash Bandicoot, and all the apples in Aladdin on Super Nintendo. I even dabbled in Pokemon in grade school, but I traded all my good cards for the cute ones. I’ve always been the ...
Tex Mex Doritos Party Salad
I love a good gathering of friends and family, where we can talk, watch whatever sports game happens to be on, and maybe even gather around a table to play games (those are my favorite gatherings.) No matter what type of event, the most important part is always the food. I took one of my families favorite recipes, and added my own little twist, replacing salad dressing for BBQ ...
Harry Potter Inspired Butterbeer Floats Recipe
You guys, it’s Harry Potter week! Psst, I did the math and Harry Potter is definitely turning 35 on the 31st. I’ve been reading Harry Potter since I was in third grade (because, yes I’m a decade and a month younger than Mr. Potter.) I’m thrilled that Harry Potter has weaved itself back into my life, now that Aliceana has turned 3 we decided that it’s time. It’s time that she’s ...
Homemade Honey Marshmallow Dragon’s Teeth (+ Behind the scenes at Dreamworks Animation)
If you follow me on social media, you know that I spent some time in California last week, I headed out to Dreamworks Animation on behalf of the Netflix Stream Team and got a huge sneak peek at Dragons: Race to the Edge (and Dinotrux, but I'll tell you more about that in August.) As always my opinions and words are still my own. After screening the first two episodes we got to ...
Quick Doctor Who Father’s Day Craft (Beer)
It’s that wibbly wobbly timey wimey of the year again. I bought AJ some really great gifts for Father’s Day, but you have to have the obligatory kid craft, and the obligatory craft beer. Crafts and beer go together like craft beer, aha, I'm so punny. Since ties are a big Father’s Day theme, I decided to roll with that, but rather than the long formal ties, I went with bow ...