Just for Fun Category Archive

Sunday I was going through the SNHParents stats and I cam across something interesting: in 2008 we haven’t had any visitors from Wyoming.
I know what you’re thinking, “SNHParents is about southern New Hampshire families, what would interest someone from WY? Nothing.”
And I would agree with you, except for one thing: in 2008 we’ve had [...]

Want to help the world’s hungry while improving your vocabulary? Head on over to www.freerice.com and start clicking! This site operates on a simple premise: you choose the correct definition for the word on the screen and they donate 20 grains of rice to those in need. That’s it! You don’t have to sign up [...]

When my daughter started walking I mentioned to my wife that I thought she (my daughter) moved like Godzilla and I wanted to make a video of her stomping toward little figures. She wasn’t entirely impressed, but I wonder what she’ll think after seeing these bumbo-inspired videos.

I can’t even begin to imagine [...]

I saw this photo on Gizmodo and offer it up as something to ponder over the long weekend. I know how stable Segways are supposed to be, but this just doesn’t look safe! What’s next, biking with the stroller alongside you? Somebody should contact Segway about creating a trailer (sidecar?) for kids.
Can we expect [...]

Our daughter is almost crawling. Really it’s more of a bobbing with occasional lurches in random directions. But she’s getting better. And that means baby-proofing the house. But wait, maybe it’s possible to house-proof the baby…
One Step Ahead Baby (www.onestepahead.com) has come up with the first step: a “soft, thickly-padded head covering” (no, not [...]

Southern New Hampshire has been dealing with an annoying combination of heat and humidity over the last few days. In case you’re wondering how bad it really is, below is a screenshot from the weather program on my PDA:

There’s only room for three numerals next to the icons. Bringing up the details screen shows things [...]

Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) is a simple rhythm game that requires you to hit combinations of four buttons as the corresponding symbols reach a specific point on the screen in time to a particular song. While the game can be played using a gamepad, it really shines when played using a floor mat. Now you’ve [...]

I know pacifiers (or nuks or binkies) can be a controversial topic, but if you’re a fan there’s probably no better way to show it than dropping $17,000 for a gold model covered with 3 carets of diamonds. No really…baby needs some more bling!
We just returned from a week-long trip with our 3-month old daughter. [...]

I just read on Daddy Types that some of the Schoolhouse Rock! cartoons are available on YouTube. (the link brings up some non Schoolhouse Rock! titles, but just ignore them)
This is a great way to take a trip back to the late 70s and early 80s and share classics like “Conjunction Junction” and “I’m Just [...]

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has released its annual report of the past years top 10 baby names for the previous year.
The lists for 2005 are:

Boys:

Jacob
Michael
Joshua
Matthew
Ethan
Andrew
Daniel
Anthony
Christopher
Joseph

Girls:

Emily
Emma
Madison
Abigail
Olivia
Isabella
Hannah
Samantha
Ava
Ashley

The SSA database also has lists of the 1000 most popular names from every year since 1880, with the option to sort by percent of total births or number of [...]