As you know, the Easter Bunny counts on many of us to come up with the less sugary treats. Last week, we gave you "8 Easter Alternatives to Chocolate Eggs," and now, we have a few more Easter suggestions for you!

For instance, how about a Pogo stick to hop off some of that chocolate-inspired energy? 

In my last blog I talked about how the most affordable toy is the one your child plays with the longest. But now you’re in the store seeing thousands of ‘interactive,’ ‘open-ended’ and ‘creative’ toys that your neighborhood toy store sells. So how do you choose, from all of these, that one toy that will most interest your child?

I am not a jigsaw puzzle person. Whenever someone suggests doing one, I usually start thinking of better things I could be doing: re-organize the basement, iron my underwear, perhaps watch some paint dry? But then January and February roll around, the store is generally quiet, and the customers coming in are asking about games and puzzles, and I start to wonder if I'm being closed-minded, maybe missing out on some fun.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Gary here! First let me begin by saying that I’m not exactly sure what a ‘stocking’ is. I believe they were used by women in the Queen Victoria era as a way to shave their legs. Either that, or they were invented specifically for my father as a way to collect lint from the dryer vent on the side of the house. Either way, I refer to them as socks (or nylons - in my wife’s case) but we will call them stockings for this blog.