Oh no!!! My son’s hamster Centex passed away 🙁 He was barely a year old, and we took such great care of him. Maybe he fell off a ledge? We took all the wooden ledges out of the big cage we had gotten for him. Or, he hoarded some food and ate it when it…
Have you ever held an American Eagle? Nope? It’s quite heavy, and when you look it in the eye and see its huge beak, you might be lucky to wear your sunglasses that day (at least I was). Lyons Cub “only” got to hold a barn owl (kids got smaller birds to hold), but still…
What’s it like to search for fossils in a quarry? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Today, we drove to the city of Hagen to meet the GeoKidz…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. It’s Easter Monday, a rainy day, so what better thing to do than to spend time together with the family, building things…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Educational toys are very important for children. Lyons Cub received his first junior microscope for Easter, and from his aunty, he got…
What’s it like to see insects trapped in amber under a microscope? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. For Easter this year, my budding scientist got a student…
What’s it like to go hiking and determine the name of plants with the help of the PlantNet App? Today, we went on a nature walk again, but this time, it was special, because we went hiking with a group of other parents with kids in Landschaftspark Fuhrkamp, with the goal of determining plants with…
What to give to a child who loves slime? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Lyons Cub loves slime; for example, he also likes to play with his…
What’s it like to observe specimen under a student microscope and to prepare specimen yourself? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Lyons Cub received a green Bresser junior…
What’s it like to visit Museum Koenig in the city of Bonn? Do you also have a child who loves museums? Lyons Cub was thrilled by the dinosaur exhibition in the Museum of Natural History in Munster and the early humans exhibition in the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann already, but today, we traveled to the…
What’s it like for a kid to win a beginner’s swimming badge? When is the right time to teach your child how to swim? There may be different answers to this question, but for us, we starting frequenting public swimming pools when Lyons Cub was about two-and-a-half years old. He learned some principal techniques to…
What’s it like to play soccer in a club with school children? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Sports is very important for children in order to train…
What’s it like to prepare for Easter with your kids? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. It’s Easter time here in Germany, which arrived with a stretch of…
What’s it like to play with LEGO’s at the new Megabricks place in Monheim? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. One of our favorite past-times, the Megabricks playcenter…
What’s it like to visit the aquarium in the Cologne Zoo? Well, we’ve been to Cologne several times already, to visit the Chocolate Museum, see the Gothic cathedral, and take a panorama trip on a ship on the Rhine River or to play at the indoor playground, Hoplop or visit the precious stones fair. This time, we went…
Can golden hamsters eat yogurt? Yes, they can!! Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Of course, we checked it on the Internet first and found out that dairy…
As a kid, we’ve probably all learned that dandelions are “poisonous.” We used to pluck the stalks into small pieces and pull them apart, throwing them into a bucket of water to watch them form cute, little ringlets. Do you know why? The dandelion stalks form rings because their inner side takes in more water…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. For this year’s carnival in the Rhineland, Lyons Cub needed two costumes — one that was kindergarten approved (Rainbow Friends Blue costume)…
What’s it like to attend a German carnival parade? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. On February 10th, 2024, Lyons Cub and Lyoness went to the Langenfeld carnival…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. For German carnival 2024, Lyons Cub went as Blue from Rainbow Friends to his kindergarten party. He also has the Green costume…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. For his 6th birthday, Lyons Cub got the Hot Wheels Mario Kart Track Set Deluxe as well as two extensions (the piranha…
Lyons Cub has had Centex the golden hamster for three weeks now. We’ve let him get used to his new environment for the first three weeks without disturbing or touching him. Now, time has come to get him used to our voices. So my son ate in front of his habitat and spoke softly to…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Isn’t that every kid’s dream — a toy train with a real smoking volcano??? At first, I thought my son had made…
Driving through the car wash is an excitement for my son every time. When we still lived in Clarksville, TN, we washed our red Toyota Camry ourselves in our own driveway. Here, in Germany, you’re forbidden to wash your car in your own driveway, because the soiled water could get into the ground water. Instead,…
What’s it like to play with an Orbeez Slime Kit? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Does your kid like gross things? Squishy things? Extendable, shapable, pullable things?…
What to feed your golden hamster? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. For his 6th birthday, Lyons Cub got a 9-week-old male golden hamster. He will have to…
What’s it like to build a snowman with children? Red cheeks and nose, thick snowsuit, snow boots, and warm gloves — it’s that time of the year where kids and parents enjoy sledding and building a snowman together! The snow has to have just the right consistency (not powdery and light, but sticky and moist)…
What’s it like to play with LEGO at the Megabricks store in Monheim? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Lyons Cub loves his Lego sets (he has a…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. At some point in time, every little kid has to make the experience of going to the dentist. What better way to…
What’s it like to get a golden hamster for a grade-school aged kid? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Lyons Cub will be 6 years old! For his…