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…
What’s it like to get a visit from Saint Nicholas on December 6th in Germany? 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. Saint Nick had come to us in…
What’s it like to go to the Christmas Market at the Botanical Garden of Solingen? 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 the Botanical Gardens of…
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. Do you have a preschool or grade school aged kid who loves Legos, the cool plastic construction toys from Denmark that have…
What’s it like to watch the fireworks on New Years Eve in Bergisches Land, a western German region of which Wuppertal (with its famous suspension monorail) is a part? 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…
What’s it like to establish and maintain an aquarium? 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. Already since his birth, Lyons Cub enjoyed watching the fish in mommy’s aquarium…
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 two different Hot Wheels race tracks for Christmas 2023, the Jungle Kingdom race track from his aunty and the…
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 Christmas 2023, Lyons Cub received a Hot Wheels Mario Cart race track from his aunty. He already has several components of…
What’s it like to distinguish edible from non-edible chestnuts, and how to bake the edible ones? Or, rather, how not to bake them…??? Lyons Cub really made a bad experience baking chestnuts this October. First, how do you tell edible from non-edible chestnuts apart? It’s quite easy: Edible chestnuts look like this: Here, Lyons Cub…
What’s it like to go to a precious stones fair with your pre-schooler? 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 everything shiny and glittery. He has…
What’s it like to disguise as a robber for Halloween? Strictly speaking, a specific one, namely Raeuber Hotzenplotz from the famous children’s book series written by Otfried Preussler? 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…
What’s it like to try out a tamping machine simulator? Well, on September 15th was the big day: Tag der Schiene, or Day of Tracks! Like many railroad construction companies, the Deutsche Bahn, parts manufacturers, maintenance halls, and other railroad academies, mommy’s training facility also celebrated this day around the railroad. And what could be…
What’s it like to care for a carnivorous plant? 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 meat-eating plants. He got to know the Piranha plant through…
What’s it like to go to a bouncy castle festival? On this hot and humid August weekend day, we set out to attend an Altano bouncy castle festival. On the posters, they had promised to flood the water slide if it didn’t rain — well, it didn’t rain YET, so we were hopeful, and we…
What’s it like to go to the open house day of the local fire department? 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. Wrapped around the light poles, we had…
What’s it like to go swimming in the CaLevornia pool in Leverkusen? This weekend was very hot, around 33 degrees C, so we went swimming on both days: On Saturday, we ventured out to the Waldbad (forest pool) in Hilden, and on Sunday, we visited the CaLevornia indoor pool in Leverkusen from 9 a.m. to…
What’s it like to visit an interactive drop forge industrial museum? The Bergisches Land, literally “hilly country,” where the city of Solingen is located, has a deep industrial history. Today, Lyons Cub, mommy, and grandma visited an ancient “Gesenkschmiede” or drop forge, which functions as a museum nowadays. We were able to participate in an…
What’s it like to visit the Botanical Garden in Solingen? Lyons Cub has visited several attractions in Solingen already: Today, we set out to visit the Botanical Garden, which already exists since 1963. It was July 2nd, the day of the pineapple festival (but alas, mommy had forgotten her wallet in the car, so we…
What’s it like to go to the playground Engelsberger Hof in Solingen? Actually, Lyons Cub sat on my lap while we were looking on the Internet where to find a very cool playground in North Rhine-Westphalia, and we happened upon this playground, which was almost like a tiny version of Irrland, where Lyons Cub traveled…
What’s it like to visit Schloss Drachenburg and ride the Drachenfelsbahn in Königswinter? 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 knights, castles, and medieval markets. He…
What’s it like to go to a summer festival at a Schrebergarten? 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. A Schrebergarten, founded in the late 19th century, is a…
What’s it like to visit the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann? Are your kids interested in ancient human beings, tools from the Stone Age, mammoths, skeletons, and the like? Well then, a cool destination would be the Neanderthal Museum in the city of Mettmann, on the traces of one of the first human beings, the Neanderthal…