Spilling the Beans

What a summer this has been for Magic Beans! First, we won the A-List award for Best Children’s Gift Store, then we received the Reader’s Choice award for Best Toy Store in our region from the Community News Corperation. Yesterday,...

What follows is a bit off topic, but I thought it was worth sharing. If you’re only here for the scoop on products, move on to the next post. When I was little, I was brave. Trolling the beach for...

Mark Bittman is one of my favorite cookbook authors. His “How to Cook Everything” is my go-to kitchen bible, and I highly recommend it, especially for beginners. Bittman hangs his hat on simplicity, which is particularly helpful for busy parents...

Oh wait. I’m the one who’s supposed to be making the noise. So to speak. I’m so sorry my posts have been so few and far between. It’s an unfortunate combination of factors that are leaving me with very little...

Check out this cute story – the family lives right near my parents. Basically, this family of Belgian descent had their seventh consecutive daughter last month, qualifying their new baby for an obscure 140-year-old Belgian tradition that had her become...

Sorry for the quiet around here. We’ve been moving the Magic Beans warehouse this week, and let me tell you, that’s been an adventure. We purchased used shelving for the new warehouse, and it arrived in a patently filthy condition....

Just found this tidbit on Boston.com. Apparently, a group of Norwegian scientists conducted a massive study about birth order and IQ, and guess what they discovered? Older children are smarter than their younger siblings by an average of 2.3 IQ...