Two days after school let out, my mother in law, the kids, and I drove down to Virginia to celebrate my brother in law’s recent wedding. The kids loved spending some one on one time with their uncle and newest aunt, we had a great time spending a couple of nights at a hotel, and…
Happy 4th of July!
Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays! Why? Because I LOVE the USA! (Plus, the fact that the kids don’t expect candy or presents when they wake up on the morning of July 4th is a HUGE plus now that I’m a mom) We woke up early this morning to attend the annual 4th…
Ovaltine Awesome Summer Giveaway
When I was a kid, Summer time was about playing outside all day long. Summer was about swinging and swimming and sweating. If I asked my kids about Summer today, I bet they would say the same thing. My favorite childhood Summer time memories occurred in Lake Tahoe. Before I was born, my grandparents had…
Go Camping for National Great Outdoors Month
My family didn’t go camping when I was a kid (if I remember correctly, we camped once during my childhood). I didn’t complain. I was perfectly happy with “roughing it” in our cabin down the lane from the beach at Lake Tahoe. Tahoe was our yearly Summer vacation, and I looked forward to it all…
Take Your Pix Board Book Albums Review
Way back when, I was an avid scrapbooker. I still have the stickers and the paper and the gel pens to prove it. However, my scrapbooking partner moved, my life got busier, I started blogging…..and scrapbooking fell to the way side. I didn’t realize how much I missed it until I got my…
Heart and Soul
Normally, when the kids pluck at the piano, I can’t wait for them to stop. Only KitKat has taken piano lessons. Necco is my violinist and guitar player. Reese has recently showed some very promising piano skills. She has my Grandma’s ear for music and can pick out a song on the piano despite the…
Family Movie Night Returns
My son once asked me if TVs were invented when I was a kid. Yes, son, in fact TVs have been around much longer than Mom. I actually watched quite a bit of TV when I was growing up (a fact that my kids have a hard time accepting, since we currently don’t have TV…
Who Says Costumes Are Only for Halloween?
One of my favorite new-to-me traditions on the 4th of July is capturing unique photos of fireworks. Ever since I can remember, both as a child and as a parent, I have spent July 4th watching fireworks. We usually head a few miles away to the County Fairgrounds, where they put on quite an impressive…
Mason Gets a New Jar
Mason the caterpillar emerged from it’s cocoon yesterday. Sadly, none of us were around to see him actually break through the cocoon, but there was a new moth in the jar and a hole in the cocoon, so we’re pretty sure that this is the new Mason: He was much cuter as a caterpillar. In…
Meaningful Mornings
Yesterday morning, as I hurriedly walked the kids to school, AJ said to me, “Mom, you’re mean.” It was a bad morning. One of those rush-around-the-house trying to find socks, homework, and hair brushes kinds of mornings. I was sternly telling AJ that he needed to speed up the pace, and he (of course) interpreted…
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