We’ve had a string of cold, rainy days – I know boo-hoo. The kids were going a bit crazy, so we pulled out our scissors and Kumon workbooks and started having fun. Suddenly, I had a stroke of motherhood genius and realized the pages that Little Miss was cutting apart from the Let’s Cut Paper […]
cheap & fun
Nana's Flying Bugs
We said goodbye to Nana and Papa yesterday. Ugh. Never, ever fun saying bye to family – especially with 2 kids in the backseat crying as we pull out of the airport “I want them to stay foreeeeeveeeer!!!!” Sigh. It usually takes me a week or two to recover from airport drop offs. I try […]
Love at the Library
The library has been a big, bright spot in our summer. Two weeks into the unbearably humid, heatwave, rainy season, I was ready for it to be over. Then to top it off, when we did try to go out, every place was swarming with school-aged kids. It was more than I could handle to […]
spring of fun
The dishwasher is humming, the tile is drying, the bathrooms….still need to be cleaned. In the morning right after breakfast, we are headed to the airport in Orlando to pick up Nana and Papa. I’m not sure who’s more excited – the kids or us. The kids can’t wait for TWO WEEKS of non-stop play […]
Beach season begins
Thank you, Mr. Presidents for having a birthday so we can have a family beach day in the middle of February!! There’s something ceremonious about the first beach day of the season. Digging the bag full of buckets and shovels and sand toys out of the garage and dusting them off. Checking the stock of […]
Fast? Food?
Who knew that a fast food restaurant could be so much fun? Or that you could spend two hours there when you just went for dinner? And no, I’m not talking about waiting for your food at Arby’s! I’m referring to the ever-fabulous Chick-fil-a. It’s become a new favorite around here. We don’t eat out […]