Last weekend we spent some time skiing. My dear friend Megan and her son Aidan came into town for the President’s Day weekend and we skied for two days. Timmy took advantage of the beautiful skiing weather to take some video with his new camera mounted to his ski helmet. I’ll share with you right … Read more
During the Disney Princess Half Marathon weekend, we played hooky off-resort and went to Sea World.
On our weekend trip to Orlando at the end of February, I was hesitant to invest in one-day Disney World tickets. The solution came easily to us. Thanks to the Sea World Entertainment Hero Salute program, military members and up to three dependents can get one day’s admission per year to one of the company’s parks: Sea World, Busch Gardens or Sesame Place.
We have taken advantage of this program many times, from Sea World when Jacob was a baby, to Sesame Place twice.
Jacob turned 10 years old earlier this month. We had a small birthday party for him at the house, and Jacob enjoyed playing with some of his birthday gifts. Thanks to everyone to recognized his birthday with nice gifts, and thanks to those who took time out of their busy schedules to celebrate with us … Read more
Our friends and neighbors, the Scotts, took our family out on their boat last weekend. It was so kind of them to offer; their boat seats 4 adults and 2 kids pretty well, but no more passengers than that can fit, so we had to find a weekend that didn’t involve other visitors. We here … Read more
The kids are definitely enjoying their summer vacation so far! Apparently Jacob was working extra-hard this school year because I hadn’t seen him this happy in a long time. School and baseball just wore him out, I guess. They’re enjoying sleeping late, staying up late at night and not having to get dressed until lunchtime. Oh, the summer life!
Since school ended last Thursday, the kids have been doing little else besides playing games, riding their bikes and playing catch in the backyard.
While under our virtual house-arrest, the boys got along GREAT and Dave and I could catch up on several household tasks. We had visited Target on Friday and let the kids choose one video game and one board/card game each. We enjoyed all of that and then some: Uno, Phase-10, Rummikub, chess, Monopoly, Guitar Hero and even our new “Go” board game.
I also helped out with this week’s Cub Scout Day Camp. Even though my boys can’t go (because of our upcoming Road Trip), I had received a request to help out with some craft preparations. I offered my assistance and I received a task that was PERFECT for this past rainy weekend: FiMo clay Star Wars action figures. You press the clay into the molds, then bake a pan full of them at 230F for 30 minutes to harder. They are to be used in snow globes (Hoth?) that will be made with baby food jars.
Here is a picture of what I was working on. Cute, aren’t they? They weren’t easy but with the rainy weather, we had all the time in the world! I had to make 150 of these.
Of the dozen-or-so characters to choose from, there are the only ones that will fit through the mouth of a classic baby food jar. These were among the best of the batch. Most of the Yodas looks more like Gizmo from "Gremlins", and most of the Obi Wans and Chewies had no discernable faces. The molds for these were made by "Kenner" years ago. I tried to find a link to the mold product but can't find any.
One of the things I’m guilty of is trying to balance visiting friends with every trip we take back to the Northeast. You know who you are! There are many of you I haven’t been able to see in YEARS because we’re trying to see other friends. Now that I’m a GeekMom, there are a … Read more
Last weekend Dave and I were invited to a birthday party! It was an 80s themed birthday party and Stephanie (the same girl I went to Disneyworld with a couple weekends ago) knows how to throw a great theme party! She decorated her house with vinyl records, cassette “mix” tapes and posters of 80s movies. … Read more
As you read in Part 1, Steph and I had to try to sleep the night before the big race, except we were too excited to sleep and we each probably got 3-4 hours of sleep total. We got up at 2am — YAWN! — and was ready to meet the first bus from our … Read more
I’m so excited to finally have time to sit down and share my experience with my first runDisney race a couple weeks ago! Last fall I signed up to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon, whose route covers Magic Kingdom and EPCOT. The race was on February 26th. A neighborhood friend, Stephanie, and I made … Read more
Dave Update: Friday was a pretty good day for him. He was able to rest very comfortably, and after the kids came home from school he walked up and down our block — the kids walked the dog. With the back brace he’s keeping very nice posture while he back heals… He’s looking great, and … Read more
