When we started planning our Disneyland overnight, Mike almost immediately started angling to make a visit to nearby Medieval Times. Mike has wanted to go to MT since he saw Cable Guy in 1996. Growing up in Southern California, I’ve seen countless commercials for the “dinner and tournament,” and never had a desire to go. Mike rightly pointed…
Happiest Weekend On Earth
September 29th, 2014Comments: 18
One of my most vivid early childhood memories happened when my brother and I were four or so. My parents said to us one evening, “Let’s go for a drive!” I remember this being especially cool because we were driving at night, and usually when it was dark out, bedtime was near. Despite the fact…
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Surfing Sunday 9.28
September 28th, 2014Comments: 3
We’re in the middle of one of our craziest (but most fun) weekends of the year. Amusement parks, theme dinners, birthday parties, movies…I’m actually surprised that we’ve managed to fit everything in! The kids are both on cloud nine, and Mike and I are, too. We’re all going to sleep hard tonight. Good Reads ~ I love…
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How Do You Soothe?
September 27th, 2014Comments: 55
This giveaway is sponsored by Tommee Tippee. Try as I might, none of my kids really took to the pacifier. The NICU Maddie was in regularly used pacifiers, and she would suck on hers occasionally. However, when we got home, she was pretty over them, only accepting one every now and then. Annie took a…
Sick Tricks
September 25th, 2014Comments: 17
James and Annie both came down with New School-Year Colds during the second week of school. I was a fanatic about not getting it. I had my cousin’s shower, then my trip to NYC, then my parents were leaving town for a week. Mike caught it last week, bad enough that he actually stayed home…
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