summer fun

  • “Hair-spray”

    The Toddler has been a big fan of Curious George for over a year now. She loves to start her day by watching the show, and I love that it’s educational. {Only I’m afraid she’s sometimes inspired by George’s mischievous monkey behavior}. Her very favorite episode of all is a Halloween special called “The Legend…

  • Wild for water

    The Baby {who has outgrown that name and somehow become a full-blown Toddler}, has developed a keen interest in water over the past few weeks. And, if there’s anything we know for sure about her personality it’s that she doesn’t do anything half-heartedly. So, naturally, she doesn’t just like water. She loves water. She thinks…

  • Olympic Hopefuls

    We’ve been watching prime-time Olympics coverage every night since the Games began, and as much as I enjoy it, I’m going to need the gymnastics portion to end soon for the safety of my children. It’s never enough for them to simply watch the gymnasts do their thing… they must mimic their stunts using our…

  • Touchdown Braves!

    When the Spouse mentioned that he had reason to be in Atlanta for business this week, the big girls and I jumped at the opportunity to tag along and make this into a mini-vacation of sorts. We like big cities. So, here we are. And, we’ve packed a lot of activity into two days. We’ve…