So I went to the Little Bee Craft Boutique and had a great time walking around and browsing through tons of booths with cute and creative stuff. The vendors were all very friendly and it was a great way to spend a Saturday morning. I like to go to these things to see what people … Read more
Here’s a great April fools’ trick from marthastewart.com. Tie a rubber band around the kitchen sprayer to give your kids and husband a surprise shower when they turn on the faucet! APRIL FOOLS!!! Here’s another good one…color milk with food coloring. Yum-yum! One time we asked my Grandma to make green macaroni and cheese. She … Read more
At my book club last week, conversation rolled around to Disney movies. One of the girls there said that Disney has a lifetime guarantee on all their movies, so if one of your Disney DVDs gets scratched or broken you can mail it in and they’ll send you a brand new one, even if the … Read more
We have a family get together each month to celebrate any birthdays in that month. We usually eat lunch or dinner together and then have some sort of activity. My husband and I were in charge of the March party, and we decided we wanted to talk about how we met our spouses, etc. My … Read more
If you don’t know how to play Sudoku, it’s time to learn. It really is a fun way to pass the time while waiting for kids or any other time. Here’s a quick run down: The object of the game is to get numbers 1-9 just once in each of the 9 mini squares and … Read more
Isn’t Sudoku addicting? I guess I do have a bit of a compulsive nature about me… anyway, I just recently went through a series Sudoku phase playing every night before bed, while waiting in the car, and even during my work as a transcriber for the deaf (not while I was transcribing, of course)! So … Read more
I learned a valuable lesson while at Disneyland in December. Our son was not very happy and was crying more than normal, I think because of all the newness and not being able to crawl around on the ground and play like he’s used to. My husband and I were grumpy because our son was … Read more
If you’re at Disneyland with children too young to go on the rides, take advantage of the “switch pass.” You can wait in line with your whole party and they’ll give you a switch pass which allows half of your party to go on the ride and the other half to go in the fast … Read more
Like I said yesterday, we went to Disneyland last week and I was surprised at how many people were there in December. I wouldn’t say December is a bad time to go, but November might be better. It was more crowded and colder than I expected. Anyway, we were there over a Thursday and Friday. … Read more
We went to Disneyland earlier this month and I have some advice for families with young children: WAIT! Disneyland really is a magical place but we had a hard time enjoying it with a baby. We were only able to go on about four rides in two days and our son hated all of them! … Read more