We all have the day off today, we spent the morning at the dentist. It was the first visit for the four year-old. Pretty ho-hum stuff huh? He thought so too so he wore his vampire teeth and hid them behind his hand until the dental hygienist came into the room. He pulled the same…
Tag: Kids
Financial Aid for Child Care?
“Poor Piggy” by Katie Greaney “Child Care Costs More Than College” was recent title in my feeds. With the youngest in full-time childcare and the oldest in college it naturally caught my eye. Especially this time of year when I am getting hit with fees left and right, $100 here, $600 there, and oh by…
Last First Day
Today is the ten year-olds last first day in grade school. Next year she moves onto junior high and new school. It is also the start of the end for walking her to school. Though in two years we will be walking the youngest to kindergarten. Last year, headed to 4th grade with the same…
Portrait Party
Summer birthdays are the pits for kids. No celebration at school. Attendance is slim at your party due to summer travel. For mom though, it is not so bad. No icing and transporting 50 cupcakes. Smaller party, smaller headache. My daughter turned 10 over the weekend and had a small party to celebrate. Only a…
Adventures in Legoland
We went to LegoLand for Spring Break this year. Actually this is the first time I think I have ever been on a Spring Break. Oh wait, I did go to Florida my freshman year of high school to visit my Aunt and Uncle. My face got so burned it was all swollen the next…
Tiger Woods of Air Travel
I hate flying, always have and always will. The last time I flew to California I was completely unprepared, as I fully expected to just sit back watch a movie and read my book to fill in the remainder of the time. To my shock the plane did have ANY on board entertainment. This, in…
Killing Time at the Airport
As it turns out, you can get to the airport too early. Especially when traveling with kids. On our recent trip to we decided it would be easier to drive to the airport and park in long-term parking. This means driving to the airport, parking, hoping on a shuttle bus, then up to the tram…
I went to Legoland and all I got was this…
Lego silicon cake pan! I am a sucker for these type of things, I could not resist. Thinking about it, this was the only souvenir I brought home for myself, the sunburn doesn’t count. Our nephews our visiting tonight so I thought I would give it a whirl. I made a standard cake mix and…
The Next American Idol
I love my 3 year-olds version of the Spider-man song, especially the inflection of his voice when with the “of course he can” portion. Though, somewhere along the way he mashed it up with Santa Claus is coming to Town. Not his best rendition, but you get the idea. Pardon the crap quality of the…
Market and Museum
We checked out the Green City Market at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum today. Went thru the museum too while we were there. The market was really crowded, I’d prefer to go when it is not indoors. We didn’t get much, just apples and apple cider. The kids got a huge piece of egg pie…