travel

hooray for disney!
January 19, 2010 12 comments

hooray for disney!

In early December, I received an invitation to attend a really awesome event this February–The Social Media Moms Conference at Walt Disney World. It’s an event created by Resourceful Mommy ...

the polar express and the bso
November 21, 2009 4 comments

the polar express and the bso

More than a few exciting events are scheduled for the holiday season here in the DC Metro area, and if you’re anything like me, you can’t handle but one packed ...

hellooooo, hospital!
September 25, 2009 2 comments

hellooooo, hospital!

We’ve taken a break from our monthly business tours until today, and boy were Owen, Cora, and I excited to get started! Today’s tour was a little different; it didn’t ...

new for us friday--amusement park
August 21, 2009 4 comments

new for us friday–amusement park

After last week’s touchy New For Us Friday which was immediately followed by the somewhat unexpected passing of my husband’s amazing, loving, charming, and incredible grandmother, we needed to see ...

shore fun
August 8, 2009 7 comments

shore fun

Today, we’re heading home from the Outer Banks–a vacation we’ve been looking forward to for weeks but one that comes with a 6+ hour car ride journey. After my last ...

trying to keep smiling: quick trick, color cards
July 16, 2009 7 comments

trying to keep smiling: quick trick, color cards

This Quick Trick is something that has saved my sanity on several longer-than-expected waits at the doctor’s office, auto shop, Target, and even the grocery store. I have no recollection ...

travel bingo
July 2, 2009 13 comments

travel bingo

Maddy, Owen, Cora, and I have been in Pennsylvania for the last few days so that I could say goodbye to the father of one of my best friends while ...

super-supreme saturday
June 21, 2009 5 comments

super-supreme saturday

We are incredibly lucky to have an awesome hook-up at the Supreme Court this year (no joke), so today we got a behind-the-scenes tour of one of our nation’s most ...

new for us friday (preview!)--guppy gala at the zoo
June 9, 2009 3 comments

new for us friday (preview!)–guppy gala at the zoo

Today, as we at our breakfast, we read through the newspaper as usual. Every day, we talk about the pictures on the front page of the paper. Then, I open ...

museums, here we come!
April 10, 2009 2 comments

museums, here we come!

Just last week (Friday, April 8, 2009), the Post had an awesome insert in the Weekend section–A Kids Museum Guide. We LOVED the picture on the front who wouldn’t?!), and ...

at-home vacation
April 7, 2009 2 comments

at-home vacation

Woo-hoo! Woo-hooo!! Wooooo-hoooo!! (And boo-hoo!!) Posting this means that my amazing husband is finally home from his golf trip, and I couldn’t be happier to have him back. But it ...