I woke up this morning racking my brain as to where I should take the boys today. We’re in the midst of summer break and I’ve felt this need to provide constant entertainment for the boys. We’ve traveled around town exploring new places, visiting some of our favorite spots and it’s be a lot of…
Yesterday was Jude’s 6th birthday and at his request (made several months ago) we took a family vacation to the beach. Aside from the typical challenges of taking 3 small children anywhere it was a pretty fun trip. We planned our trip to coincide with my parent’s (Grandma + Boogie) trip to the beach. We…
This past weekend Joe and I took a kid-free trip to Asheville, NC for a wedding. Joe was the best man in his friend’s wedding so we decided to take advantage of the opportunity and have a little retreat to the mountains, without kids. While in Asheville we had a lovely time visiting with friends…
North Carolina Summers are hot and humid. You will find us either comfortably hiding inside the house with AC blasting or soaking in the community pool. However, with 2 little ones taking long afternoon naps that leaves us stuck at home with few outdoor play options, until we got the Backyard Ocean Deluxe Square Party…
Kid Grid, the newest exhibit at Marbles Kids Museum opens to the public on Saturday, June 7th. Kid Grid is a partnership of Marbles Kids Museum and ABB, a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. In October 2012 ABB and Marbles announced…
Jude is a task driven child. If he doesn’t have a project to do he will create one which sometimes means I get my furniture rearranged or closet completely emptied. So this summer I will be spending a lot of time engaging Jude with different activities to keep his busy little brain occupied. Since he…
I love to give the boys the opportunity to explore new places and play along the way so today we went to the Prairie Ridge Ecostation – Nature Play Space. It’s similar to the Durant Nature Park Play Garden but much bigger and with more hands-on activities. We arrived a little before 10 am (they…
I recently saw “Blended” the new Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore film. To be honest I was a little skeptical about it because I hadn’t been too impress with the more recent Sandler films I’ve seen but I was pleasantly surprise. There is a wonderfully quirky connection between Sandler and Barrymore that just makes them…