I have fond memories of going on retreat as a teen. My school would schedule several trips throughout the school year to a monastery a few hours’ drive from my home. The retreats were a way for us to get…
Category: Musings on Family
Hooray! We Made It To the End-of-the-School Year!
The end-of-the-school year was a chaotic, mad dash, harem scarem, crazy mess. Come to think of it the school year wasn’t much better. We raced from homework to activity to school to the sports field. Isn’t it supposed to get…
Get #SubwayFreshBuzz Gift Card [Giveaway]
Was it only over a week ago that I was in Asheville?? Seems like only yesterday that I got up at the crack o’ dawn to drive back home. In actuality it was over a week ago. I had been…
Domino Build Game by MegaBloks [Review]
Games and blocks. What could be more fun, right? We’re a second generation building block family. I remember building for hours and hours in my room, in the living room, and really anywhere in my childhood home. We moved many…
Pucker up for Raisels [Review]
One of the best parts of the school year coming to a close is that I no longer have to pack lunches. After weeks and weeks of packing lunches for three children, I can say with certainty that most days…
Seizing Family Time at Universal Orlando [Review]
Spinning on the Accelatron at Islands of Adventure. I had an idea about writing a series of posts on traveling to Orlando with a focus on Universal Studios rather than other attractions. You know what I mean… Fueling up with…
The Customer Is Always Right
The screaming. The righteous indignation. The bulging veins on the neck. Over the years I have watched as family and friends have fought tooth and nail for customer service to right a wrong. I get it. If you buy an…
Protect Those Precious Smiles [Giveaway]
I have #BlogHer on the mind. See? I’m even adding the twitter hashtag to a blogpost. Crazy, huh!? As a newbie to BlogHer, I was anxious to soak it all in last year. I wanted to do everything, experience everything,…
Get Clicky with Lego at National Building Museum
Another of my posts over at Oyster Locals Blog. Did you know I write about DC? — Lego? Blocks? Buildings? Are your kids as obsessed with constructing as mine are? My little guy eats and breaths Lego… From morning til…
Getting Through It
School needs to be done. Now. Why? Because I am done. Kids are antsy for school to be over. School-year activities are mostly done. Two of the kids stopped getting homework this week. I’m struggling to keep the younger two…
