Jun 17, 2016 | Random Thoughts, Toys
So…an advertisement for Tinker Crates kept coming through my Facebook feed asking whether or not I had a young scientist in my house, and I would just look at it briefly, think “How cool,” and scroll right on past it. One day, there was a video that...
Jun 13, 2016 | Photography, Toys
For many years, I nagged my husband again and again saying I needed what I called a “purse camera.” I LOVE my Canon 5D-Mark III, but there are times when so much is going on, that I wish that I had a small camera that would just fit into my pocket...
Jun 8, 2016 | Random Thoughts
Okay…we just completed our first lemonade stand of this summer. It was a huge success! Well…by huge, I mean the kids are all taking away a few bucks. Me, however, well…I’m out quite a bit of money. Lemonade stands when I was a child (a...
Jun 2, 2016 | Random Thoughts, Slider
There were many wonderful adventures we had while we were visiting San Diego, but one of my favorites was The Barlin-Kahn Family Panda Trek at the San Diego Zoo. I’d always heard about the San Diego Zoo panda bears but had never been before. Like most of the...
May 27, 2016 | Random Thoughts
Sharkarosa? What? Is it an aquarium? I wasn’t sure what Sharkarosa was when I was asked to chaperone my daughter’s field trip to this place. But…whatever it was, I knew I wanted to go. I think every field trip with my kids will result in a fun...
May 20, 2016 | Photography, Slider
So I dropped my kiddos off at school and decided that my task for the day was to clean out my “camera closet.” Well…I don’t want you to think that I have an entire closet dedicated to camera equipment…I wish! What I actually have is a...
May 17, 2016 | Random Thoughts, Toys
So I was at Market Street last week, and as I passed the floral section, a little container that said “Venus Fly Trap” caught my eye! What? A Venus Fly Trap! How cool! Right? Wrong… My kids were thrilled when they came home from school and found...
May 15, 2016 | Random Thoughts
So I headed off last Friday with my Mom and my sister to have an early Mother’s Day lunch together. We are all 3 moms, so we decided to celebrate together before the actual day on Sunday. Our destination? Eno’s Pizza Tavern in the Bishop Art’s...