From the monthly archives:

September 2008

Adam captured this beautiful shot of a hummingbird in our backyard. We have at least two that stop by regularly.

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My kids love Kid K’nex and so do I. We already own several building sets including Dino Pals, Undersea Pals and Zoomin’ Buddies. Many toys come and go in popularity but after two years these ones still hold a prominent position on our toy shelf. Kid K’nex recently teamed up with Sesame Street Workshop to [...]

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Tyrone rules the school! He’s king of the monkey bars, a math machine, and a science whiz. The only thing he doesn’t like about school is reading. Books are so boring! But when strange visitors start dropping by the classroom for story hour, Tyrone discovers there’s more to books than just words on pages. Tyrone [...]

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We are back from our weekend escape to Las Vegas. The purpose of our trip was to visit Adam’s mom. Now that we are only a five hours drive from Vegas our intention is to visit more often. Grammy (and her husband Rick) have a thing for Yorkshire Terriers. Two of their Yorkies are show [...]

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This past week I decided that the kids and I needed a fun fall project. Fall has always ranked the highest as my favorite season. For the past five years I was spoiled by living in the fertile apple orchard kingdom otherwise known as Romeo. Right about now I could really go a hot homemade [...]

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Not sure what to do this weekend? This Saturday, September 27th, is Museum Day 2008 at participating Smithsonian museums. Locate a museum and download an admission card (good for two free admissions) to get in on this great offer. I had grand plans to take the kids to the San Diego Air and Space Museum [...]

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