We braved the heat & humidity to go to Ice Day this year at our local zoo. Once a year as a form of enrichment they treat the animals to frozen goodies and even put ice sculptures in some of the habitats for them to explore. We were only there a couple of hours, but […]
Filed under: Notes from the Road, Family Updates, Mommy Musings on July 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
Thanks to blackout curtains and a busy day at Epcot, we slept in again. We caught the bus to Magic Kingdom and arrived around 11am.We headed straight to Tomorrowland to fight evil with Buzz. On our way out we saw Stitch and waited in line for a photo.
Layla was extremely excited to see him and […]
Filed under: Notes from the Road on May 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
We took a pretty ideal vacation to Orlando for Layla’s birthday. We drove down on Friday after Layla’s birthday ceremony at school. At Montessori they don’t really have parties, but the parents bring a special snack, a poster with a picture for each year of the child’s life and their classmates sing a song about […]
Filed under: Notes from the Road on May 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
The 2009 camping season is about to begin for the bug and me. This week looks like a perfect one- rain free, warm days, nights above freezing, but still cool enough for campfires. Layla is on Spring Break and Ben is trying to meet a deadline so would appreciate the peace and quiet. I can […]
Filed under: Notes from the Road, Mommy Musings on March 13th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This weekend I took Layla on her very first tent-camping trip. The plan was to head to Rock Island on Friday night, but my car had other plans. So instead the car got a new battery Friday night and then we headed out first thing Saturday morning. I had called to reserve a spot before […]
Filed under: Notes from the Road, Family Updates, Mommy Musings on August 18th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
