Bathtime Dragon Fun
The kids love their bathtub dragons and Berk island playset! Brian quotes the movie a lot, and Kendall makes up her own stories....
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Today we were surprised to receive an unexpected FedEx package. Turns out it was from Lego, for me! They had sent me a bouquet of flowers made by one of their Master Builders, as a thanks for “being an awesome mom!” I think maybe it’s because I reviewed something on their website? Or perhaps it’s because I’ve spent a really embarrassing amount of money on the plastic bricks we all love so much? It’s clear that we’re Lego superfans, just from all...
Read MoreKendall After School
I’ve come to really look forward to my Tuesday afternoons with Kendall! While Brian is at skating lessons, Kendall and I have some girl time. She’s so cute, every time I pick her up, she asks, “Do we have Mommy’s car?” She cheers when I say that we do. Then, on the ride home, she asks if we can do all of the things we’ve done on previous afternoons together. “Can we play with Baby Jenna?” “Can we ride bikes?” “Can we have...
Read MoreScanning Day, The Second
When processing the results of our scanning day, I had the horrifying realization that the first photos we did that day (which were rather dusty, coated in disintegrating tape, etc.) had done a number on the scanning lens. Nearly all of the following scans had some pretty major flaws, due to dust on the lens. I’m somewhat proficient at fixing up photos, but.. I’m not practically able to do hundreds of edits on hundreds of photos, in any reasonable amount of time. So.. We...
Read MoreLemurs!
Woo! Vacation week. Brian doesn’t have camp this week, Brandon and I have the week off, and we’re heading to the beach for July 4th. But, Kendall still had school today, and we knew she wouldn’t want to miss the Kinder Kixx soccer event! So we decided to do something special with Brian, and took him to the IMAX theater at Marbles to see the Island of Lemurs movie. I’d been wanting to see this one for awhile, so I was really glad to go. Brian doesn’t like 3D...
Read MoreThomas and Tweetsie, 2014 Edition!
Regular readers of our family expeditions know that we have been making yearly treks to spend a day out with Thomas since Brian was first able to watch the show. This year is no different, and this is the biannual trip to see him at Tweetsie Railroad, in Blowing Rock, instead of the NC Transportation Museum, in Spencer. The trip two years ago worked out well, with an infant even, that we basically setup the same trip. We left Raleigh after Brian attended Hudson’s Birthday Party...
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