Summer Camp Week 1 Roundup!
Woo! This week started Brian’s summer off with a summer camp double header. He was at the NC Museum of Natural History in the morning for the boys-only Science of Ick camp, and at Marbles for a Cook A Book camp in the afternoons. I had hoped that since the camps are both downtown, that the 45 minutes break between them would work out okay, and as it turned out, it really was! In fact, it was really quite nice, getting a break from work to walk over to Natural History, have a picnic...
Read MoreFather’s Day
Happy Father’s Day! Our first (and probably best) present for Brandon was to let him sleep in today. I bought him some time by keeping the kids busy making a pancake breakfast. They helped me decorate the pancakes with Hello Kitty stamps, using chocolate and strawberry syrup, and with Star Wars stencils, using powdered sugar and cocoa powder. We also made up a big batch of citrus water, using our new beverage dispenser. This doubled as a sort of science experiment for Brian, seeing...
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...
Read MoreThomas at Tweetsie!
Here are our overpriced tourist photos from Day Out with Thomas at Tweetsie this year! More details in another post....
Read MoreSkate Party, Heading to the Mountains
Today we are starting our summer vacation in earnest! Brian had a birthday party for his friend Hudson at United Skates of America this afternoon, and following that, we started our trek out to the mountains for Day Out with Thomas at Tweetsie Railroad tomorrow. The kids are sure excited to stay at a hotel this evening, and had a fantastic time packing their new suitcases for the trip! We arrived pretty late, around 10:30pm, so I’m sure they will be tired tomorrow, but maybe the...
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