photo friday: islands of (wet) adventure
One of the reasons we returned to the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal’s Islands of Adventure was that Chloe was finally, at long last, tall enough to ride on the castle ride. And she rode it, over and over again. While we did end up spending a large portion of the day shopping,
photo friday: legoland independence
While I only mention it here and there, I am very much a supporter of Free Range Kids. In fact, one reason that we moved to Decatur was so that my girls could have more freedom to take themselves to the places they want to go — the library, the yarn store, school(!), the yogurt
photo friday: legoland creations
Last week, I wrote a little about our rainy day at Legoland Florida. While we had hoped for a nice day and a chance to go to the water park (we had been so optimistic that we pre-bought tickets that then went to waste), we had a lovely time nonetheless. While the girls are on
photo friday: legoland in the rain
For weeks, I watched the weather reports, but kept assuming that the weather would be clear for our one chance to go to the water park at Legoland. Even as we approached and saw the clouds, we had high hopes that the storm would blow over quickly and we’d get the day we had planned
compromise: theme park equilibrium
I’m a cheapskate. I hate to spend money. I look for deals. I hold my wallet close. “Do I need this?” “Why do I want to buy this?” I’m not an extreme coupon kind of person — I don’t NEED that much toilet paper, detergent or other crap. I buy what will make us happy,
photo friday: medieval times
Back in June, Rob, the girls and I spent an evening at Medieval Times. Rob and Camille had gone before, but this was the first time that Chloe and I had been. And we had a blast cheering on the Blue Knight…who did not win, unfortunately. At the end, Chloe insisted on staying and getting
photo friday: metropolis
On our way home from our trip to Saint Louis, we decided to make a short detour off the interstate to visit Metropolis. A quiet downtown square area, dwarfed by a huge statue of Superman greeted us. We took a little time to shop in the Superman gift shop and then snapped some photos before
photo friday: city museum
Six and a half years ago, the girls and took a weekend trip to Saint Louis and, on the recommendation of a friend, we headed to City Museum. Ever since that trip years ago, the girls have been begging to return. So when we accompanied Rob on a St. Louis back in June, a return
photo friday: circle line
While Camille and I were in NYC a few months ago, we needed to find somehting we could do Monday morning with our backpacks. I had been trying to get the girls to take a Circle Line cruise for years, and I decided that would work well. We walked down to the pier; when we
Staying: Contemporary Hotel
I’m honored to have a my “review” of Disney’s Contemporary Hotel published today over on the lovely Keys to the Magic Travel blog!
photo friday: kim possible mission at EPCOT
While we were at Disney for a cousin meetup last week driving like mad and eating lots of sweets , we enjoyed some of the new tweeny type activities that have been installed since our last trip. In the “Magic Kingdom”, Camille spent a little time on the Sorcerer’s of the Magic Kingdom .. it
photo friday: disney cousins
A couple of months ago, we discovered that Rob would be having a board meeting at a Disney resort hotel, overlapping a Disney vacation by his brother and his family. After some back and forth, we decided to have Chloe miss one day of school for this once-in-a-lifetime chance to get to go to Disney
instagram: NYC
No, we didn’t take a quick trip to the Big Apple. Chloe thought the faux NY was missing the smells (roasting chestnuts, garbage) of the real one….
candy world aka sweet disney
The choco Mickey was quite enticing at dinner last night … In the end, cousins Chloe and Catherine got to share one. Chloe ate the head and Catherine the body. My girls went nuts in the candy section in the Japan gift shop at EPCOT. They reminisced about all the different candy and “Pocky style”
photo friday: callaway gardens
A couple weekends ago, we camped for two freezing nights at FDR State Park, just south of Atlanta. Part of the reason for the trip was that despite having lived in Atlanta for over a decade, we’ve never been to Callaway Gardens. So on Saturday, after thawing out and having had some breakfast, we made
Attractions: MagiQuest
A video game escaped from the computer and landed in the hallways of the hotel. Kids cooperated and assisted while working to complete their individual quests. We discovered MagiQuest back in 2009 while on a trip to Myrtle Beach.While we didn’t play on that trip, Camille researched it when we got back home and knew
Photo Friday: CNN Center
Since we have to stick closer to home this year so that Chloe can attend her “Training Team” gymnastic practices twice a week, I’ve decided that it might be lots of fun to play “Hometown Tourists”. There is a lot to see in Atlanta that we’ve just never made the time to see. This week,
Travels: Chattanooga Sights
Last week, my mom, the girls and I traveled up to Chattanooga to attend a Lunch Money concert. I decided to splurge a little and stay at the ever-so fun Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. Since we were in Chattanooga for less than 24-hours and some of that time was at the concert, we had to
Out West Trip: Day 14 (Barstow, CA to Morro Bay, CA)
Today’s Highlights: Visiting a ghost town, going down into an old silver mine, camping at the beach in Morro Bay. I got up early to do some more uploading of photos and other things on the computer. Everyone else got up a little later, and we packed up and left the KOA just a bit
Monday in Manhattan
While in NYC a couple of weeks ago, I offered the girls the choice between a trip on the Circle Line or a visit to the top of the Empire State Building. The unanimous response was in favor of the Empire State Building. I don’t quite get the reasoning, but I think it had to
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