(Because you know there’s going to be about a billion of them, right?) Prior to leaving on your very long car ride, do NOT believe that you will save any time or effort by taking your children out for a quick fast-food lunch. You will tell them you don’t have time to run back home [...]
Dear State of Virginia, Thank you for the perfectly timed, albeit quick, warm front that came through while we were visiting you on vacation earlier this week. The warm sunlight on our faces was the perfect accompaniment to our sightseeing. The cherry blossoms were beautiful. The sunshine was just warm enough to make my kids [...]
Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell. Independence Hall. The home of Betsy Ross. The life of Benjamin Franklin. History. Patriotism. Pride. Three whiny, obnoxious, ungrateful, ill-mannered, rude, argumentative children. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Because you care about your children, and want to broaden their horizons and expose them to culture and history, you will schlep yourself onto the metro, with the gazillion other families also on Spring Break, and take them to the mall. And walk them up and down the mall, covering approximately twenty seven miles, pointing [...]
I have experienced the beauty that is a SuperTarget. There is no need for me to leave the state of Virgina. Ever.
Well, I have no doubt that those of you who have read this journal for awhile, or at least through our last two or three family vacations, have come here tonight, expecting to read an entry about obnoxious children, ill-mannered, disagreeable, quarrelsome, ungrateful hooligans, and the hazards of traveling with such social boors. You will [...]
What, exactly, constitutes a happy face? Well, here are a few examples from our vacation, in case you aren’t sure: PS. I’m sure those of you without high speed internet do NOT have happy faces right about now, as you realize this is less of a journal entry and more like my own personal vacation [...]
141 Days to Go I find it hysterical that at a beach/lake/water-park place we visited in Ohio, with all kinds of slides and monkey bars and play equipment in the water, my kids enjoyed digging holes best. I’m not quite sure what type of architectural masterpiece they were going for, but I’m pretty sure it [...]
144 Days to Go We are back from Ohio, safe and sound and in one piece, all persons accounted for. The kids and I had a great time visiting our friends and I think Blaine enjoyed the five days of peace and quiet around the house (although since he knows what’s good for him, he [...]
(or) “How I spent my Thanksgiving Vacation” Week 16 of LTM Wow, what a wonderful week we had in sunny, southern California! So many thank-you’s to send to friends, and friends of friends, who were willing to host us during our stay. I have to say, we took the tourist world by storm and thoroughly [...]