The twins went out of town with my Mom, so my hubby and I decided to take the toddler and spend a day as tourists in the Dallas Arts District. We started at the Crow Collection of Asian Art, which we had never been to before. It's a small museum, but I was impressed with what they have. The museum is free to visit, but they do happily accept donations. There was a photography exhibit and a jade … [Read more...]
The great outdoors
I admit it, the kids have had way too much inside time this summer. The past two summers we have gotten passes to the city pools and we did a fair amount of playing outside. This year we opted to not get swim passes and we have been watching way to much TV and spending too much time in front of the computer.Starting last week I'm really trying to make more of an effort to get us outside.My poor … [Read more...]
Journey of Hope comes to Arlington
Several months ago I posted about a young man named Jeffrey who was raising money for a group called Push America. The fundraising drive went along with a cross-country bike ride that he was going to participate in to raise awareness and money for those with disabilities. Well, he reached his fundraising goal and flew to Los Angeles last month where he began his 2,000 mile bike ride. Last week … [Read more...]
Cub Scout camp
The twins and I went to Cub Scout Twilight Camp last week. The twins are in the oldest group of Cub Scouts so this was their last year to attend Cub Scout camp. (Next year they will go to 11-year old Scout camp.)It was tiring, but we all had a good week. The twins enjoyed shooting BB's and archery, they got to build a shelf out of wood, they learned how to set up a one-man tent, and they … [Read more...]
our summer schedule
The twins and I seem to do better in the summer when we have some sort of schedule. Not an elaborate one, but a general idea of what's going to happen each day. My Mom found this a couple of months ago on Pinterest and and sent it to me. I filed it away and then when summer started I showed it to the twins. They thought it was a great summer plan. We've been sticking to the plan so far and I … [Read more...]