Category Archives: houston
Fall Fun 4 – The Great Pumpkin Fun Run
In keeping with the family tradition (of sorts) once again finding ourselves with a small infant during the Halloween season, we headed off to the Texas Heart Institute’s Great Pumpkin Fun Run. This year, mama had more sense and stayed … Continue reading
Summer Fun #2
Another super fun thing we’ve done several times this summer is take advantage of the buy one, get one passes that the Downtown Aquarium offers. Since kids under two get in free, it makes for a super cheap date with … Continue reading
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Summer Fun
Since it’s now past Labor Day and summer is officially over (although you’d never know it here) I thought I’d take this week to post some things we did this summer I never got around to blogging about when they … Continue reading
Weekends – Beach Time!
This weekend we took Marion for her first official play in the sand trip to the beach. We went back in December when my mom was in town, but even in Texas, December isn’t exactly beach weather. We drove along … Continue reading
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Violet, You’re Turning Violet, Violet!
Oh, to meet your demise with a blueberry dessert piece of bubblegum. It’s felt like that around here this summer, all thanks to our friend Kelly who turned us on to Moorhead’s Blueberry Farm. It’s about a 45 minute drive … Continue reading
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Long Weekends – Vacation Time
Josh took last Friday off of work so that we could have a little vacation before the three become four. We decided to visit the Texas hill country since we haven’t been yet and have heard so much about it. … Continue reading
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Weekends – Summer Time
It’s very much summer time here, which means baseball! Of course we took her to go see the Cubs play! Of course, they lost. We still had fun though! Mr Brown Dog came along as well Summer time also means … Continue reading
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Fun with our friend Tracey!
And her momma Megan too! Megan and I have been friends pretty much since Josh & I moved to Houston. We met over a mutual love of knitting and it now extends to a mutual love/hate of Pilates and searching … Continue reading
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More Horseys!
Like I said, we have a slight horsey obsession these days. So I was super excited to go with our playgroup to visit the Houston Police Department’s Stables. I knew Marion would have a wonderful time and I’d be one … Continue reading
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
In Texas, at least, that means it’s bluebonnet time! Unfortunately, do the amazingly bright sun, this years pictures aren’t quite as good as last years. Well that, and the fact that this year my child has a mind of her … Continue reading
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