*Edited to add pictures* Last night we had Jack’s tenth birthday party. We had a Nerf war in the park, followed by a movie projected on a sheet in our backyard. Ten 10 year olds. The Nerf part went actually fine – we just sort of threw them into an area of Audubon park bounded…
Mardi Gras, Easter, Tall Ships, and Bed Bath and Beyond
I have just fought with my computer for at least two hours to try to get my phone photos loaded on my Mac, and then up to this website. There were tears. In this age of modern conveniences, NOTHING IS EVER CONVENIENT. The lengths I go to, to keep my three or four loyal readers…
Saturday Morning Meal Planning
Hello dear ones – Thing Number One: Comments are “on” on all of my posts. And yet they show as “off.” I don’t really know how to fix this, so I’ll do what I normally do with this blog – which sadly must remain at the bottom of my list of priorities – and that…
Mardi Gras Recap – Do I Even Remember At This Point
We started the Mardi Gras season off right – eating a doberge king cake and watching some floats slowly drive down the road behind a police escort, heading from their den to the lineup. The first parade of the season that we attend, generally, is Cleopatra, and the children were wild with excitement on the…
Mardi Gras 2018! Part 1 – Preparation
Mardi Gras came hot on the heels of Christmas, and together those holidays sandwiched a Disney trip – so basically it’s March and I’m exhausted. But exhausted by fun! First – we came back from Disney on Thursday. We almost didn’t make it, as the previously mentioned polar vortex froze up all of I-10 –…