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Texas

a slice of 6th street with pizza on the side

October 28, 2010

Last weekend I was in Austin, Texas for Bloggy Bootcamp with the fabulous SITS Girls. Sunday morning found a few of us roaming 6th Street in search of breakfast… ..but we stopped when we smelled that pizza. A plate with TWO large pieces of pizza, a roof-top patio, and a group of fellow bloggers turned [...]

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A tale of two pumpkin patches

October 10, 2010

Once upon a time not far from Holly’s house in a popular suburb of one of the country’s largest cities was a pumpkin patch. And by pumpkin patch Holly means a large picturesque field where pumpkins are trucked in and laid in neat rows. Holly and her family visited and enjoyed the pumpkin patch very [...]

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dallas arboretum

September 18, 2010

boy walks toward the playhouse in the Dallas Arboretum

These are pictures from our very first visit to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. We went with a group of friends who swore that it was going to be kid-friendly. I was skeptical…flowers and trees don’t hold my boys attention very long. Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens – 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218; [...]

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ft worth botanical gardens

September 4, 2010

Tucked inside the Ft Worth Botanical Gardens is an amazing place for kids. It is an elevated boardwalk through the forest with all sorts of special places to visit. Fort Worth Botanic Garden: 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107 – (817) 871-7686 Enter the first Garden entrance (closest to 30) and park along [...]

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day trip

June 1, 2010

My boys are a little obsessed with China. It all started a month or so ago when Pingping (at the time he was the world’s smallest man) appeared on The Amazing Race. Because of their obsession with The Guiness Book of World Records, Pingping was a huge celebrity in their minds. Unfortunately, Pingping passed away [...]

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Splashing around DFW

February 16, 2010

Yes, last week we were SNOWED in… 12 1/2 ” ya’ll! C.R.A.Z.Y. A few days later we are still shivering, but the snow is almost gone. It was so weird seeing SNOWBANKS in local shopping center parking lots. Anyway, we are slowly thawing out and I am trying my best to segue into some WATER [...]

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