A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.Some Fun at the Park. There are several parks around town that I have been taking the boys to since they were babies. One of them is called Cottonwood Creek Park. This park is great for so many reasons–great play equipment for all ages,…
Coffee Break–Volume 19
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. A Trip To Trampoline World. Every year my boys make a “bucket list” of all the things they would like to do over summer break–a trip to Trampoline World is always included. We had Morgan’s birthday party here back in March and haven’t been…
Homemade Ice cream
Every year we go to my parents house for 4th of July and making homemade ice cream is a definite must while we are there. They have an old fashioned crank ice cream maker and it is tradition that all the men folk present take turns cranking. My Mom’s recipe is absolutely delicious! …
Coffee Break–Volume 18
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.A need to replace. I don’t like to have to replace things, but sometimes it’s necessary. In the case of a blind for the boys room–it was VERY necessary. As I sat duct taping their roller shade back together, Super Rockstar looked incredulously at…
Personal Size Pizza’s
I don’t know what kind of pizza you eat at your house, but at mine– it’s pepperoni 99.9% of the time. I like pepperoni ok, but sometimes Super Rockstar and I like to have our own kind–lots of meats and occasionally a veggie or two. The agony of picking out the parts the boys don’t…
Coffee Break–Volume 17
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1. A Snow Day. I’ve been cheated! I’ve been robbed! What kind of cockamamie weather system causes 12″ of heavy wet messy snow to fall at the end of May?! There was only 2 1/2 days left in our school year. 2 1/2! I…
Coffee Break–Volume 16
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.The Gig–This past weekend Super Rockstar’s band, SofaKillers played at Cleat’s West. I’ve mentioned Cleat’s East before–so I’ll let you guess which side of town this one is located on. They were great as always, but I got a nice surprise when my man…
Coffee Break–Volume 15
A weekly list of things accomplished, enjoyed, learned, tried and remembered. 1.Skating. If you are local and don’t already take your kids to Skate City–you should. There are two locations in town and we usually go to the one on Austin Bluffs. Our school PTO hosts regular discount nights and it’s always so much fun. …
Make Your Own Microwave Popcorn
The other day(Coffee Break–Volume 14), I told you about the wonderful miracle of Make Your Own Microwave Popcorn that I saw on a Rachel Ray show. I just had to try it and I’m happy to report that it turned out magnificently! The Ingredients: All you need is 1/4 cup popcorn, a brown paper bag…
Coffee Break–Volume 14
1.How in the world is Pokémon played? I still don’t know. If you do–please teach me. This weekend Grayson wanted to play with me and suggested Pokémon. Guys, we played for like 20 minutes and I had NO IDEA what was going on. He could have been cheating me blind and I would have been…