Last week was Spring Break for our three little ones. We decided to spend a few nights in San Diego to visit Legoland. When deciding on a place to stay, I remembered staying at “Vacation Village” on Mission Bay back in the early to mid ’80s. I always loved our visits there and wanted to [...] Read more »
Well, its been a whole year since I started Mom on the Make. Looking back at my first post, Seatbelt Bags, brings back fond memories of the beginnings. I had purchased my domain name the prior week and was determined to write several times per week. I have accomplished that feat during most of these [...] Read more »
Working on mastering the settings on my DSLR. Here’s a few shots from the homestead. I love photos of jellybeans around Easter time. Black jellybeans are my favorites – what’s your’s? Love the Easter baskets too……I think aqua is my new favorite color. My favorite strainer hanging from my ceiling pot and pan organizer…. [...] Read more »
As I discussed in my last post, I visited NYC last weekend and saw the sights for three full days. While walking around the streets of NYC, there is so much to see. A particular window display caught my attention while roaming around downtown. The display was of cakes shaped like luxury handbags!! Students from [...] Read more »
After this past weekend, I can now say that I completely understand what all of the hullabaloo is about New York City. I had only been to NYC twice before. Once in high school for a family vacation, and once to meet friends for dinner about fifteen years ago. We just zipped in on the [...] Read more »
Bam Bam loves his legos. He has a corner in our living room dedicated to lego building. Our hope chest that used to serve as a nifty window seat, is now Lego central. Its the perfect height for his building activities. There are usually either space stations that he built adorning our hope chest or [...] Read more »
I found this quote on Katherine’s Corner blog, and just love it, so I have to share. This idea is something Mountain Man is always trying to make sure I keep in mind, when the worry mill starts running through my head. He’s right, and this quote just smacks you in the face, and shows [...] Read more »
I have been off the blogging map for 10 days. It feels like an eternity. It has been a crazy couple of weeks, and blogging fell by the wayside. Well, I’m back now and intent on posting again at least five times a week. We watched Bam Bam play indoor soccer this morning with his [...] Read more »
I’ve decided to begin a new weekly feature where I will post the funniest and/or most interesting quotes heard from my family in that particular week. There’s just so much material, I’ll have to be diligent about taking notes in my Evernote app to remember everything. Here are three from last week to get us started……. [...] Read more »
I love finding random writing prompts online to spark an idea for a post. Invariably a vivid memory will immediately pop into my head. I try to always write about the first thought that pops to mind, instead of thinking it through and second guessing myself. Today, I found the writing prompt “I had the [...] Read more »
