Inspired by shows like iCarly, my daughter has turned the whiteboard in her room into what she calls her “nonline blog.”
Archive of posts filed under the kids category.
Soggy July 4th, but still saw fireworks
It rained here the entire holiday weekend … the pool was close to overflowing! I wasn’t complaining though because we seriously needed the rain.
Toy Story 3
Over the weekend we went to see “Toy Story 3” in 3D at our local theater which I had been looking forward to since seeing the first two original films in their 3D double-feature last fall. As usual, Pixar has delivered another smash hit. TS3 is an amazing, beautifully animated film with a ton of [...]
Star Wars Weekend at Disney
We spent the day over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to check out the Star Wars Weekend event, and it was pretty cool! The park was the most crowded I’ve ever seen it, and this time it was mostly Star Wars t-shirt-wearing dudes my age waiting in lines to meet the characters (although, to be fair, [...]
Maybe we should have played P-I-G
My daughter’s basketball practice was canceled this evening so we drove over to the local park to shoot some hoops so she could still get some “practice” in. After some warm-ups and basic practice, the three of us decided to play H-O-R-S-E. Needless to say with my daughter being relatively new to basketball, she quickly [...]
One of the scariest things I’ve had to do
I’ve been skydiving (twice!). I’ve evacuated from a jet (on the tarmac) and gone down the emergency slides during a passenger-initiated evacuation (back in 2003 when someone thought there was an engine fire). I’ve been to a GWAR concert. All of that pales in comparison with what I had to do today: coach a bunch [...]
A day at Hollywood Studios
My sister came into town for the Easter weekend and yesterday we spent the day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios over in Orlando. The park was really crowded, evidenced by how quickly the FastPasses were being distributed: we got there around 10am and went immediately to the Pixar area to get FastPasses for Toy Story Mania [...]
Calvin’s Cleveland connection
How, after all these years of being a “Calvin & Hobbes” fan, did I never realize Bill Watterson is from Cleveland!? The Plain Dealer posted a brief interview with the cartoonist, thought to be his first since 1989. A C&H stamp will be issued by the post office later this year. I loved reading “Calvin [...]
Quick day trip to the Magic Kingdom
We’re on our way to north Florida to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family, but today we swung through Orlando to spend a quick day at Disney. We needed to renew our annual passes that we had purchased last November anyway in order to get the extra three months for free. Now we’re set through [...]
Toy Story double feature
What could be better on a Saturday afternoon than a family trip to the movie theater for the Toy Story double feature? Seeing these classic Pixar films on the big screen again (and in 3D!) was great. It was also a fun first-time experience for my daughter who wasn’t even born when the movies were [...]
