What’s so special about an eleventh birthday? Well, if you’re one of our kids and receive a Birthday Greetings Letter from Hogwarts, it’s a very, extra special birthday! For each of our boys, we made plans to surprise them for their eleventh birthdays with a letter from Hogwarts, wishing them a very happy birthday. We […]

History has not always been my favorite subject. In  high school, it was nothing more than memorizing dates and locations, never really getting into the meat of what history was. Or maybe I don’t remember the fun part of history..maybe there was never a fun part? As I’ve grown older, and fallen in love with […]

School breaks are a time when kids are SOOOOOOO bored from all their freedom. While I’m not a fan of scheduling every hour of a holiday with activities ’round the clock, I love having activities in an idea box ready to go if our imagination has gone kaput and we’re in hour three of the […]

Experience a trip to Comic Con through a Mom’s eyes…You can be involved with your kids fandoms! And maybe find a few of your own! The 2012 Dallas Comic Con. It all started so innocently. My husband and I were in bed watching television, and he was surfing on his laptop. Then I hear, “Honey, […]

I’m going to share with you my first visit to a full-on Sci-Fi convention! We get them here often, but periodically, one is definitely worth the whole family slogging through the crowds to get a peek at a character/actor we’ve loved. This year, there was a plethora! I apologize for the bad photos ahead of […]