My family makes an annual pilgrimage to Disney World every winter. It’s five fun-filled days of traipsing around the parks and remarking how temperatures in the 60s feel like summer to us, even as every Floridian we see is wearing a winter coat! This year there were no Hawks of Death or indecent groping of characters, [Read More]
Off to Disney!
It’s that time of year again. My family is headed to Disney World for a little fun in the sun. Loyal readers know that something crazy ALWAYS happens to us while we are there. Okay, maybe not crazy , but we always have some incident to laugh about upon our return. While I’m gone, feel free [Read More]
Elsa and Anna’s 10 Favorite Christmas Songs
If you have kids or grandkids, then you’ve probably seen Frozen. If you have young kids or grandkids, in particular, then you’ve probably seen Frozen no less than 3,281 times. I’ve had a lot of fun experiencing the Frozen phenomena through my seven-year-old daughter. It’s a great movie with terrific characters, songs, and heart! Elsa, Anna, [Read More]
Mom, you look like…
Has anyone ever told you that you look like a celebrity? Every now and then, someone tells me I look like Princess Di. I’ll take it! Of course, every now and then someone tells me I look like Alice from the Brady Bunch. Hmm. But the other day my seven-year-old daughter told me I looked [Read More]
Our 2013 Trip to Disneyworld, Part I
I’m baaaaaaccccccckkkk. Yes, folks, we survived and thrived during our 2013 trip to Disney World. A good time was had by all and no ducklings were ripped to shreds in front of our eyes by a giant hawk. (Seriously, there is NO WAY that the Pool of Death story from last year can ever be [Read More]
The Bad Dad’s Princess (Disney Week)
If you’ve ever taken your family to Disneyworld, you know it’s both exhilarating and exhausting. This, of course, means it’s the perfect setting for misadventures in parenting. Today I share the first of 3 posts stemming from my fam’s recent trip to the Happiest Place on Earth. Because I’m a genius (!), I declare this [Read More]