Archive for the ‘ Travel ’ Category

Back to School

9th July 2010 | 1 Comment

No, not me.  My oldest son.  He’s in a year-round school so our short (but long enough!) summer break is quickly winding down.  We didn’t do any of the fun things we planned on…no summer learning adventures this year.  We did make it to the zoo a couple of times and he spent almost a [...]


Fun Stuff Friday — The Aquarium

6th August 2009 | 0 Comments

So I mentioned the zoo last week for FSF (That’s Fun Stuff Friday!) and today I’m talking about something that you also have access to with the zoo membership…the 3 North Carolina Aquariums.  One of our “Learning Adventure” days this summer was a mini-vacation that included a day at the beach with a friend of [...]


Wishful Wednesday — A Vacation!

5th August 2009 | 0 Comments

We’ve made 2 very quick day trips to the beach this summer.  All three kids have loved every minute of the sand, surf, and sun.  I wish we could take them on a longer trip.  We have a long weekend coming up later this month…I’d give anything to have a hotel room (or small house…then [...]


The Museum of Natural Sciences

27th March 2009 | 0 Comments

Since intersession is almost over and we’d done practically none of the educational things I’d had big dreams of doing, we got our butts in gear yesterday and headed to Raleigh for a day at the museum.  We chose the Museum of Natural Sciences because it sounded the most interesting for a 6 year old.  [...]


Chivalry IS dead.

30th November 2008 | 1 Comment

We had a nice holiday at home with our families (a trip that almost didn’t happen because I woke up sick Monday) but I am so glad to be home tonight…and to have a legitimate excuse to avoid traveling for the rest of the holidays.  Though some people acted like I shot their dog when [...]