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 Sometimes junk mail works and when your son sees the DMNS has The Art of the Brick visiting, you renew your membership and reserve a day and tickets to go. We had a blast and discovered that we can wear masks for six hours minus taking them off to eat lunch.  Nice to know.  We highly recommended going and seeing the amazing art that can be created with toys. It was inspiring and so good to be back in a place I have been taking my children since they were babies.  P.S. Pictured is my favorite - the pop up book that had a great poem with it about the girl in the boat sailing around the moat. These girls together watching their brothers makes my heart happy. It was also a joy to have M over for a play date with my M too. I just love the parents on D’s baseball team. They are smart and kind and friendly and talented. I’m grateful I get to hang out with them sometimes just because my son is a wonderful kid.  Natalie informed me I’m only allowed to take pictures of h...

Danny is playing in baseball games again!  One of my happiest memories from this summer so far is watching him play as the sun set at the Sandstone Ranch ball fields with my mom and Michelle.  Turns out the coach's son has a twin sister and she and Michelle have become fast friends cheering on their siblings. We got to see what a virtual version of Girl Scout Day Camp was like in June.  I was amazing at how well they were able to make it work from home.  I can't imagine how many hours it took to prepare!  The highlight of our at home experience was dissecting an owl pellet and all the crafts Michelle got to make. Michelle ended her hip hop year with a red carpet recital by performing in the studio  with part of her class (3 other girls) and their moms, and being invited to join the dance studio's new competitive junior hip hop team.  She is excited to triple down on the hip hop classes next school year! When "Mom camp" is run by an artist for the ...

Another pandemic birthday and this boy came up with the perfect way for him to celebrate -- a way I probably wouldn't have allowed had we actually been able to have a party in person -- a Fortnite online party from 6:30-9:30pm on his big day.  We sent out Evites and delivered cupcakes the day of.  He wore his Fortnite pajamas all day long in preparation.  It was a dream come true to this guy and all I could do was shake my head in disbelief.  Oh, how I love this boy that is so different from me and yet so very lovable.  I am excited to see what the next year brings to him and hope with all my heart we can make some more dreams come true for him in 2020.  Happy 11th birthday, my favorite boy.  May this year be as magical as you are. The same week Danny had his birthday, Michelle finished 4th grade and three years at her Waldorf school.  It wasn't the way we wanted to say good-bye to a place she has loved but it is what it is.   I have been so ...

I don’t usually have my entire family sit down to watch a war film but this Memorial Day it was very important to me that they know this isn’t just a day off work to bbq with friends anyway.  I loved this movie!   I liked this quote from USA Today because my parents had showed me the old movie mentioned here: “Retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Samuel J. Cox, director of the Naval History and Heritage Command and the Navy's liaison for the film, says the movie is more accurate than 1976's "Midway" starring Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda. Cox ultimately gave the current telling a strong thumbs up.”  Making history come alive is one of my favorite things! To make Memorial Day a little more special Michelle and I made (and Hubby pulled out of the oven for us) a giant cookie/cake to later place vanilla ice cream, Hershey’s syrup and red white and blue M&Ms on top. Delicious!  Next time we are going to half the mini M&Ms inside but we liked the recipe ide...