Mighty Cone is trailer awesomeness.

We have passed by the Mighty Cone trailer on a number of occasions, always making a comment as the colorful umbrella picnic tables catch our attention, “We really need to stop there and try the food.” Hubby and I both love Hudson’s on the Bend, the mighty people behind Mighty Cone, but Hudson’s is a [...]

Tiff’s Treats Coupon Code (good 9/28/09-10/4/09)

This Week’s Coupon: 15% Off any order over $20.00 You must mention this deal when placing your order by phone. If you call back to add the coupon to an existing order, the coupon will not be honored. Deal valid for orders placed and delivered (or picked up) Sept 28th – Oct 4th. Coupon cannot be combined with any other [...]

Momiji Hibachi and Sushi, northwest Austin

After a couple of friends mentioned Momiji as a Japanese restaurant that we should try, we headed there this weekend for some sushi.  We came on Sunday evening around 5 pm, and there were only a handful of diners.  That’s all the better for everyone dining, considering our kids were two hours away from bedtime. [...]

Austin Children’s Museum Announces Dates for Engineering Saturday

Austin, Texas (September 28, 2009) – Austin Children’s Museum, with support from the Monsanto Fund, kicks off Engineering Saturday, a program which allows children and their families to explore engineering through playful, hands-on activities led by students from The University of Texas’s Cockrell School of Engineering. On select Saturdays, visitors can participate in engineering challenges [...]

Texas Jumping Bean

Although Texas Jumping Beans is a little hard to find it was worth the effort.  Like some of the other indoor inflatable places this one is in a warehouse. It is tucked away off of I-35 near Austin Parks and Pizza. The parents are allowed to jump along with the kids on everything, and both [...]

“You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit.”

Over Thinking Parenting, editorials by me… My daughter has been saying “You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit!” for nearly a year, something that she learned from her preschool teacher.  I like that phrase.  It’s simple, powerful, and yet profoundly difficult to master. Each time that we are headed out the [...]

Perler Beads, old school fun

I am loving the fact that my preschooler is at an age where she can be entrusted with small objects without fear that she will put them in her mouth, up her nose, or in her ears.  This opens up the world of arts and crafts, beyond just the foam stickers, glue, paper, crayons, markers, [...]

Walton’s Fancy and Staple, gourmet sandwich shop and more

Usually places that flat out say “Fancy” in their title are not places that I think to take my children, but since this is Sandra Bullock’s second dining establishment in town (the first being BESS Bistro), I was curious in that Us magazine sort of way.  The restaurant opened this summer, touted as a bakery, [...]

Tarrytown Park, a neighborhood park close to just about everything

Our family outing this past week took us to dine on W. 6th St so we looked for a park within a few miles to burn off some of that “kid energy” beforehand to keep the kids from bouncing off the walls. We chose Tarrytown Park, a city “neighborhood” park between Westover and Windsor, close [...]

Digital Scrapbooking, a way to preserve your children’s photos

The Cricut (paper cutting machine) informercial just kills me everytime that it comes on television.  I love die cut machines, and to have one at home, that would be heaven.  Every scrap of paper in this house would be cut just for fun; I kid you not.  I priced out the cheapest machine at just under [...]

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