You don’t love me.

I always assumed that my kids would use the “You don’t love me!” line later in our parent-child relationship, and I figured it would be linked somehow to me not giving my kids whatever crazy demand that they had for the day.  It’s throwing me for a little loop that my almost 5 year old [...]

Shrek Forever After, The Final Chapter (2D), review

To go to the movies these days is a rare treat. For one, it’s just too darn expensive whether it is paying a babysitter so hubby and I can go, or taking the kids where we risk having to walk out halfway because the movie is too scary, loud, dark, or whatever reason my kids [...]

Holy Cacao’s Frozen Hot Chocolate (south Austin)

It’s pretty rare for me to taste something at any eatery and walk away thinking that I have to figure out a recipe like what I just tasted because it was that good.  Hello, Holy Cacao’s frozen hot chocolate.  Seriously…wow…yum. One, you have to love chocolate. Two, you have to love hot chocolate. Three, you [...]

Man Bites Dog (south Austin)

As we were heading home from Buda, the wee ones in the backseat were screaming bloody murder that they were hungry. We were on South First so we pulled into the South Austin Trailer Park and Eatery to get the kids some grub before making the longish drive home north. The South Austin Trailer Park [...]

Strawlution Straws GIVEAWAY!

Austin-area mama Jamie Wallace invented the Strawlution Straw that goes in but does not come back out. The first time that I heard of this straw was when Jamie hand-made prototypes.  I remember thinking that the product was pure genius, one of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” inventions. As a toddler, my daughter [...]

The love of learning

For the past few weeks, I have been reading the new Texas science standards many times over to make sure that I truly understand them before helping a school district map out a way to teach the new curriculum this fall. When I last did this, I was not yet a parent, so putting together [...]

Clockwork Stories (the Flying Theater Machine)

Every Sunday in May and June, 2:00 pm at the Hideout Theater, The Flying Theater Machine presents Clockwork Stories.You help build our machine, decide where it goes, then sit back and watch the fantastical stories unwind. Oh, wait! We still need your help to keep us ticking along. With our fantastic crew and your help [...]

The Original Pancake House (north Austin)

We visit The Original Pancake House once a year.  Hubby runs the Pflugerville Pfun Run 5K race, and we meet him and his running friends at the pancake restaurant afterwards.  Year after year, we have the same experience.  It’s like deja vu, and it always goes something like this. The kids and I arrive before [...]

Fresh Cup Frozen Yogurt (north Austin)

We have taken a hiatus from the frozen yogurt scene since last summer, but seeing as how it is already miserably humid and warm on some days, my older one has been asking when we can go to an “ice cream place where I can put something on it” again.  (If it is frozen and [...]

Hat Creek Burger Co. (central Austin)

Why, yes, I do believe this is another hamburger spot located within the city limits of our fair town – and that’s alright by me! Hat Creek Burger Company was started by a local Austinite on his quest to create the perfect cheeseburger, so he called on his know-how of Certified Premium Gold Black Angus [...]

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