The Texas Lice Squad

  Have you ever heard of The Texas Lice Squad?  Well, neither had I until yesterday.  After noticing my kid scratching lightly at the crown of her head, I did a quick check.  ”Please, please, please don’t be…”  Crap.  You want to talk heeby-jeebies?  I got the heeby jeebies.  There weren’t a whole lot of nits, [...]

Brushy Creek Sports Park (Cedar Park)

I was out and about with my kids and nephew when the three kids started jibber jabbering about skateboards.  Clearly they had no idea what to do with a skateboard, based on their most hilarious conversation.  We were just at Champion Park on Brushy Creek so I made a quick detour to the Brushy Creek [...]

Kids having a bad hair day? WINNER!

WE HAVE A WINNER!  Kristen, check your email! No, we’re not giving away this bovine, but if your kids are looking a wee scraggly, we’ve got two Groupons for Pigtails and Crewcuts to give away to a lucky one of you!  (Click on link to see the details of the Groupon.  Winner may choose either [...]

Train in Lakeline Mall

Right before Thanksgiving, hubby took the kids to the mall where I think the original plan was to go to Inflatable Wonderland, but they ended up riding the trackless train. One ticket is $5, and three tickets is $10. It works itself out to buy 2 get 1 free, or more like pay for two [...]

Manny’s Uptown Kitchen (northwest Austin)

With it being Hanukkah last night and wanting the kids to eat some latkes (though I tried to pass off tater tots at latkes), I decided that the family should head out to Manny Hattan’s for dinner. It’s the only place besides Katz’s in town that I know where latkes are on the menu.   [...]

Oakview Neighborhood Park (northwest Austin)

Oakview Park is a city park next to Kathy Caraway Elementary School in northwest Austin, tucked in established neighborhoods.  I had taken the morning off of work to take my son to the allergist, and we had an hour or so to goof around so I took him to a park because he wanted to [...]

El Salido Park (northwest Austin)

Hooray for awesome park weather!  After the stifling summer heat, the kids and I are once again out at the parks, enjoying them before the cedar pollen ruins the good fun in a couple of months. We recently made a stop at El Salido Park in northwest Austin, part of the Anderson Mill Limited District. [...]

REI (Round Rock)

My friend and I took the kids for a Sunday morning playdate and ended up at the REI near the IKEA. Hubby and I used to frequent REI back when we did a lot of tent camping, but we have since abandoned the past time for the time being until our little one gets older. [...]

Shandeez Grill (northwest Austin)

Hubby and I are making more of a point to go on date nights, and to save some money we usually pick up a coupon from Restaurants.com or Groupon so that’s more or less how we pick our restaurant of the evening.  Our latest place was Shandeez Grill, a Persian and Mediterranean restaurant tucked into [...]

JW Tumbles (northwest Austin)

Thank you to Martha P, organizer of “Our Moms Group!” for submitting a review and photos of JW Tumbles.  From the review, it sounds like JW Tumbles is similar to Little Gym and My Gym. ———————————- JW Tumbles is a unique gym experience that any 3 to 6-year old is sure to love. They offer [...]

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