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, [...]

All Things Kids (Georgetown)

Kudos to All Things Kids in Georgetown for many, many reasons.  This store could just as easily be renamed “The Thinking Child’s Store” where every toy for sale has been carefully selected for the explicit purpose of stimulating a young mind.  Five years ago when I started taking my daughter out and about, I said [...]

Cabela’s (Buda)

We have friends who live in Buda, and they have mentioned in some capacity Cabela’s many times that we should just stop in to see the place.  Our family has driven past Cabela’s numerous times on our drives to San Marcos and San Antonio, but since none of us hunt or fish, I have never [...]

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. [...]

The new LEGO store (Barton Creek Square mall)

LEGOs rock.  They might be expensive, but they are just too darn fun.  One of the largest LEGO stores that I have ever set foot in was in Downtown Disney at Disney World in Orlando, and I was half hoping that the Barton Creek store would be as large.  That was completely wishful thinking, but [...]

Mr. Clean Car Wash (Round Rock)

Thank you Shannon B. for sharing with us your recent trip to the Mr. Clean Car Wash!  I have been wondering about this place since first hearing on Marketplace about Proctor & Gamble’s move to expand its household brands into other market segments.  I think I might just take my kids here the next time [...]

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 [...]

Junie B. Jones

For the past few weeks, we have been reading Junie B. Jones books to our daughter before bedtime, and my 4 year old just thinks that Junie B. is the silliest girl on the planet.  Silly is not something to be emulated, according to my kid.  I am glad she thinks that because the first [...]

Space Sand

I was poking around Lakeshore Learning at Great Hills because that’s what I do when they send me a coupon.  (Truly, sad I know, but it’s such a fun store!)  Of course being the science nerd, I immediately walk down the science aisle, always in search of something interesting to show my kids.  That’s how [...]

Touchable Bubbles

For those who have never played with touchable bubbles before, you have to check them out! These are not bubbles that you want to dump into a bubble machine. You want to hold the wand, blow them into the air, and catch them. What makes these bubbles so much fun is not to catch just [...]

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