Ari’s taking a Georgia history class this year at our local homeschool center, and the class includes lots and lots of field trips (to which parents and siblings are invited). He’s actually off on one right now, but the rest of us are having to miss that one owing to some snotty miserableness in certain small members of our family. … Continue reading
I know we’re probably all pretty nostalgic for my summer Disney series that I finished last week ;), so I thought I’d ease you back into the whole boring fall routine (I know it’s still firmly summer for a lot of you, but Dave went back to work last week, so it’s fall to us) with one more summer travel … Continue reading
A bit late, but here it is: the LAST installment of my summer Disney series. Once you’re there, you’re going to have to eat, right? This (like pretty much everything Disney) can be an overwhelming topic. I spent much time thinking about how to organize this post (maybe THAT’S why it’s a week late!) and have finally settled on the … Continue reading
Truth? A genuinely cheap Disney vacation is pretty near impossible to come by and getting harder by the day. I suppose you could camp at a state park somewhere near by, eat nothing but hot dogs cooked over your campfire, and then just go to Downtown Disney, let your kids play in the lego store, and tell them that IS Disney … Continue reading
I know that four kids is nothing compared to what some people have, but, for Disney purposes, anything other than your standard two adults and two kids means you have to do a little extra planning. Mostly when it comes to picking a hotel room. So I’ll focus primarily on that and then toss in a few extra thoughts about … Continue reading
(If you missed the first two parts of the big Disney series, you can read about when to go here and about staying on property vs. off here). Basically, I’m writing a series this summer with tips that folks planning their first (or first with kids) Disney trips might find useful. Before I get into tips on making traveling with … Continue reading
If you missed the first entry in this series on what time of year is best for your trip, check it out here. Not so very long ago, in this very blog, I said that I strongly preferred staying on property at Disney World because it’s more magical. I’m ready to say now, after our second try staying off property, … Continue reading
What I really want to do with my life–what I want to do for a living–is I want to be at Disney World. I’m good at it. Not really. I am misquoting Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything there. It turns out that being at Disney World is an even less realistic career goal than kickboxing. But I do love Disney … Continue reading
One might think, based on my posts from the last few months, that the only thing we ever do during Dave’s breaks is go to aquariums. But it is merely a coincidence! Still, since it just so happens that we’ve visited two localish aquariums recently, I thought I’d do a post comparing the two instead of just more pictures of … Continue reading
I love Disney World more than anything else on earth. Well, I mean there’s my family. I love them more. I love Disney World more than anyWHERE else on earth. Although I do like my house a lot. If I had to pick between my house and Disney World, I would live…..in this house IN Disney World: Golden Oak at … Continue reading