If there is one thing I love about Texas in late March through April is the landscape. You drive around the highway and on the slopes you can see little yellow flowers everywhere, in some slopes you’ll find red flowers and then my favorite the blue slopes filled with the Texas State flower, the Bluebonnet….
Category: Family
Lego for girls – sexist marketing?
When I was a kid I had a huge bag of Lego! And I mean huge! I loved playing with Lego and I think part of it was that my Dad would help me build the most detailed houses, with windows and doors and trees and cars, and I had a collection of Lego people…
My Top 12 Highlights of 2011
On the last day of 2011 I like to spend a little time thinking of the highlights of the year. Some were great, some were good and some were a little on the sad side. Here they go: 12. December: A time to be Merry Between all the different choir performances, Pancake breakfast, celebrating Christmas…
Getting ready for the season
I love the Christmas season! It’s coupled with the end of the year, the cooler weather, and there’s some magic in the air that tends to make people more positive, more loveable and in general nicer to be around. It’s a time for family gathering, for lots of cooking and eating favorite foods, gingerbread lattes…
Countdown to Christmas – Day 2
More early December traditions! 1st Friday of December the tradition is that Papi takes the day off from work and spends his day volunteering at the school as part of the WATCH D.O.G.S. program at Carolina’s school. So there was Papi at school at 7:10 am greeting families and helping students out of their cars…
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