The Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Frankfurt is a place that we've driven by often in the 10 years we've lived in Germany...but we never quite made it inside. It's hard to overlook the Bronotsaurus and T-Rex that are standing outside in the middle of all the...
First off, a big congratulations to Barbara who won the Hodson Mill giveaway! Thanks so much to everyone who entered and I'd love to let you all win. But hopefully I'll be back with some new awesome giveaway before long. 😉 Every year, it feels like stores and the...
Figuring out how to plan your family vacation is a subject which is very near and dear to my heart right now. We will be flying for the very first time EVER with Mackenzie in less than a month, and I have to say the prospect is making me a bit antsy. But she's a...
I can hardly believe that 2011 is quickly drawing to an end. In just 47 days, we'll be celebrating the arrival of 2012 and thinking about all the greatness that is to come in the new year. But for now, the rest of our 2011 is jam packed with activity! Finish eating...
Kids songs. Any parent will tell you how incredibly frustrating it can be to have to listen to the same song over and over again to keep the kids from getting crazy...and then continuing to hear that song in their heads for the rest of eternity as they walk down the...
In the next couple of months, I'm going to be reviewing a few of the items we bought and used during Mackenzie's first 3 years of life. I cannot even believe that she's already that old! Hopefully, some of you who are expecting children, have young ones, or know...
Harvest or Halloween. Not really a tough choice for me. You probably think that with a toddler at home, we were all about the cute Halloween costumes. But they don't celebrate Halloween here in Germany (well most people don't) and I besides the fact that I don't have...
Hello dear friends, Today, I thought I'd talk about something near and dear to my heart. People always ask mom about my relationship with Mackenzie. In their minds, a big black dog and a little girl are a recipe for disaster. But in our house, it's the perfect...
You Capture is back on track and more active than ever. This week's assignment was "cute" -- and as luck would have it, Mack received a kite this past weekend that is just awesome. I saved a few extra shots that I didn't use in my last Dear Mackenzie letter so I could...
Dearest four-legged friends (and the humans who help them read this), I come to you today with a rather confused look on my face...because about two weeks ago, as we were leaving the fields where we always take our walks, a new tree that just didn't smell quite right...
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