Archive | September, 2011

Landa Library Park gets a makeover

Send to KindleLanda Library Park, one of our family’s favorite places to play in San Antonio, has a brand new look. Modern playscapes (one with a zipline-like feature) and more shade over them are the stars of this renovation, making a great park for kids (ages 0-12) even better. If you haven’t played at Landa [...]

Pork loin

Wordless Wednesday: Pork Loin Success!

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recipes on Pinterest

Pin Tested: Dinner by Pinterest

Send to KindleAre you using Pinterest yet*? This hip, fun visual bookmarking site will suck more time from you than blogging, Twitter and Facebook combined. I could joke that it’s like crack but that’s not a fair comparison. It’s WAY more addictive than that. One of the boards I’ve set up on Pinterest is Eat [...]

read with your children three times each week

Read, read, read

Send to Kindle I can’t remember a time when reading wasn’t a part of my life. One of my earliest memories is of sitting on the couch next to my mom–a book perched atop her blossoming belly, her lap claimed by my soon-to-be born sister–listening to her read to me. Growing up I was one [...]

Congratulations, SABusyKids.com!

Send to KindleOne of San Antonio’s own mom blogs, SABusyKids.com is nominated for a Parents Magazine Best Blog Award in the category of Best Local Blog. Debi Pfitzenmaier created SABusyKids.com to provide San Antonio with a comprehensive guide to Summer camps for kids. As her site grew, Debi added informative posts and reviews about family-friendly [...]

You learn something new every day

Send to KindleMy kids will only be young once and I want to remember the sweet, smart, and funny things they say. Here are their latest thoughts on moms and dads and who makes the stuff that fills our home. My three-year-old yesterday: 3yo: “Mommies and daddies have to do LOTS of things. Me: “That’s [...]

Talking to your kids about September 11

Send to KindleUpdate: If you missed this show when it aired last week, you can view the entire presentation of “What Happened? The Story of September 11, 2001″ online.  Talking to kids about what happened on September 11 is one of a handful of the very big talks we’ll have with our children, right up [...]