My poor sweet Benji.
I was at my parents’ house today and they are repainting one of the rooms at their house. I came across some pictures and was looking through them and laughed when I saw a picture of Benji with his plastic shoes. And I’m not talking about crocs.
Benji is obsessed with shoes and [...]
Mommy’s Plate
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Benji’s Feet
Cretaceous Park
Our day trip this past weekend took us to the small town of Glen Rose, Texas, population ~2000.
Fossil Rim
The first place we hit was Fossil Rim Park, which is wildlife park where you can feed the animals from your car as you tour the grounds. I had done my research and found that they keep [...]
Quickie: Mina Strikes Again!
The other morning, I get home from an overnight shift. Ogre has taken the responsibility of “okaying” Mina’s school outfit. It’s slightly chilly outside, but going to warm up, so when I see her seated and wearing a dress, I suggest that she wear tights. She doesn’t want to wear tights. Ok, fine. She finishes [...]
The Dallas Zoo
Our Day Trip to the Dallas Zoo
Well, it was another beautiful weekend in Dallas and we were not going to waste it!
We surprised the kids, well, Mina, with a trip to the zoo. Benji is always just along for the ride.
I was very excited to use my new Happy Hallow membership card. I learned about [...]
Boys Don’t Smile
At least not the one in my family.
Mina has always been quite the camera ham. She hardly ever takes a bad picture.
Benji, on the other hand…
He’s a little crazy!
Let’s just say that some of my more blunt friends have remarked on how “crazy” he looks in pictures and his own father has asked me why [...]
Child's Plate
- El Phipps at El Pueblita January 5, 2009The experience Today we needed to go out to eat and go to Wal-Mart for groceries. Our plan was to eat at Roma’s (I was in the mood for pizza). As has happened so many times in the past when we actually have a game plan for dinner, we arrived at the restaurant to find it [...]grace
- A Childsplate Dream: Dream Cafe January 4, 2009The experience We planned an excursion today at Fair Park, so we were deciding to either go to La Duni or to Dream Cafe. We have some friends in town (you met them at Cafe Izmir the other night) and there was a chance that they might meet us for brunch -except that when we called [...]grace
- Benji’s Asnore at Cafe Amore January 2, 2009The experience We were in the car and driving down the road before we even had an inkling of where to eat dinner tonight. This whole bit is getting tougher by the day and now with New Year’s Resolutions of healthy eating and dieting, we’ve made things even more difficult. I threw out a couple of [...]grace