• LEGOLAND Waterpark!! #LEGOLANDCA

    Summ… summm…. summer TIME!!! (be very glad I didn’t record me singing that intro!!) With 54 days of summer break left Alice and I enjoy a couple visits a week to LEGOLAND® California Resort and of course straight back to the Water Park!! LEGOLAND Water Park just gets bigger, better and wetter every year. We can’t wait for the Surfers’ Cove to open! Right now though we adore the wave pool, the lazy river is my allllllllll time favorite place!!  There are water slides everywhere. Tons and tons of lounge chairs for a little time out. However, my favorite thing about the LEGOLAND water park?  The life guards. There are TONS of…

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    5 Tips for Moms Looking to Stay Busy and Avoid Empty Nest Syndrome!!

    If your kids are finally about to move out, it’s natural to feel a mixture of anxiousness and excitement. But bear in mind that empty nest syndrome, the phenomenon of depression, loneliness and emptiness that comes with your children leaving home, is a major problem for many mothers out there.  Fighting these feelings can be incredibly difficult, especially if being a mother has been your main sense of fulfillment over the past few years. So, what can you do to both keep yourself busy and make sure that you make the most of your kids’ time away? Thankfully, you have no shortage of options regardless of your family’s situation. Whether…

  • Summer Fun With Outdoor Movies!!

    Summer fun! Summer boredom busters Y’all know that I am trying to find things to do with 6-year-old Alice this summer. So the first thing we did was sit down and make a list of things we wanted to do. Then we cut all the ideas into strips and put them in a container. We have tons of things; going to the San Diego Zoo, LEGOLAND, San Diego Safari Park, movies, tons of pool and beach days. Several of our ideas have multiple strips. I’ve mentioned before that I try everything I can to stretch out the activities so that I’m not pulling my hair out by 11am. First I…