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Cross-posted from Cherry Blossoms {The Blog}. The State Fair is over for another year. A perennial favourite, we went with thousands of our closest strangers and had a blast! One day is not enough time to see and do everything. Until next time …
Read More Texas State Fair 2017 – a photoblogCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms {The Blog}. Did you know that DFW is on the migration path for monarch butterflies as they go between Canada and Mexico? Every fall the city of Grapevine hosts an event not only to celebrate these majestic insects but to facilitate their journey. My family attended the Butterfly Flutterby today and […]
Read More Butterfly FlutterbyCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. If it has been while since you’ve been to the DMA there has never been a better time to return. Now through February 25th you can immerse yourself in one of Yayoi Kusama’s famous infinity rooms. All The Eternal Love I Have For The Pumpkins marks Kusama’s return […]
Read More To Infinity and Beyond with the Pumpkins in DallasCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. We saved the final frontier for the final week of summer as a perfect lead-up to the solar eclipse. I’ve been feeling melancholy about summer ending soon but I’m grateful I can look back at so many great memories. As a result we squeezed in as many crafts […]
Read More Camp Mama: AstronomyCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. I think the biggest Camp Mama surprise for me last year was the popularity of Economics Week. Really? Economics? It does make sense, if you think about it, it was all about “money, money, money, money.” Naturally my rabid capitalists were all over it. (Note: don’t play Monopoly […]
Read More Camp Mama: EconomicsCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. With my family of boys I should just plan on doing some variation of this every summer — who can resist the lure of big machines that move? Monday: Lego I hurt my back over the weekend and had to stay home on Monday. No matter, the kids […]
Read More Camp Mama: plains, Trains, and AutomobilesCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. Of course I couldn’t let one brother plan his own week without the other having a turn. It was fun to see the differences in their personalities, the one who planned a detailed activity list and provided me with a shopping list in advance vs. the one who […]
Read More Camp Mama: 10-year old Activities DirectorCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. One of the things my children had requested when we were planning this summer’s activities was that they each wanted a week of their own to plan and execute. This week my eldest was in charge and he did a fantastic job! He had to work around the […]
Read More Camp Mama: 12-year old Activities DirectorCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. I’ve had “Art is an Imperative” as a mantra floating through my mind lately, ever since I realized that I had been craving art. There’s a full blog post devoted to it that I will hopefully write at some point, but in the meantime I’ve been feeding this […]
Read More Camp Mama: ArtCrossposted from Cherry Blossoms The Blog. Japan week was one of the first Camp Mama themes that came together in my planning sessions, so I was very excited when it finally arrived! Of course, as with every week, it didn’t go exactly according to plan. More than the others, however, it was a week […]
Read More Camp Mama: Japan
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