Use wet sand, really wet sand. Our teacher filled buckets with water and shoveled sand into the buckets to make sand soup. On the beach you can grab the sand that is right by the water to build your sandcastle. 2. Build your initial structure like a stack of pancakes. Scoop a big pile of sand onto your surface…
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Good News, Bad News
There's nothing in this post that is suitable to photograph. I've always been a big believer that a bad day on vacation is better than a good day at home. Today, I think we stretched the limits of that cliché just about as far as it would go. I don't want to say that it was all bad for…
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Tricks for Traveling by Car
For some, the thought of a family car trip is enough to cue the ‘something scary is about to happen’ soundtrack. If you read my traveler’s meltdown yesterday, you know that I have been thinking some pretty scary thoughts about our upcoming road trip. Normally, though, I look forward to long car trips as a opportunity for family fun and…
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A Traveler’s Meltdown
The tickets are bought and the bags are (almost) packed. Summer vacation is upon us, whether we are ready or not. Instead of finishing the laundry, I’m taking a time out to have a little bitty ‘what were we thinking’ breakdown. While we are no strangers to traveling, this trip adds together some new elements for which I feel just…
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Legoland Florida!!!!!
There are a few absolutes in a house full of young boys. There is the constant stream of car and war noises that pour from their mouths. There is a fair amount of bodily noises and bathroom humor. And there are legos, lots and lots of legos. My guys are die hard Legomaniacs. It is almost as if they were…
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