Before we had children, we used to be able to go away for the weekend to European cities and see a lot of things and still get to work on Monday (or maybe Tuesday…) We called this Turbo Tourism – getting a taste for a place to see if you want to come back and … Continue reading »
Last month we took the girls to their first proper concert – the Lumineers at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion in The Woodlands, just North of Houston. The venue is a great place to take children as it is outdoors, so not too loud, with a big grassy lawn for running around on but the … Continue reading »
I was looking back at photographs from our time in Houston last week and I realised that the weather this year is completely different to last year. When we arrived in January last year it rained – a lot – for the first month. Then it got hot and stayed that way until November. All … Continue reading »
We’ve just got back from a weekend staying in San Antonio so that we could visit Sea World. We had wanted to go for the Little One’s 4th birthday in November but it’s closed during the Winter (people here think that November is a cold month… obviously not for us!) We all had a fantastic … Continue reading »
I love thunderstorms. When I was younger any big storm would have me running outside to see the lightning, or running around like a mad thing in the warm rain and jumping in massive puddles. I wasn’t the only one at university who found storms exciting, luckily, so at least for three years I had … Continue reading »
The club we’re members of (that does sound a bit posh, doesn’t it, but it’s the thing people seem to do here – a bit like being a member of a David Lloyd fitness club back home) is great. We really enjoy going there and they hold some great events for adults and kids. Some … Continue reading »
We were supposed to go camping a month ago but it was cold (and forecast to get colder) and very windy, so we decided that camping with 4 small children (we were going with friends, we haven’t had 2 extra children without telling you!) in near freezing temperatures would not be sensible. Even if the … Continue reading »
The first day we went to Animal Kingdom was cold – only 5 c (41 f). I didn’t really pack for freezing temperatures as it is normally around 20c at this time of year, so we went with lots of layers! The first thing on our list to do was a the Kilimanjaro Safari in … Continue reading »
Whilst at Walt Disney World we spent half a day in Hollywood Studios. It’s much smaller than Magic Kingdom so it made for a far easier day, as it was less walking (and less carrying the Little One for me!) We went on the Toy Story ride first, which we all loved as it was … Continue reading »
We spent two and a half more days in the Magic Kingdom, one more than we’d originally planned as the girls loved it so much and there was a lot to do. My Lovely Husband did some sterling work on the fast passes, so we did very little waiting around on either day as the … Continue reading »
