http://vacationing-with-kids.com Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:21:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tonight we are heading out to the neighbors for a community pot luck. The kids are very excited cause they get to see their friends. I have made a huge amount of corn bread. We may have corn bread with supper for a week. LOL I am ever so glad ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/09/14/pot-luck/ School has started, as has the week of transition. It's amazing how schedules have changed! With Cassidy going to one school and Jacob to another and Rachel to another, we have to start early for everyone to get where they need to go! Needless to say it has been a ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/09/06/school/ It is finally silent in my home now, the girls are all asleep. Jacob and Rachel are outside and all I want to do is take a nappy! LOL The last slumber party was so much tamer in comparison to this one. I don't know if it's because they haven't ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/29/wild-girls/ Since we have had such success with our "parties", Cassidy has planned a slumber party! The girls will be arriving around 3 today and it will be off to the pool. Then we will cook out and move the festivities inside. My job, I have been told, is to keep ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/28/slumber-party-time/ Our little bash went off really well! I don't think anyone had a less than wonderful time! Since then everything has been busy, busy, busy. This is the last full week before school starts back and everyone is getting ready for their return. We now have our official school supply ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/23/busy-times/ Since summer is nearing an end, we are having a little backyard bash tonight. Cassidy has invited all her friends and we invited most of the neighbors. We are having a cookout and pool party to celebrate as well as just let the kids have some fun. I am heading ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/20/summers-almost-over-bash/ We spent Sunday and most of Monday outside playing in the pool. Admittedly, I spent more time lying on a towel beside the pool. I am paying for it now. Did anyone ever tell you to put sun block on the bottom of your feet? Well, they didn't tell me! ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/15/my-feet/ Yesterday we went shopping and got a little above ground pool on clearance. Its 4 foot deep and about 15 feet wide. The children are beyond happy! They checked every hour on the hour to see how full the pool was getting and wanted to get in at 8:30 last ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/12/our-pool/ I mentioned in my last blog about the state parks nearby. These are "goldmines" as many of them are free to visit. (I have come across a few that require a small parking fee.) The wonderful thing is the state parks are more than just historical site, its forests, lakes, ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/08/fun-inexpensive-outings/ As the time gets closer, I keep thinking about how very fast the summer has flown by. There are still so many things I would like us to do. One of which is going to some of the state parks that are close by. Many of which have historical value ... http://vacationing-with-kids.com/2007/08/05/almost-school-time/