Our 10th anniversary port call in Valencia was SO FUN. Just thinking about it makes me feel relaxed and happy. Here are all the photos I compiled of our trip, in three posts!
Spanish Lullaby
Stop and Smell the Roses
“This is the most fun summer will get,” I thought delightedly at the botanical garden splash pad this week. It’s the anticipation within this moment, right at the crest of the wave, when nothing is certain but all is hopeful for the future. Just two weeks left of preschool. No news about where we’re going—good…
Chesapeake
I like living near this historic body of water. I’m reading the 1970s best seller “Chesapeake,” by James Michener (dedicated to a Mari). My mom sent it to me when we moved here, and I always love reading about a place when I’m there (travel post on THAT coming soon). We are on the countdown…
Once in a Blue Moon
They say a bad day on the water is better than a good day anywhere else. Those people didn’t have my freaking out kids in their canoe. I don’t know if it was their ages or the steady supply of lollipops I brought, but this season’s inaugural float was fantastic! Hardly any tantrums. THIS is…
Red Panda Out and About
A girl’s gotta get from here to there, after all.
Happy Mother's Day!
In college, my favorite white polo shirt got soaked with blood in a car accident. I thought I’d throw it away, but my mom took it and said she’d work on it. She got out every spot. Every single one. It looked better than before. That’s my mom even now, especially this tour as I’ve…
Singing in the Rain
“I’m on a train ride at Busch Gardens with a cookie. Nothing could be worse!” —ELOISE “I didn’t like that one bit! It was too fast for me! Any time I go on that ride it gives me a headache!” Isaac, re: the Grover rollercoaster We had so much fun at Busch Gardens last year…