Last week, on our date (not 2 days ago but 9 days ago) I took my husband to this new shop I found in the mall recently. I really like it. (and they aren't paying me to say this) It's called Teavana (spelling?).
Alright, no more parentheses, please.
They sell loose-leaf teas, of all kinds: black, green, white, red, herbal, etc. They also sell all the paraphernalia to make said tea---teapots of glass, china, cast iron, earthenware; teacups; teawarmers; individual-cup-teamakers; kettles for boiling water; decorative tins for storing teas, etc., etc. But my favorite thing about the store is that they have 6 to 7 teas already brewed that you can sample! Most of them are hot, but there are one or two iced teas. I love trying teas I've never had before. I also like that they mark how much caffeine is in each tea, in comparison to a cup of coffee, since I can't drink too much caffeine.
I checked and there is a website here. Or you can go to Penn Square, and they are downstairs in the central part of the mall.
From the questions my husband asked, I think I might be getting something as a gift from there soon!
8.29.2009
8.19.2009
As promised
Our campsite, complete with trucks 
and of course, dirt
PJ5 made lots of roads and dirt piles
This is how much space a squirrel needs to get into a van
Is it morning already?
Not quite awake
NB's favorite at the museum
Another favorite for both of them
I just had to put this in!
Vacation
Camping:
Before kids, my primary concerns when camping were: dirt and critters, and how to keep them out of my tent, my food, etc. With kids, I hardly paid attention to the dirt; and obviously didn't give much thought to the critters, since a squirrel got into the van and ate some of our food the first night (we forgot that we had cracked the windows open early in the evening).
We all had fun. The boys loved being outside almost all day. We enjoyed playing in the water, although NB did NOT like the cold spring water if it was more than waist-deep. He had no inhibitions at the lake, however, and kept trying to go out towards the deeper water. When we'd had our fill of water-fun and the heat was bad we just drove around and let NB take his nap. PJ5 had an inflated tube and acted like he could go anywhere in it.
On this trip my primary concerns were:
1) Keeping the boys from straying too far from the campsite (there really aren't any clear boundaries, you know, and NB was just sure he could get to the lake if he ran fast and far enough) and 2) Getting everyone to sleep...well, actually just the little boys---my wonderful husband fell asleep soon after I started singing softly to the kids. PJ5 was a little upset because everything was so different than sleeping at home. And NB thought the tent was a play-place and rolled somersaults all over the place, including over the rest of us!!
We did have fun, though, and will do it again another time, but we may get a bigger tent and bring the port-a-crib for NB.
Omniplex museum:
It was nice to do some indoor play, and the boys enjoyed running around getting to touch everything. Some things were above their heads (figuratively and literally speaking) but they didn't care. They did tend to fixate on the activities they enjoyed the most: e.g., the hands-on train set, the climbing/sliding area, the lego-building area, the display of ping pong balls rolling and dropping through a "course"(i dont know what to call it), etc. There was a water table I thought they might enjoy but I changed my mind after NB swung his leg up and put his shoe-and-sock-clad-foot into the water, preparatory to climbing in!
Sadly, we didn't all troop through together like I pictured, so PJ5 was followed by his daddy, and I ran around after NB. Neither of us got to see everything, and we each visited at least one area that the other didn't. PJ5 spent several minutes watching the model train display and loved it! Unfortunately, I had the camera instead of PJ, so we didn't get any pictures of him. He also liked the erosion dislplay where you could arrange the logs(sticks) to keep the water from washing away the soil(gravel). I got dizzy after going down the tall, corkscrew slide with NB 5 times. I made him go by himself after that and he only went once more. He also enjoyed the wind tunnel where you get to experience 70 mph wind (or so it says).
I have some pictures which I will post when I have more time.
Before kids, my primary concerns when camping were: dirt and critters, and how to keep them out of my tent, my food, etc. With kids, I hardly paid attention to the dirt; and obviously didn't give much thought to the critters, since a squirrel got into the van and ate some of our food the first night (we forgot that we had cracked the windows open early in the evening).
We all had fun. The boys loved being outside almost all day. We enjoyed playing in the water, although NB did NOT like the cold spring water if it was more than waist-deep. He had no inhibitions at the lake, however, and kept trying to go out towards the deeper water. When we'd had our fill of water-fun and the heat was bad we just drove around and let NB take his nap. PJ5 had an inflated tube and acted like he could go anywhere in it.
On this trip my primary concerns were:
1) Keeping the boys from straying too far from the campsite (there really aren't any clear boundaries, you know, and NB was just sure he could get to the lake if he ran fast and far enough) and 2) Getting everyone to sleep...well, actually just the little boys---my wonderful husband fell asleep soon after I started singing softly to the kids. PJ5 was a little upset because everything was so different than sleeping at home. And NB thought the tent was a play-place and rolled somersaults all over the place, including over the rest of us!!
We did have fun, though, and will do it again another time, but we may get a bigger tent and bring the port-a-crib for NB.
Omniplex museum:
It was nice to do some indoor play, and the boys enjoyed running around getting to touch everything. Some things were above their heads (figuratively and literally speaking) but they didn't care. They did tend to fixate on the activities they enjoyed the most: e.g., the hands-on train set, the climbing/sliding area, the lego-building area, the display of ping pong balls rolling and dropping through a "course"(i dont know what to call it), etc. There was a water table I thought they might enjoy but I changed my mind after NB swung his leg up and put his shoe-and-sock-clad-foot into the water, preparatory to climbing in!
Sadly, we didn't all troop through together like I pictured, so PJ5 was followed by his daddy, and I ran around after NB. Neither of us got to see everything, and we each visited at least one area that the other didn't. PJ5 spent several minutes watching the model train display and loved it! Unfortunately, I had the camera instead of PJ, so we didn't get any pictures of him. He also liked the erosion dislplay where you could arrange the logs(sticks) to keep the water from washing away the soil(gravel). I got dizzy after going down the tall, corkscrew slide with NB 5 times. I made him go by himself after that and he only went once more. He also enjoyed the wind tunnel where you get to experience 70 mph wind (or so it says).
I have some pictures which I will post when I have more time.
8.09.2009
Thoughts and decisions
All quiet on the home front. Well, maybe not quiet....but there's nothing earth-shaking going on around here right now. We recently finished VBS. PJ5 starts school in less than two weeks. NB will start school in another month, approx. And we are going to take a family mini-vacation soon. (not sure exactly what we will do, but hubby took a few days off to do some fun stuff before school starts)
I'm here because I have to get these thoughts out "on the air"....
I am seriously considering taking up a new responsibility. One that no one else is doing right now. I don't want to be specific...
I know some of you will say I have a lot on my plate already, but this is a small, yet important thing. It's not like a full-time job or even a part-time job....
It's just that I have had all these ideas running through my head of things to do and how to do them, etc. And I have had a burden on my heart for this for several months. I have kept pushing them aside, but they keep coming back....
Right now I am earnestly praying that God will show me if this is His leading, or just my own ideas. I know that if it is His leading that He will provide the strength, time, and wisdom to do it. If not, well, there are other places I can put my time and energy....
Please pray with me.
And if you want to ask me what it is I might tell you.
I'm here because I have to get these thoughts out "on the air"....
I am seriously considering taking up a new responsibility. One that no one else is doing right now. I don't want to be specific...
I know some of you will say I have a lot on my plate already, but this is a small, yet important thing. It's not like a full-time job or even a part-time job....
It's just that I have had all these ideas running through my head of things to do and how to do them, etc. And I have had a burden on my heart for this for several months. I have kept pushing them aside, but they keep coming back....
Right now I am earnestly praying that God will show me if this is His leading, or just my own ideas. I know that if it is His leading that He will provide the strength, time, and wisdom to do it. If not, well, there are other places I can put my time and energy....
Please pray with me.
And if you want to ask me what it is I might tell you.
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