Parenting
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South Padre Island- Two days on the best beach in Texas
For our summer getaway this year we decided to spend a couple days on South Padre Island. We found a good deal on a condo that is right on the beach and booked a trip for a Sunday afternoon through Tuesday morning. Having never been to South Padre before, we were really looking…
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Everyday Adventures: Muddy Waters; A Canoe Story
This past weekend I decided my family should have ourselves a little canoeing adventure. My wife and I woke the kids up and told them about our awesome plans for the day. They were less than thrilled and I won’t bore you with the details but it involved a lot of moaning and groaning and…
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5 simple, cheap and fun things to do with your kids aboard a cruise ship
My family and I just returned from our first Carnival Cruise (The Breeze out of Galveston) and here are a few fun things we did on the cruise that I thought I would share with you: Go swimming This is a given, I’m sure just about any kid will want to go swimming but don’t just…
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Everyday Adventures: Rocky Creek Corn Maze!
This year my son’s first grade field trip was to the Rocky Creek Corn Maze in Moulton, Texas. I went along and took the ice chests carrying the classrooms’ lunches and helped chaperone; but who cares about that: here’s all the fun stuff we did; Warning: lots of pictures of Rylan coming up: First up…
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Everyday Adventures: It’s Carnival Time!
Every year during the local 4-H Fair and Livestock Show the Heart of America Carnival comes to our town. My kids really look forward to riding the rides. For me it’s basically a long night of standing around watching the kids ride those rides. It is still fun watching them though and I always enjoy talking…
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Everyday Adventures: Ariana’s First Dove Hunt
Dove Hunting- or as I like to call it: Cloud Shooting Shooting at clouds and if a dove happens to get in the way then so be it. My Dad invited my brother, myself and my daughter Ariana to a dove hunt hosted South of Alice, Texas. A local group in that area puts on…
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Everyday Adventures: Visiting the Round Top Antique Show
The annual Round Top Antiques Show is a tradition enjoyed by my whole family. The show is spread out over several miles and located between the towns of Warrenton and Round Top, just North of La Grange, Texas. We’ve had a great time each and every time we’ve been. I enjoy looking at all the…
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Everyday Adventures: Battleship Rules according to Rylan
Everyday Adventures: Battleship Rules according to Rylan My 7 year old son recently discovered the classic boardgame Battleship. I showed him how it works and after a couple of games he seemed to have gotten the basic gist of it. In fact, he made his own modifications to the game play; which I will now…
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Everyday Adventures: Summer fun on the Slip ‘n Slide
It’s that time of year again: summer! Camping, swimming, TV, games, watermelon, no bedtimes and sleeping in! My kids take full advantage of all the above but their favorite activity is swimming. They would swim everyday, all day if they could. I’m surprised they haven’t sprouted gills and joined a pod of dolphins out in…
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Everyday Adventures: The Tunnel of Doom
OK, I admit it; I like inspirational quotes, truisms and sayings. I have several cheesy mottos I repeatedly use like; “make every day count” and “why not eat a pound of Kit Kats?” But one of my favorites is “adventure is where you find it” and I try my best to show this to my…
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Digital Device Guidelines for the Tupa Household
Today I thought I would share with you guys the guidelines I have setup for device usage in my household. With the ever constant prevalence of technology (specifically phones and tablets) I have devised a plan to manage the use of these in my home: FOR THE KIDS During School: The kids get home between…
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EVERYDAY ADVENTURES: AMERICAN GIRL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION REVIEW
It was the day dreaded by parents everywhere; my little Sweet Pea was turning ten, her first “double-digit” birthday. And boy oh boy, was she excited! To celebrate this momentous occasion she wanted to celebrate by having an American Girl Birthday Celebration. For those of you who don’t know what this is (like me), at…
