http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:19:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ben woke up ~10am and seemed to be feeling much better so we coordinated with Kerri to hookup at the Monorail entrance in Downtown Disney. By the time we got into the park he was like a new boy (we should have gone on the Pinocchio ride ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2008/05/11/disneyland-part-2/ I'm sitting here in the Paradise Pier Hotel at Disneyland in SoCal for our Mother's Day weekend. We got down here Saturday evening so we could wake up fresh and head straight to the park this morning. Last night we bummed around Downtown Disney for a while and ate dinner ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2008/05/11/mothers-day-at-disneyland/ Completely random brain dump but wanted to get this out before I forgot absolutely everything. Lake Piru, 2008. Got there first this year and put my tent up in the same location as last year. It's very close to the lake and a place where the youngest kids tend ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2008/05/06/dads-and-kids-camping-weekend-2008/ I've not posted in a very long time, mostly because I've been too busy but also because I've not had that "fire" for a while. Today my daughter stoked the coals a bit by a simple (but still remarkable) gesture. She got her hair cut in order to ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2007/10/09/out-from-under-the-woodpile-for-good-reason/ I forgot about a couple of simple yet cool things I noticed while in San Diego. Many parents may already know about these bits but they were new to me, so here goes: 1. There was a group of kids at Lego Land that were all part of a birthday ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2007/06/30/couple-of-cool-things-i-noticed-in-san-diego/ Our vacation this year was to be rather short and not too far from home. We traveled all the way from Thousand Oaks to Carlsbad (appx 2.5 hour drive) where our hotel was located and ventured as far as San Diego proper for one of our outings. Our hotel accommodations ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2007/06/30/our-family-vacation-in-san-diego/ I'm awfully late on this and because of it I'm sure I'll be missing some really good details due to memory failure. Abby, Ben and myself were the first ones to arrive at Lake Piru (the first time we've held the annual event at this location) so I grabbed the keys ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2007/06/10/dads-camping-weekend-part-ii/ Got back ~5:30pm, fed the kids and got the truck unloaded. I'm going through mail (since there was zero connectivity at the lake) and will crash before too long. I'll post more regarding the details tomorrow... there was so much good stuff and I'm sure you'll all be ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2007/06/03/dads-camping-weekend-part-1/ Ben has been making his way into our room several times per night lately and it seems like a dangerous proposition. When something startles me at 3am I don't just slowly lift my head to see what's going on; I sorta kick my legs and feet forward to thrust ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2007/05/17/i-hope-i-dont-kick-ben-in-the-face/ Prepare yourself for a meat-filled rant that is guaranteed to knock your socks off! Or maybe it's Tofu. Yeah yeah, if you're a Veggie, I made this from Tofu and if you're a carnivore, this is blood-red meat-filled goodness baby. Well, it's good stuff, okay? Alright!, ... http://www.tmcdonald.com/blog/2007/04/28/were-getting-soft-america/