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Houston Symphony Detective Series Review

Lifeguard Mom — Wed, 29 May 2013 17:14:44 +0000

Last year we attended the Houston Symphony’s Explorer’s Concert series and thoroughly enjoyed it. A year later and we find ourselves attending another Houston Symphony outreach program, the Houston Symphony Detective Series. Every concert we have been to at the …

CyFair VFD Fire Station Tour

Lifeguard Mom — Wed, 29 May 2013 01:11:31 +0000

Most children enjoy playing with fire trucks so it is no wonder a tour of a fire station is so popular. In addition to being a fun experience for the children, it is also educational. Station 4 of the Cypress …

Bluebell Creamery Factory Tour Review

Lifeguard Mom — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:49:02 +0000

We recently went on a tour of the Blue Bell Creamery located in Brenham, Texas. As any good Texan will tell you, Bluebell is considered to be the best ice cream available. They even use “Bluebell, the best ice cream …

HPD Mounted Patrol Stables Review

Lifeguard Mom — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:44:10 +0000

We recently attended two field trips to the Houston Police Department Mounted Patrol Stables. This is the second year in a row we have attended and it never disappoints. Kids of all ages had a great time and this was …

Lemonade Day 2013

Lifeguard Mom — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:11:12 +0000

Cool Blast Lemonade is gearing up for their 2013 season. They opened for the first time this weekend. Unfortunately, they did not do too well but learned some valuable lessons. We are starting our 2013 Lemonade Day account with updates …

Butterfly Garden Valentine Box

Lifeguard Mom — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:17:21 +0000

When asked what each child wanted to do for their valentine box Tadpole had an immediate idea. She was the driving force of our butterfly garden which has been a big hit in the household. So, it is no wonder …

Valentine Box Monster Truck

Lifeguard Mom — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:40:07 +0000

This year Minnow had a great idea for his valentine box. He came up with the concept on his own but we had to do quite a bit of sawing and cutting for him. It was a little labor intensive …

Create a Pig Valentine Box

Lifeguard Mom — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:32:49 +0000

For Valentine’s Day Guppy, Minnow and Tadpole made their own Valentine’s boxes. This is how we did Guppy’s pig:

We started with an empty oatmeal canister. Using an exacto knife, we cut a decent sized slit in the top where …

I Am So Glad We Homeschool

Lifeguard Mom — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:11:43 +0000

Almost every day I see a news story about something to do with public school education that makes me so thankful we homeschool. There are times I am asked to justify why we homeschool Many of them are for personal …

Pumpkin Project

Lifeguard Mom — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:55:39 +0000

Pinterest is always a great source of ideas. Some we pin for later consideration and others are just so timely that we just jump on it. That was the case with the pumpkin project. We were decorating for Halloween and …