As a parent of a Minecraft miner (is that what you call them?) I can totally relate to this. I bet you can too. If you’re here, you’re probably the parent of a little human who plays Minecraft and talks about Captain Sparklebubbles and Stumpy Farklenose. Or something like that. Are you looking for an activity your kids can do to meet new friends, enjoy
Grandes Maestros at Natural History Museum
I am starting Saturdays in So Cal back up again! Each month I will share cool places to visit in So Cal several Saturdays throughout the month. Earlier this year I visited the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA as part of the We All Grow Summit I attended. The museum was wonderful, and you can see my tour of it here, but within the museum
The best Southern California Fourth of July fun – how we saw fireworks for three hours
In many parts of Southern California, fireworks are illegal. When I was a kid I remember us playing with fireworks in the street for hours at our grandparents’ houses after shopping at the Red Devil fireworks booths on every corner of town. When we moved to the High Desert, no one was really selling fireworks and we had a dirt road, not a street. Everyone
Stan Lee’s Comikaze
While I was recovering from surgery, Katie, Matthew, and Xaver went to Stan Lee’s Comikaze. Today, Katie is guest blogging here at Hydrangea Hippo to share her experience as she wore the Dalek dress we made last month (Dalek Dress Tutorial). You can find out more about Katie on her blog, Three Mint Balloons. Introducing guest blogger, Katie Priest: So my dad, brother and I went
Halloween Traditions
It started some time after we moved into this house. Growing up in a rural area where the houses were spread out, trick-or-treating was a luxury we had to enjoy out of town. Most of the property in Phelan, the small desert town I grew up in, is on 2.5 acre to 10 acre plots. We rarely got trick or treaters and the one time