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Tag Archives: Irvine Spectrum Center
Coronavirus Christmas, Year 2
Each holiday that passes, I wonder, “how are we still celebrating holidays in a pandemic?” Yet, here we still are. We are still masked. We are still encouraged not to gather in large groups. Events and activities are still modified to protect attendees. And so, Christmas 2021 was similar in may ways to Christmas 2020 (minus the lockdown and plus one new baby). Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays, Running, Sightseeing
Tagged 5K, Baker Ranch, Candlelight Walk, Christmas, Christmas tree, coronavirus, COVID-19, crafts, Dana Point, Dana Point Harbor, Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade of Lights, Descanso Gardens, Elf Yourself, Enchanted Forest of Light, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Irvine Spectrum Center, Lake Forest, Lake Forest Recreation Center, Light of the World, Night of 1000 Lights, OC Zoo, pandemic, preschool, Rudolph, running, Saddleback Church, Santa, Sherman Library & Gardens, snow, The Grove
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A SoCal Christmas
We spent the month leading up to Christmas preparing for the big holiday by decorating, baking a ton of cookies, and participating in some favorite holiday events and some new ones. Here’s a quick recap of what we did for … Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays, Sightseeing
Tagged A Charlie Brown Christmas, Baker Ranch, Chance Theater, Chrismtas with the Critters, Christmas, cookies, Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade of Lights, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Irvine Spectrum Center, Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa, Laguna Playhouse, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Peter Pan, preschool, Rancho Las Lomas, Renegade Race Series, Santa, Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Run, Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church, scavenger hunt, SeaWorld, Tinker Bell
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Summer Lovin’ 2018
Summer has wound down. Labor Day has come and gone. All the kids are back in school and daycare full time. I’m back to work and teaching after my six-month maternity leave. Last week, even the calendar forced us all … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Arts, Baby & Kids, Hiking, Running, Sightseeing
Tagged 5K, Angels, Aqua Wave Swim School, Azarian Gymnastics, Baby Beach, Baker Ranch, baseball, Big Air, Bold Girlz, butterfly garden, Cal Elite Kids, carousel, Centennial Farm, Chuck E. Cheese, Cinepolis, CircusTrix, crafts, Dana Point, Environmental Nature Center, fashionista, Foothill Ranch Community Park, Foothill Ranch Library, Giant Wheel, Great Park, Great Park Balloon, Happy Nails, HGTV, Irvine, Irvine Park Railroad, Irvine Spectrum Center, Jim Gaffigan, Jump 'n Jammin, Laguna Art Museum, Lake Forest Chargers 5K, Lake Forest Farmers Market, Lakeshore Learning, LangoKids Irvine, LEGOLAND California, library, Library of the Canyons, Little Corona del Mar Beach, Little Italy, Livermore, Los Angeles Angels, Mission San Juan Capistrano, movie, Music Together, OC Fair, open gym, Orange County Public Libraries, Orange County Zoo, Pacific Marine Mammal Center, pedicure, Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, Playland Cafe, Pretend City, Pump It Up, Rancho Las Lomas, Rancho Santa Margarita Library, San Diego, Santa Ana Zoo, Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church, Sawdust Festival, Scooter's Jungle, Shipley Nature Center, SNA, Story Makery, storytime, summer, The Shops at Mission Viejo, The Silly Smock, trampoline park, Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, Turtle Rock Nature Center, Vacation Bible School, VBS, We Play Loud, We Rock the Spectrum, Wild Tales, Zoomars Petting Zoo
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Last Weeks as a Family of Four
Tomorrow morning, on April 13, I will be 40 weeks and 4 days pregnant and I will have my third c-section to deliver our first son. I’ve been on maternity leave for a month (thank you California!) and have spent … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Baby & Kids, Sightseeing
Tagged Aliso Viejo Children's Concert, Boomers!, Bowers Museum, carousel, Chick-fil-A, face painting, Ferris wheel, Foothill Ranch Library, frozen yogurt, Golden Spoon, Grand Park, Irvine Spectrum Center, Kidseum, library, Playland Cafe, Pretend City, putt-putt golf, storytime
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MLK Weekend 2018: Rides, a Hike, & Strawberries
The girls and I had a long three-day weekend in mid January to celebrate and honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Although I reflected on his vast contributions to the civil rights movement and to our larger society (and … Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Eating, Hiking, Holidays, Sightseeing
Tagged bike, carousel, Ferris wheel, hiking, Irvine Spectrum Center, Jr, Martin Luther King, MLK, Odyssey Park, Red Rock Canyon, strawberry, Tanaka Farms, train, Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park
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Easter Eggstravaganzas
Easter eggs – everywhere! Although our Easter celebrations were only a week long, they included twelve dyed eggs, FIVEÂ egg hunts, two petting zoos, two bunny photo opps, two train rides, one ferris wheel ride, one carousal ride, and one painted … Continue reading
Summer Fun 2016
If I had enough energy after this past summer, I’d come up with a more creative title for this blog post. As it is, though, this summer exhausted me! But, we did have a lot of fun! Just as our … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Arts, Baby & Kids, Sightseeing
Tagged Angels, Aqua Wave Swim School, Aquarium of the Pacific, baseball, Big Air Trampoline Park, Cal Elite Kids, Discovery Cube, Finding Dory, Foothill Ranch, gymnastics, HGTV, Irvine Park Railroad, Irvine Spectrum Center, Jump 'n Jammin, Lake Forest Recreation Center, library storytime, Lyon Air Museum, Music Together, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, OC Fair, OC Zoo, Orange County Great Park, Playland Cafe, Pretend City, Rancho Las Lomas, Santa Ana Zoo, Sesame Street Live!, Starbucks, summer, swim lessons, Tanaka Farms, The Reptile Zoo, The Silly Smock, We Play Loud, We Rock the Spectrum, Zoomars Petting Zoo
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Ringing in 2016 Family Style
The days of going out and partying on New Year’s Eve are long gone (although, we were never really big into NYE parties anyways). Now, we’re much happier staying in and celebrating with friends, which is exactly what we did … Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays
Tagged 2015, 2016, Baker Ranch, Borrego Trail, CUCINA enoteca, Irvine Spectrum Center, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, NYE
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