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Archive for July, 2005

walscapades beta version 1.0

Today marks the official launch of walscapades.com. Firstly, I need to give credit where credit is due. Thank you to Grampa Andy for his winning entry in the “name the new blog” contest. After careful review, it was decided that this one met all criteria and, more importantly, wasn’t already taken. Your prize will be [...]

Giving new meaning to colonoscopy

( Stella )

Last weekend, we went to a birthday party for one of Stella’s friends from day care. This is the second party we have attended at the Children’s Discovery Museum, leaving me to ask myself: Is this the McDonald’s Playland of the new millenium? The kids are free to run amok — all in the name [...]

What I did on my summer vacation.

I had honestly planned to continue posting throughout the remainder of the trip, but found myself quickly losing any kind of inspiration. There was plenty going on and plenty worth mentioning, but each time I sat down to write I found myself incessantly leaning on the backspace key. Being back in the land of mc-mansions [...]

Another chapter from the Walston Parenting Manual: Rigid schedules are a must!

After finally adjusting to the sweltering temperatures, be began our vacay in earnest. Nothing like staying up until 3am only to have your child wake up at 4:30. Through some amazing planetary alignment, she actually went back to sleep until 8:30!! I – with all true and sincere honesty – can say that I don’t [...]