• The Mommies Reviews

    How to Have Fun (Not) Traveling this Summer

    Confession: Traveling during the busy summer season just isn’t for me. In our modern age filled with digital nomads and travel hacking devotees, it’s almost a sin not to be daydreaming about the next summer vacay. But in my humble opinion, summer travel can be a bit unpleasant. Of course, it largely depends on the destination. But with the swarms of tourists at popular locales — not to mention prices for airfare, hotel stays, and tourist attractions spike — I’d rather stay local during the summer. I’m willing to swap jetting off to different countries for a leisurely bike ride around my neighborhood. If you have a similar mindset, here…

    Comments Off on How to Have Fun (Not) Traveling this Summer
  • The Mommies Reviews

    Science Resources

    It’s Tuesday, June 25, 2019, and time for Science Resources . I would like to ask you to check out the Recommended Website: If you have used these resources let me know what you thought of them and why. Amazing Space Age Range: 5-18 (Grades K-12, with parental supervision) Today’s website is courtesy of the Education Group of the Space Telescope Science Institute that promotes “the science and majestic beauty of the universe to the education community.” When you get to the homepage, you will see “Resources by Topic”. Or use the menu to the right of it to explore this site that includes:  Online Explorations — Interactive games and activities about an array of…

  • The Mommies Reviews

    Chuck E. Cheese

    A couple weeks ago we meet David M., Alyssa and the kids along with Debbie at Chuck E. Cheese for the kids to play. Charlie had a Gift Card he had gotten from his grandmother for his Birthday 2 years ago but the card didn’t expire. Once we got to Chuck E. Cheese we all went over the Menu and the cashier let us know they had just changed prices and were to find coupons. I was disappointed that when all was said and done we spent almost a $100 and that included the $58 which was on Charlie’s Gift Card. With these types of prices it doesn’t look like…