Anti-hipster…Not Anti Hipsters.

So, I think I might be an anti-hipster…not anti hipsters, but their antithesis.  I don’t like things before they are cool… apparently I wait until they are really popular or even past their popularity to start liking them. Case in point…Mumford and Sons.  I just started listening to them about two or three weeks ago and now…

“Thanks for Paying Dad”

I am in Florida for Spring Break with the family!  It is always good to see my family.  Rico sang this song last time we were on vacation.  I thought it was fitting.  Plus, he is one of my favorites…ever. Thanks for the vacation parents!!

Chalking Failure

Last Tuesday – 7:00 AM – I am up and I have a plan.  I have wanted to try coloring my hair with chalk and the preschool storyime and activity are all about color today.  This is going to be great.  I found a tutorial on Pinterest that makes it look so easy.  This is going to look amazing!…

A Big Head and Little Arms

If you haven’t seen “Meet the Robinsons” you should.  It is a great family flick with plenty of humor and lots of good messages about family, imagination, and being nice to others. Plus, the trailer is really the only proper way to finish out Dinosaur Week.  You don’t get to meet the T-Rex until the…

Rawr Means I Love You

It is Dinosaur Week and that means…more dino love.  These are some of my favorite dino images from Pinterest.   This makes me laugh everytime! I want to make a shirt like this for my Dinosaur storytime! Maybe T-Rex’s were so angry because they couldn’t give hugs?

Dinosaur Booklist

I proclaim it Dinosaur week here on “Let Other Pens.”  Dinosaurs keep popping up…pinterest, at work, on the clothing of my baby roommate.  Hence…Dino week and to kick the week off…a dinosaur booklist! Picture Books: “Brontorina” by James Howe – Brontorina has always wanted to be a ballerina, but no ballet slippers will fit her…