New Superman Ultimate Flight Ride at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - Now Open!

Being a Mom of a little boy and a Auntie to 2 little boys super heroes are a norm for me. There is Batman, Spiderman and Superman! Those are the main characters you see on products and clothing. Who would not want to be super right?!? Now at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Northern CA there is a new roller coaster, Superman Ultimate Flight. While the kids are too small to ride it we are going to get the "big kids" aka husbands to ride the new roller coaster. I am so getting my brother in law on it first!

Ride info from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom:

The familiar refrain, “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s SUPERMAN!” will become part of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s lexicon with the official announcement today of the park’s exciting new roller coaster, SUPERMAN Ultimate Flight. The ride, created in a partnership between Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment, is NOW OPEN!

This one-of-a-kind launch coaster features the tallest inversion west of the Mississippi and will rank alongside the tallest coaster inversions in the world. At 150 feet high, riders will experience lightning speeds of 62 miles per hour, with two upside-down twists and two vertical rolls over a track length of 863 feet.

-Height: 15 stories
-Maximum Speed: 62 mph

-Track Length: 863 feet

-Capacity: 12 passengers per train

-Restraints: Pull-down lap bar

-Features: Launch coaster using electromagnetic propulsion, two upside-down twists, two vertical rolls. Tallest inversion west of the Mississippi, ranked alongside the top tallest inversions in the world

We will be at the park riding the NEW Superman Ultimate Flight ride on 7/11. At Six Flags 7/11 means its 7/11 Slurpee Day! Six Flags with the Exclusive 7-Eleven Coasters After Dark Event. That’s right — They are keeping select rides open AFTER the park closes on July 11 only!

How can you attend?? Purchase a Slurpee® Drink at select in-park locations after 7:11 p.m. on July 11 and receive your VIP wristband for access to the event.*

Visit www.slurpee.com for more information on how you can celebrate 7-Eleven Day!


*We will be guest of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for our visit. This is a free info post and I was not compensated.

Making A Difference With Champions For Kids and Post Bowls Of Hope Simple Service Project

~Posted by Patricia


I am so proud to be participating once again with Champions For Kids and the Post Bowls For Hope Simple Service Project this month.

This wonderful project is all about supplementing local food banks and other helping organizations with breakfast and lunch items for low-income children. During the summer months, 5 of 6 children who have access to local food programs during the other months of the year, lose that access during the summer. This means that millions of children go without breakfasts and lunches because their families may have difficulty providing these meals for them.

Post Cereal teamed up with Champions For Kids to help fight childhood hunger, and to help provide the breakfasts that children need to be and stay healthy. Did you know that 5.6 million Americans seek out food from food banks or other resources? I didn't know this until I read about these important facts while participating in this project.

My Post brand cereal to donate #PostCFK

I went shopping at my local Walmart for Post Cereals to donate. The Post Bowls of Hope project is encouraging everyone to host a food drive in whatever way is possible to collect food for donation. I am having a small food drive with my family, and we will donate our items to my local food bank.

I had intended to invite my family over for dinner for my food drive, but a serious medical emergency in my family prevented that from happening. Instead, I asked them to drop off their donations when they could. I was happy that we were able to collect breakfast items that are so badly needed, especially cereal.

I took my 5 year-old grandson with me to make my donation. I feel it's very important for him to understand that we need to help others when we can. He does understand what "donate" means, and he loves helping me out. My grandson thought it was very important that other kids have their cereal to eat in the mornings just like he does. This guy loves his cereal!

I'm making my donation to the Kingston Food Bank. We have donated here before and I just love it's director and wonderful volunteers that help so many others in the community. #PostCFK

I am so happy to be working with Champions for Kids and Post Cereals to help children in need.


 You can read my Google+ Story about my shopping trip to Walmart to shop for items to donate to the Kingston Food Bank for my Simple Service Project for Post Bowls of Hope and Champions for Kids.

* I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Champions for Kids #CBias #SocialFabric

Happy 4th of July 2012

Pie from Women's Day magazine

Happy 4th of July!! We hope your day is filled with love, laughter and good food!

Better Homes and Garden craft

Another Day At The Market

I know I write a lot about Pike Place Market here in Seattle, but I just can't help myself.

Do you remember the scene in "Sleepless In Seattle" where Tom Hanks is in the Market and buying groceries to make dinner for that silly woman he was dating? And what about the restaurant where he was talking about Cary Grant with his buddy Rob Reiner?

Those places are here in the Market, and every time I see them, it makes me happy. In fact, every time I watch "Sleepless In Seattle" I get happy in a teary, ridiculous, nostalgic kind of way.

So I was at Pike Place Market on Sunday with my daughter Megan, and my son David. We played tourist and went in all the shops, looked at the flowers, the food, the people, and just generally hung out and had a good time.

The picture above was on a produce truck parked in front of the Market. It was so colorful and pretty that i just had to take a picture of it. And really, when is the last time you saw a truck like this at your local supermarket? Just another reason to love my Seattle.

Posted by Patricia

Boba is launching Project Lending Library #ProjectLL

We have worked with Boba Baby Carriers a few times on our blog. We like the quality of their carries and recently carried the youngest of the Frugal Family Tree kids all over Nevada and a few airports in one!

At Boba, they especially admire and have great gratitude for babywearing groups and lending libraries, and the amazing individuals who run them. These groups, which range from semi-informal sharing groups to well-established non-profit organizations, help teach parents all over the world how to use carriers and wraps correctly, and give them a chance to try them out for free. Boba salutes these groups for spreading the babywearing love! That’s why for the entire month of July they are concentrating efforts on recognizing and equipping these groups with more carriers and wraps for parents to try.

Through July 31, 2012 they are taking nominations for U.S. babywearing lending libraries and groups with the goal of partnering with at least one new library in each U.S. state, to which Boba will donate a free Boba Carrier and Boba Wrap!

 To help spread the word, get the most nominations possible, and thank you for taking the time to nominate, Boba is giving away a Babywearing-aholic Prize Pack to one lucky nominator. Every person that nominates a lending library will be entered to win the prize package, which includes one Boba Carrier and matching stuff sack, plus our organic teething pads. (One entry per valid nomination, no limit per person. Winner will be chosen at random from all confirmed nominations received via the form to the right)

You can read more about the Project and Nominate a group here.