Many years ago, Cute W met up with my sister Jane and while greeting her, he said, “You look tired.” Jane, who speaks with great passionate and vehemence on any number of topics, admonished him. “You never tell a woman that she looks tired. Or, if you do, you have to follow it up with … [Read more…]
I’ve said before that I’m always trying to get kids to eat healthfully, and I’ve even shared my tips on how to get kids to eat vegetables. You’ve also heard me say that I’m cheap. So when someone from Produce for Kids® asked if we might want to do a giveway, I said, “Heck, yeah!” … [Read more…]
I’ve never been so happy to see rain. Everyone’s lawn turning to hay was getting so depressing. Yesterday when I shuffled out of bed, the girls sang, “Rain, rain, hip hooray! We’re gonna go see Brave today!’ They’d seen it while visiting their grandparents, but I still wanted to go, and I’d told them we … [Read more…]
The girls spent last week attending town camp. We love that camp. It’s $35 a week, the girls have friends there, and it’s conveniently located so that they can walk to camp all by themselves. One part of town camp that I’ve missed this year is pick-up and drop-off. The girls have walked before, but … [Read more…]
There’s tons going on this weekend. We’re pretty excited to NOT being doing too much this weekend. Holy cow, I just realized that this is our first “no big plans” weekend since the middle of May. Hooray for us! As always, click on the day itself for a more complete list of events. And if … [Read more…]
Here’s a link from Free Range Kids about how moms created their own neighborhood camp. Sounds super-awesome, but I’m hoping that someone else in my neighborhood will do this and I can just cheer them on and boast to all of you about my glorious neighborhood (again). So, who’s up for it? Last night’s Circus … [Read more…]
On Saturday we attended a party/campout, an annual event. It was excellent, as always. A main attraction was the collection of home brews. The hard cider was my favorite. There’s always a ton of music. All kinds. Our friends had a groovy new s’more maker. You can find a s’more maker like it online. Both … [Read more…]
Both The Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady and Market Block Books in Troy are doing special Where’s Waldo activities in July. You and your child can hunt for 20 Waldos scattered among local businesses, find Waldo, and win prizes. Hooray for shopping local and making it fun for the kiddos. The Open Door Bookstore also … [Read more…]
The girls and Cute W had an excellent time with Grandma and Grandpa and their aunt, uncle, and cousins. The main event of the visit was working on a colossal and awesome fort that Grandpa had been laboring over for quite a while. He’d completed the main construction, but there were plenty of accessories that … [Read more…]
I wrote a review of our recent trip to Hershey Park–you can check it out over on KidsOutAndAbout. In other internet news you might want to use: All Over Albany collects ideas on where to go paddleboarding All Over Albany readers help you hunt for fossils in the area The TU’s Outdoors blog has a … [Read more…]
