Guess who is leaving our household? That’s right: it’s the Barbie Island Princess Head! She has never been a particular favorite of mine, and now J’s decided that she’s ready to move on. She brought her to me saying, “Maybe we could give her to someone who needs some toys. If they don’t mind that … [Read more…]
Please don’t judge me. I almost didn’t find the courage to share this. I am about to inflict pesticide-ridden strawberries on a whole group of innocent, cherubic, nursery-school children. I am the helper at our co-op nursery school on Wednesday, and J requested strawberries. Repeatedly. Today I went grocery shopping, and there weren’t any organic … [Read more…]
So, the Children’s Museum at Saratoga sent me an email about discounted Great Escape tickets, and it linked to this groovy promotion for nonprofits: buy tickets for $19.99 for one of the specified days–tickets are usually $40.99 + tax. For each ticket bought, $5 goes back to the nonprofit that promotes it. If you want … [Read more…]
We went to Thacher Nature Center‘s annual Snow Day for the first time ever.  It was absolutely worth the drive–they were all about packing in the fun. First, we went on a whopping 1-mile snow shoe hike in which the average kid age was probably 6. All of the grown-ups were discussing the value of … [Read more…]
OK, I should have known not to post right before going to the downtown Schenectady library. I always find more good stuff on the bulletin boards there. So, there was an activity that screamed out, “Katie!!!” Someone’s organizing a “skate in” at Central Park in Schenectady from 1-3 pm on Saturday, Jan. 16th. This is … [Read more…]
I apologize for the re-post. . . somehow this post completely disappeared from my blog. I’m still baffled. But I wanted to keep this available. The news from Haiti is so horrible. I thought that this site, which talks a little about how you can give most effectively when there’s a disaster far away, was … [Read more…]
Last weekend we organized a big caroling outing in our neighborhood. Now, Christmas Caroling at nursing homes and hospitals is a wonderful activity: warm and organized, with a captive audience. But I like the idea of boosting neighborliness. Even though it’s intimidating.   I realized, as we started walking down the street, that I hadn’t expected … [Read more…]
