The girls had their first day of camp today, and I dropped them off with ice-packed water bottles. It reminded me of my one attempt at Girl Scout Day Camp a good thirty years ago, back when they used to make us all take salt tablets. It was hellishly hot, there was limited shade, the … [Read more…]
My 9-year-old niece, with the help of my brother’s girlfriend (who has bravely shown up to mingle with 20 or so relatives for a full week!) has been making necklaces from the seashells and sea glass that she’s found on the beach. They look surprisingly great. I’m a little bummed, actually, because I missed getting … [Read more…]
I thought that I’d tell you about two outdoor toys we’ve been enjoying lately. M wanted the Max Liquidators as part of her birthday celebration. I was skeptical, because they act like a syringe, drawing plenty of water and spraying it out quickly. These seem like a perfect backyard pool toy, but we don’t have … [Read more…]
I’m getting a little bit stressed out. We’ve got M’s birthday coming up on Friday, which means making a treat for school on Thursday and hosting a slew of kids at our (not terribly exciting) house on Saturday. Frankly, the weather’s got me scared. Also, we tend to be overly ambitious with the birthday cakes: … [Read more…]
Is it ever going to stop raining? Because I’m just so done with it. I was looking at the many, many events that got completely washed out today. For ourselves, we engaged in delightful activities: Disassembling the food processor for sport. This was W’s idea: he comes from a family of handy people, and apparently … [Read more…]
As you know, I had an off day yesterday.  Really, I generally put together my weekend list, and then I feel pretty good, because as I hear about events from various sources, I can put them into two categories: 1) not family friendly or cheap or fun enough to be considered “fun” by me, or … [Read more…]
J had a friend over for a babysitting playdate, so besides a grocery store run (okay, two: I forgot stuff), we mostly puttered around the house today. Some weeding was accomplished, although you couldn’t tell by, you know, looking at my garden. For much of the time, though, I was in the kitchen. The girls … [Read more…]
The weather’s so fabulous that I reluctantly sat down to the computer, completely uninspired about writing anything. And then I realized that I had an old article from when I did a moms’ group newsletter. Presto! I’ve got myself a post! So the timing’s a little off–maybe this is our 7th gardening season? And last … [Read more…]
The girls are playing outside and the grown-ups are being pretty lazy. We did manage to hit the library book sale. I would have bought more if the girls hadn’t been quite out of patience with me. Just because I went today doesn’t mean that I’m not allowed to go for the bag sale tomorrow, … [Read more…]
You know, sometimes I feel a little bit guilty, because I talk about all of these wonderful things to do, and then I hardly actually get around to doing any of them. When the girls were younger we definitely spent more time going to specially programmed events. These days, if they’re playing happily together, or … [Read more…]
