Man, oh man, was that a gorgeous holiday weekend or what?  We went to Moreau Lake State Park today, which I’ll tell you about tomorrow. But here are some things going on this week: Tuesday, June 1st: At 11 am, there’s a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Jerry Burrell Park in Schenectady. The playground was designed by … [Read more…]
Weekend’s over! After ranting on Friday and fretting on Saturday, we’re back to the weekly line up. There are also plenty of regularly scheduled events, and the weather’s looking pretty good, too. Yay. All Week From 3-4 pm each day, kids can help make a commercial for the Rensselaer Public Library‘s summer reading programs. Monday, … [Read more…]
This morning I was checking out the various blogs, and the TU’s Parent to Parent Blog had what I consider to be an appalling and depressing video of little girls dancing to Single Ladies. Actually, I just went to check, and they’ve pulled the video. Imagine 8-ish year-old girls wearing thigh-high boots, shorty-shorts & half … [Read more…]
Is anybody else unbelievably chilly? It’s funny how what’s balmy in February suddenly seems quite unbearable when we’ve been spoiled by warm weather. So let’s think summer, okay?  Ready? (Oh, man, I am so ready!!) Free Concerts! Pack yourself a picnic dinner and enjoy the great outdoors. Even when the music doesn’t captivate them, there’s … [Read more…]
So, there’s plenty to do, plus some more nice weather later this week. Currently I’m staying cool by sitting around with wet hair and eating yummy frozen mangoes. I’m ready for the thunder storm already! Oh–if you refresh a few times you might see a new picture of the girls and me at the Schenectady’s … [Read more…]
I just heard that tonight there’s going to be a Family Dance and Scholastic Bookfair at New Scotland Elementary School. It’s an Earth Day celebration with dances called by Paul Rosenberg. It’s open to the public and it starts at 6:30 pm. I’ve been watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution on Hulu, and one thing that’s … [Read more…]
Oh! I forgot to tell you about an encounter at the park yesterday–some lady was oooh-ing and ahhh-ing over how pretty M is and she exclaimed, “What kind of a night did you two have when you made her!?!” Wow, that’s super-awkward. Especially when you’re standing there next to your parents. We just smiled and … [Read more…]
Afrim’s is running a Spring Break Action Camp (multiple sports played for ages 3 to 11–click link for times & prices) and a Technical Training Camp (soccer skills for the 8 and up crowd–9:15 am-12:15 pm at $30/day or $125/week). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – … [Read more…]
There’s a ton of events going on this weekend, so I’ll have that list out in the next post, but meanwhile, in an effort to get out of this posting-late-at-night-when-I’m-super-sleepy mode, I thought that I’d have a little food interlude. I don’t know if you’ve all seen Jamie Oliver’s TED Talk. If you haven’t, you’ve … [Read more…]
Hey, I realized that I’ve done more than 100 posts now! Yay, me. Actually, I’ve been a little bit bummed because after steadily climbing in readership for a while, I’ve leveled off in the last couple of weeks. It’s true that I haven’t been very good about passing around those cute cards, which would help, … [Read more…]
