One of the perks of the Vibram Five Fingers. . . You’re not just running: you’re also picking flowers! Which reminds me, here’s a local photography blog with a simple-but-satisfying Queen Anne’s Lace Project. And as long as we’re talking local blogs and craftiness, here’s a blog about family fun in the Adirondacks with a … [Read more…]
I’m slacking off today and just telling you about good stuff that people besides me have been sharing lately. The Albany Mommy Blog has a list of local county fairs for the summer. She also reminded me to tell you about the free water ski shows in Scotia–here’s that schedule. Albany Kid put together a … [Read more…]
For those of you who’ve been wondering how our weekend was, I’ll update you with my first-ever blog post chock full of triumph. Triumph #1: The ice cream cake turned out pretty well. It was touch and go for a bit when I lost track of time and whipped the cream too much. This, coupled … [Read more…]
I’m too sleepy tonight to come up with any clever chatter, but luckily I’ve been keeping a running list of free summer events. If you didn’t get enough with previews 1 & 2, here are some more free family friendly programs and events. Did you know that you can take free tennis lessons in different … [Read more…]
First, the request: after all of that 4H talk, I had to add the links to my Big Ol’ List. Which meant that I ended up adding various kid-oriented organizations. Which reminded me, again, about Girls on the Run.  The closest local group is still too far, based out of Glens Falls. So. . . … [Read more…]
Years and years ago, when my cute husband and I had oodles of kid-free leisure time, we decided to take some swing dancing classes. At the time, I worked in a building near Astor Place in Manhattan, and when I looked into lessons, I was surprised to learn that there was a place in the … [Read more…]
How about this gorgeous day? J is tidying up the playhouse outside, and I organized the garage and finally got around to fertilizing our garden, after removing about 37 itsy-bitsy Maple trees. One of our friends reminded me of a fun activity–taking in a baseball or softball game. Of course, you could trek out to … [Read more…]
As you may have guessed, I was not able to make my house presentable and create a quality post before the 4 o’clock birthday party. And now I’m feeling rawther exhausted because I ice skated for about 2 hours yesterday, had people over until 10:30-which-felt-like-11:30 last night, and, last but not least, I managed to … [Read more…]
J and I went on our first bike ride of the season yesterday. We used our fabulous Trail-Gator.  Oh, Trail-Gator! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. You bring all of the joy of “real” bike riding–the speed, the wind in the hair, the ability to easily ride in figure eights–to my … [Read more…]
The girls are outside playing in the snow. I was just singing a song to them as they got ready. It goes like this: Snow pants! You keep my buttocks dry! Snow pants! I simply don’t know why Anyone would want to go Out there in the snow Without. . . [here you begin the … [Read more…]
