I heard from a friend via Facebook that the Country Garden on Consaul Road in Niskayuna is going to be plowed under tomorrow for a new development. That means that all the glorious blueberries and blueberry bushes will be plowed under, too, unless someone claims them. I happened to read this update while I already … [Read more…]
I’m reporting to you live from the Backyard Campout Slumber Party! Yeah, it’s not a great picture. The good news is that M was right: 10-year-old girls are excellent at wasting time. They’ve been quite content. It started raining at marshmallow roasting time, but we had enough umbrellas to keep everyone relatively content. The rain’s … [Read more…]
M’s birthday party is tomorrow. I’ve been alternating between stages 5 (Panic) and 6 (Efficiency) today (please refer to my Stages of a Kid’s Birthday Party post for a complete rundown). I am trying to talk myself into glorious Stage 7 (Calm Before the Storm), but instead I’m wrestling with low-level anxiety. It’s M’s 10th … [Read more…]
It’s the first school-free week! Check your library, because most of them are kicking off their reading programs. As always, click on the day for a more complete list of what’s happening. Monday, June 25th Tuesday, June 26th SUMMER ART WORKSHOP—Relief and Installation Art at the Albany Institute of History and Art Easy Nature Hike … [Read more…]
It was our first day at the pool! Yay! It was an excellent day all-around. J scored a play date during M’s soccer game, which is especially excellent because tomorrow will pretty much be devoted to soccer. Yeah, I know it’s Father’s Day. Don’t even get me started on that one. The final piece of … [Read more…]
Hope everyone enjoyed this mostly-beautiful weekend! We were actually excited when it was rainy on Saturday, because we kicked off our Harry Potter film festival, now that we’ve finished off all the books with both girls. In between household tasks and social engagements we managed to knock out the first three movies this weekend. Instead … [Read more…]
I’m feeling lazy, so here are some links. On the TU’s Parent to Parent blog, they’re kicking around ideas for where to go for hip hop dance classes. The Empire State Plaza schedule is out! I’m excited that Mike Doughty’s coming. I heard about it from All Over Albany. They just did a review of … [Read more…]
We spent multiple hours at soccer games. The morning was gorgeous. As the day progressed, he weather went seriously downhill, but M’s team improved significantly. Apparently becoming exhausted and rain-sodden agrees with them. Ah, this week. First of all, it’s strawberry picking season. J, my little nature girl, found some in the brush around the … [Read more…]
Camping was wonderful. I am exhausted. I’ll post details later. For now, we’ve got the week, and it’s not too exciting. June is a tough month, I think, because everyone with kids in school is going nutty with spring sports and dance recitals and music concerts and end-of-the-year stuff. The free summer concerts and activities … [Read more…]
This is an auto-post. Hopefully we’re camping right now, and it’s not storming all over us. The scene prior to camping was not so good. I had a massive gardening task that I had to complete. More on that later. Then I settled down to write a couple of posts, quickly. J started hovering around … [Read more…]
