I’m getting the sense that people are starting to feel a little bit antsy about exactly what the heck they’re doing for February break, so I’m going to try to publish a list on that a little earlier than I’d originally planned–I’ll probably just try to compile the weekend events and the week events at … [Read more…]
I love our neighborhood. It’s not just that we can walk to schools and businesses or that the trees stretch over the streets to make those beautiful dappled-green tunnels in the summertime. Although, you know, that’s all awesome.  It’s our freakishly wonderful neighbors. Would you believe that in the last month each of my next-door … [Read more…]
Okay, so one item that I missed in the weekend round-up is that kids are invited to paint eggs from Cooper’s Ark Farm at the Schenectady Greenmarket this Sunday. Second, I just had to show you one of the castles that we’ll have as centerpieces for our nursery school’s Family Dinner. Cute, right? Paper towel … [Read more…]
My cute husband and I have this shorthand we use, which is “feel my thirst”. It comes from that classic scene in White Men Can’t Jump in which Gloria (Rosie Perez) is lying in bed with Billy (Woody Harrelson), and she tells him that she’s thirsty. I couldn’t believe that this clip wasn’t on Youtube. … [Read more…]
I suddenly realized that I have our Nursery School Family Dinner and a Grown-Ups’ Potluck Dinner this Saturday. I hunted down a babysitter that I haven’t used in over a year (not a reflection on her: we literally don’t get out much), and she miraculously said yes without hesitation. The two events overlap by half … [Read more…]
Hot Harry’s on Union Street is giving away free breakfast burritos this morning until 10 am. They’re asking, instead, that you throw in a donation that will go to the City Mission of Schenectady’s Family Life Center. Go, eat, give.
Okay, these aren’t really secrets. Your local children’s librarian would be happy to tell you about the many programs that are offered, but when you get to the library, you’re too busy pulling books out of the toddler’s mouth or reminding an older child not to run or perhaps sneaking over to the adult shelves … [Read more…]
So, my cute husband keeps posting all of my blog posts to Facebook. Which is sweet, but I was starting to get a little embarrassed, and I said, basically, do you have to?  Then he started teasing me, complete with fluttery, effeminate gestures of indecision and distress: “Oh, I want people to read it! … [Read more…]
