Ahoy There Matey
Today Barbara, the girls and I headed out to the Renaissance Festival. In the past, we haven’t gone as Chloe had a deep fear of swords. She’s gotten past that now, and now loves a good weapon. It was “Pirate’s Plunder” weekend, and the girls gathered quite a bit of pirate’s booty (not the cheesy
This is The Coolest Thing
that I have seen in a long time!! The Westhampton (MA) library had a fundraiser that must be the best fundraiser ever. We all know about the Chicago Cow Parade and all the others like the Dawgs Parade in Athens. But here’s a great small town alternative! Dress up those pink flamingos and then auction
Chloe’s Art Show
Today was the last day of our homeschool classes. I know the girls will miss hanging out with their friends, but at the moment I am feeling ‘the fewer commitments, the better’. Unfortunately, we still have some dentist and doctor appointments, but after the 28th, we are totally free until we leave for our big
Daisy No More
Today was our last day of scouts for the year. Camille earned her Leadership Pin and some other patches, as well as some cookie incentive prizes. Chloe earned the rest of her Daisy patches and then bridged to Brownies! I was the Daisy Scout Leader this year, and I’m so excited to see my little
Happy Mothers’ Day!
I was five days late for Cinco de Mayo, so one day late for Mothers’ Day isn’t so bad, right? My mom comes to stay with us all the time, so I wanted my mothers’ day gift to her (and my mothers’ day gift to myself – I realize it is something for MY house)
Diez de Mayo
I guess we are a few days late for the big “Cinco de Mayo” celebration. We remembered the holiday while we were on the train home…the chips and salsa just didn’t cut it. Today Camille worked on researching food, crafts and more to help us, then we headed to Kat’s Happy Place, along with Lowe’s
Win Lots and Lots of Great CDs
The Kids Music Planet Podcast has announced a “Mega CD Giveaway.” Hosts Lisa and Monty Harper will be giving away 50 different children’s music cds to one lucky listener! The prize package includes many titles that have been reviewed in the podcast, from artists such as Charity & the JAMband, Katherine Dines, Pam Donkin, Erin
More Video from This Weekend
I had Camille take some video of Uncle Rock, and, unfortunately, it did not come out. But Sienna, Persephone’s mom and author of Hilltown Families (a fantastic, informative website), caught it…
There’s a City Here Too
Today after girl scouts, we drove about five minutes to downtown Atlanta. I don’t think I have been down to Centennial Park since before the aquarium was built! There are museum, playgrounds, outdoor concerts and more going on down there. Pretty neat space! The playground was tons of fun, but the girls started to get
Final Day in NYC
The girls were not up for any ambitious sightseeing after we checked out of our hotel and headed to Manhattan. We took the subway to Times Square. Camille had in mind the chocolate stores. There were 50 police cars there; from what I gathered they were filming the movie “The Taking of the Pelham 123”.
Dinnertime
Yeah
More Kindie Rock
From Coney Island, we took the train back up to Park Slope to see Mr. Ray and Princess Katie and Racer Steve in concert. It was our first time seeing Mr. Ray, and he put on a great show! Then Princes Katie and Racer Steve came out. As she came out, she spotted Chloe and
Ride the Wonder Wheel
This morning, the girls and I walked over to the F train and rode it all the way to the end at Coney Island. Were they surprised that you could take the train to the beach! how cool is that! We walked over to the boardwalk, but almost nothing was open. Around noon, all the
Chloe’s Not Shy
Here she is on stage with Ernie and Neal.
The City Never Sleeps
After our busy morning, we took a short break, then headed across the street from the hotel to head to our main event, STINK, the second annual gathering of kindie rockers in Brooklyn. (The first annual gathering last year was in the same place and very fun, although crowded.) It was tons of fun to
Bagels for Breakfast
Could there be any doubt? We headed out early and got on the F train to Union Square. We quickly found a deli and grabbed some bagels and coffee (milk for the girls). We sat at a table in Union Square to eat, then walked through the wonderful farmer’s market that was going on there.
We’re in NYC now…
the train didn’t seem to have wireless, so I was off-line for over 24 hours for the first time in quite a while, I think. We got into Penn Station around 2pm, hopped on the uptown train (after fighting with the machine that would not sell me three subway cards), and got to the Museum
We’re on our way
To NYC
Thursday Thirteen
My friend Kat over at Sunshine and Lemonade posted a list of thriteen places she’d like to go. My thirteen is a little different from hers. I’d say that her lists includes quite a few places that I’d like to take my kids (Colonial Williamsburg, Yellowstone), but only one or two places that I have
Baseball Season
Well honestly, I wouldn’t know except that Robbie Schaefer (XMKids) just announced all the games that XM is covering tonight (all of them I guess). Between our new favorite CD Pop Fly and today’s rainy morning of Wii Sports, Chloe decided that she really wanted “baseball lessons”. I gave her the next best thing; we
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