It takes a village
Posted in Children: Camps and Classes, Children: Entertainment on Apr 30th, 2008
I don’t know what you plan on doing with your children during the summer, but you will find me at parks, ponds, and pools. Since my children don’t swim at all during the school year, I need to pack it in during July and August.
I live in Medford, right up the street from a great […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Dining out on Apr 26th, 2008
A place to visit in Somerville that is not in a “Square”! I love to go out to eat and before kids would venture far and wide to try something new. Now if a new place turns out to be a bust, I am not only out the cost of the check but also […]
Posted in Responsible citizens, Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2008
It seems like everywhere I turn, people are talking green. There is a lot to say, and share these days about being green. And it’s good. Some people will treat it as a fad, but a great many others will learn a new way of living.
I read this article in the NYT last Sunday […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2008
I haven’t run a marathon (or even a 10K), and probably never will. The closest I’ve been to anything described in “marathon” terms is giving birth. With a good college friend in the race yesterday, I watched the runners in person at Kenmore. My vantage point wasn’t so far from the finish line, and the […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Classes on Apr 21st, 2008
So… I’ve been a closeted non-biker (audible gasp!) for 28 years now. It all started when I was six years old, ready to leave my training wheels behind. My brother and I were riding our bikes (mine of the girly pink variety, and my brother’s of the BMX kind) next to our […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2008
So, I really don’t have to go on and on about how delicious every recipe I put in here is, right? I mean, I hope you trust me enough by now to know that I only include here my favorite recipes. So, trust me, and serve this one for Tuesday’s dinner- it will be a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2008
I’m in the car the other day with my three children, listening to my 6yo and 4yo’s conversation in the back seat. Tiernan, my 6yo, is trying remember a detail from some story. Rowan remembers it for her and then says:
“Tiernan, do you like that you have a smart brother?”
“Yes.”
“Do you like that you […]
Posted in Children: Health, Grown-Ups: Health on Apr 17th, 2008
Ah baby carrots - so convenient - so crunchy - a vegetable my 3 year old son will actually eat. And unfortunately, after all the processing, and the storing in plastic and water to keep them from drying out…highly like they are not as nutritious as a regular carrot. You can read more thoughts here […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Entertainment on Apr 16th, 2008
Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods, which I have heard much about since it has been out. Here is a summary of the book:
In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2008
I feel like I am driving the little black bus of unhappiness over Jen’s great carpe diem post (as they say - out of the mouths of babes!), but for anyone who is feeling freaked out by this story from boston.com, check out Keegan’s post on bisphenol A here, and read the “smart plastics” guide […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2008
This morning, I woke up my daughter (Sage; 7) — and she was in a good mood. A rarity, and she is outnumbered as the only one in the house not to be a morning person. It’s a good thing today, because my son and I are both a little slow…
So I said to her […]
Posted in Children: Health on Apr 15th, 2008
Remember last Thursday? 72 degrees, baby! My kids were outside from 8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., loving every drop of sunshine they could soak in. Around 10:00, Tiernan asks if I would put sunscreen on her because she was feeling a little burned. She was right; her cheeks were already rosy. But, […]
