Last Saturday morning we headed from our campsite to nearby Mine Kill State Park with vague plans to hike. Instead, serendipity led us smack into a “Learn to Geocache” event. Two young parks workers waited hopefully at a picnic table with a huge box of donuts, fresh coffee, handouts providing details on six “beginner” caches … [Read more…]
For the last few springs, I’ve asked the girls what they’d like to do over the summer, and every year, the first and most enthusiastic response is “Go camping!’ It’s funny, because I wasn’t raised in a camping family. I think I had a single overnight in a backyard with the Girl Scouts, and then … [Read more…]
I’ve mentioned a few times that I’ve exhausted myself over gardening lately, and now I feel the need to get you caught up. This year’s gardening initiative began when we decided to tackle some of our front shrubs. I talked about this and included a delightful photo of Cute W taking a chain saw to … [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…]
I’ve been doing a Pilates class with Lori at the Schenectady JCC. I really love it. Well, okay. I really love it as soon as I am done. Or maybe, during the last five minutes, when we’re doing something all calming and stretchy and we’re finished. But I like it very much the rest of … [Read more…]
I managed to exhaust myself today, so I’m wimping out and just sharing a couple of pictures with you. First, here’s J all death-defying and triumphant: This awesome, ladder-like tree and others like it are available for climbing in the woods on the far side of our town soccer fields. Now, that’s what I call … [Read more…]
With getting sick, I forgot all about my Niska-Day photos. We had the debut of an actual float this year, courtesy of Price Chopper. The crowd cheered for Cookie Monster, and Cute W also cheered for Price Chopper, yelling, “Where’s Shop-Rite now, huh? Where’s their float!?!” We happily accepted Shop-Rite water bottles later. And who … [Read more…]
This morning began with a parenting fail. The girls left for school, and I sat down at my desk and looked at my calendar to try to plan meals for the week. Turns out we have dinner-interfering plans every single night, which has been a trend lately. I also noticed that I’d completely blown off … [Read more…]
Tomorrow is special, with two holidays manufactured to bring back the good ol’ days. First, it’s Take Our Children to the Park. . . And Leave Them There Day, brought to you by Lenore Skenazy of Free Range Kids. If you’d like to participate, I know where you can find a great list of playgrounds. … [Read more…]
