Last Weekend of September Already!

Phew, you guys, I’m tired!  I have a cold which seems to be resisting even my beloved Theraflu, it was Back-to-School Night for the big girl, it’s our last night without Daddy, and I just realized that my Netflix chick flick is foreign-with-subtitles.  Which means I can’t multitask.   I’m just going to stop looking for … [Read more…]

Bettie’s Cakes

Guess where we went yesterday? The  Bettie’s Cakes double decker bus!  They were parked by the Schenectady Public Library. We were very excited, and rather overwhelmed by our choices.  We ended up getting (clockwise from top) Red Velvet, S’more, and Raspberry Lemonade.  The Red Velvet’s a menu regular, and the other two were flavors of … [Read more…]

Apple Orchards! Finally!

I know, I know, picking’s been going on for weeks already.  In my defense, I ran into a guy at the farmers’ market last week who claims that he refuses to eat an apple until the last of the tomatoes are gone.  Well, yeah, that’s just silly.  I’m completely willing to allow overlapping produce. Just … [Read more…]

Grocery Cart o’ Horror. . . .

It wasn’t the best day.  Just prior to bedtime, M couldn’t understand why J and I were so angry about how she’d just picked up a piece of J’s ceramic tea set and threw it up and down until it hit the ceiling and shattered.  Like, what’s the big deal?  Sorry. Prior to that, we … [Read more…]

This Week

It’s actually pretty quiet this week.  Part of it is that I need to parse through the various schedules and reconfirm what is unique and what’s a regularly scheduled event for the What About TODAY? page.  I also tried to update my Playground List and ran into technical difficulties yesterday.  Not to mention that I … [Read more…]

Hanging Around the House

I don’t know about the rest of you, but my kids are exhausted and more than ready for the weekend. They spent the day sneaking over to our next-door neighbor’s house, where there was a yard sale.  You’ve heard already that the girls love a yard sale.   They were both outside in the rain at … [Read more…]

Ah, an Autumnal Weekend

Another busy weekend!  Thanks to those of you who’ve recently completed the playground survey–I’m going to update that list soon.  Oh, and I missed it earlier, but CMOST is having a program on Wednesday or Saturday mornings at 9:30 am for 2- to 4-year-olds.  Here’s what else  I’ve found. . . any additions? All Weekend: … [Read more…]

Lovin’ the Routine!

School’s great, thank you.  They’re both settling in, making new friends, liking the teacher. Most of our activities haven’t started, but at least we’ve figured out what we’re doing.  The girls both enjoyed their soccer games:  I was afraid that they wouldn’t like them as much as practices, but I think that they’re even more … [Read more…]

Theater Preview

Among the many things to enjoy about fall–occurring somewhere between the return to school and jumping into leaf piles–is all of the glossy brochures with the upcoming theater for the new season.  I get so excited, as if I’m going to go to these shows.  Which I generally don’t, because I’m cheap.  But I start … [Read more…]

Local Blogs and Personal Dog Drama

For those of you who were wondering, the TU’s Albany blog has a post on what happened to the playground in Lincoln Park.  Meanwhile, their Youth Arts blog has a post on a casting call from the Cohoes Music Hall for kids 5-8 to act in “A Christmas Carol” and another post about  joining the … [Read more…]