Do you ever read one of those magazines and they’ll say “So-and-so hosted a casual buffet with some neighbors and invited us to see her easy-breezy style”? And what follows is several pages of impossibly gorgeous spreads of food surrounded by distinctive and clever decor and people who look impeccable and beautiful in every way? … [Read more…]
First, I keep getting links for Easter fun. So here are a few: Deb’s Easter Egg Hunt Tips for Parties at KidsOutAndAbout.com Childhood 101’s Easter Egg Hunt ideas for building literacy and their Playopedia Picks Eggy Fun for Easter The Stir’s 10 Fun and Easy Easter Crafts for Kids. The other day, I was pondering … [Read more…]
We started our spring break by being Easteriffic today. We finally got to egg decorating just barely in time for the holiday. It went well, and I credit our great success to timing, because we decorated while fresh and perky, immediately after breakfast. As a result, events that could cause an outburst of tears in … [Read more…]
I thought some of you might like a look at Babble’s list of top 25 blogs for family travel. Here’s some of what’s happening over the next few days. Click on the day for a more complete list. Friday, April 6th Pre-School Story Hour with Pam at the Open Door Bookstore Spring Bunny Parade at … [Read more…]
Over the weekend, I visited Hudson Valley Community College’s Summer Camp Fair. I walked around telling people to add their camps to KidsOutAndAbout.com, and I heard about tons and tons of programs for the summer. Debra’s been sharing a “Camp of the Day” on the KidsOutAndAbout Facebook page, which somehow makes it seem just fun … [Read more…]
I don’t have a quality post for you tonight. Instead, I was doing some housekeeping. The cute little icons for Facebook and other social media had inexplicably vanished from my blog, so I put in a new plug-in. It was very, very easy to do, but I’m concerned that its floating-ness might be too annoying. … [Read more…]
Okay, honestly? It’s a little quiet this week. I’m sort of guessing that everyone’s just gearing up for their activities during the spring break. Speaking of the calendar in general, here’s some holiday fun: Cute W was fooled by this NPR story about nursery school today. Our old pal Blossom has some tips on Surviving … [Read more…]
J’s attended 2 of her 3 birthday parties of the weekend, and I hung around Friday’s party long enough that I couldn’t resist taking a couple of pictures to share. First, rainbow fruit skewers. . . cute, right? Lucky for me, some of the kids were suspicious of the mangoes, which were recruited to represent … [Read more…]
I was volunteering at the library today, and I stumbled on What Bluebirds Do by Pamela F. Kirby. It’s a gorgeous picture book full of photographs of a family of bluebirds that took up residence in the author’s backyard. Readers see the baby birds grow and learn all sorts of interesting facts that will be … [Read more…]
Last night was date night. Cute W had bought tickets to see Guster at the Egg for Valentine’s Day, and we were going out for Vietnamese food for dinner first. Our usual sitter was performing in a school concert, so we booked one of her friends, a nice girl who’d babysat with us before. Cute … [Read more…]
