Fall Fun and Beating the Blues
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Thursday, October 13, 2011
This week on the podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above) Sarah, Rachel and Kate chat about how their families celebrate Autumn traditions. What kinds of “fall fun” are you and your family enjoying these days? Do you have plans for Halloween or All Saints day yet? What kinds of activities do you and your family enjoy when the weather is beautiful? In what ways do you all stay active... READ MORE
Filling Buckets
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Tuesday, August 03, 2010
We go apple-picking in the fall, and when I was a kid my family went cherry-picking every summer as well.
But I’d never been blueberry picking before, until last week.
Blueberries for Sal was one of my favorite books at a little girl. Do you know it? Little Sal and her mother go blueberry picking on a hill in rural Maine, and get “all mixed up” with a mother bear and her cub. It all ends well, of... READ MORE
History Feast
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, May 28, 2010
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved Memorial Day weekend.
Because it’s the beginning of summer, of course, that wonderful time of sunburned shoulders and skinned knees and playing outside until the mosquitoes chase you in. But also because our hometown has a colonial reenactment feast every year on this weekend. When you’re a kid, can many things be more magical than a reenactment feast?
I certainly... READ MORE
Fear & Fun
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Thursday, August 20, 2009
Behold, my children’s first experience with a roller coaster.
It’s the log flume at Wonderland in Ocean City, NJ, where we spent last week.
The terror in their faces here belies the fact they all begged to ride again afterwards.
The 5-yr-old, interestingly (I almost didn’t let him ride) was the most enthusiastic. “Mom! It’s really scary and then it’s fun!” he exulted.
That applies to almost everything, I find.
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