A Stage I’m Going Through
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Thursday, July 31, 2008
This week I’m holding a Drama Camp here at the house. Never mind that I have no theatrical experience, I happen to be one of the only mothers among our circle of friends who is not currently pregnant, postpartum, or nursing. I get the job.
Dozens of children arrive every day for play practice and I am proud to say we are making decent progress. I think I have finally convinced our 13-year-old Cyrano... READ MORE
Support
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Sunday, August 03, 2008
When Dan offered to make a stage curtain for our recent outdoor production of Cyrano de Bergerac, I happily accepted his help.
I was thinking of something like an old bedspread on a clothesline. Funny. It’s almost as if I don’t know the man to whom I am married.
Naturally, he was thinking more along the lines of power tools, a towering wooden frame, and an enormous green tarp hanging from heavy... READ MORE
Keeping Busy
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
I apologize to those of you who are suffering droughts this summer, but I do need to whine for just a minute about the rain. It’s been raining non-stop this summer. NON-STOP.
I heard on the news last night that we need only 4 more inches of rainfall in August for this summer to break the record for the New Hampshire’s All Time Wettest Summer Ever. I am so excited.
The kids have been very good... READ MORE
Make a Splash!
Posted by Robyn Lee in Insider on Friday, August 15, 2008
1. Michelangelo Mural
Tub crayons are shaped to fit little ones’ hands. The masterpiece is easily washed away after bath time. $6.49, from CrayolaStore.com
2. Squeaky Diversion
To him it is green-foamy-fun in a bottle. To you, it is a cleaner child. $5.99, find where to buy at AlexToys.us
3. Tub Treasures
Stash your goodies all in one place. Bag contains one large pocket for toys and three small pockets... READ MORE
Calling All Saints
Posted by Susie Lloyd in Features on Friday, August 15, 2008
By Susie Lloyd
Halloween as we commonly celebrate it is the offspring of two unlikely parents born centuries apart — the ancient druids and the modern market. The druids marked the day of the dead with bonfires, ghoulish tricks, and scary costumes. Centuries later, retailers cashed in. Yet, somewhere in between the vast ages, Halloween got baptized and thus received its Christian name, All Hallows’... READ MORE
Seeking Beauty in the Muck
Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Features on Friday, August 15, 2008
By Elizabeth Foss
By Scott Russell Sanders
Illustrated by Robert Hynes
(National Geographic Children’s Books)
$7.95 from Amazon.com
When my three oldest boys were little, we lived in a townhouse with a postage-stamp-sized yard.
But this little house was set on the edge of Pohick Valley Stream Park, acres and acres of wooded parkland with a meandering creek running down the middle... READ MORE
Entertaining Toddlers
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Monday, August 18, 2008
I recently came across this list of toddler “keep busy” activities for when you want to keep a small child occupied and out of trouble for a while.
Some of them look like they might work, but others of them (Hello? Filling a Ziploc bag with squishy, staining materials and handing it to a preschooler?) give this mom heart failure.
I thought it might be fun to come up with our own list of toddler... READ MORE
The Audition
Posted by Robyn Lee in Back Porch on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Robyn Lee
“All the world’s a stage,” said William Shakespeare. Now I know what he means.
Some people ease into a new hobby by knitting or learning to draw. But I wanted to take up acting. So I figured that emailing a big-name theater and asking if they could recommend an amateur-friendly community theater was a reasonably modest start.
When the producer emailed me back that same day and encouraged... READ MORE
Foul Play
Posted by Danielle Bean in Health on Friday, August 29, 2008
The other day, while I was making dinner, Raphael’s small face appeared at the window.
“Come and take a picture of me, Mama,” he said. “A picture with my pie.”
I can never turn down requests like these. I grabbed the camera and headed out to find him at work in his “kitchen.”
I think that some of the scenes I happen upon outdoors at my house might make some moms uneasy. There are a lot of bare... READ MORE
Dear McDonald’s
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Friday, August 29, 2008
Seriously?
This is a child’s plaything?
Try “Nightmare in a Happy Meal.”
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