Halloween, Snow, Loss of Power… Can the 6th birthday survive?
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NaBloPoMo 2011, the Plague and Snowtober
Today I realized that I missed the first day of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), a challenge to write a blog post every day for a month. Now, if I had any sense, I’d just keep on walking because I am oh-so-bad at doing anything for 30 days in a row. Ahem. Unfortunately, I don’t…
Halloween HEXBUGs Crash Our Boston Bruins Birthday Party!
As Halloween approaches, it’s time for some creepy crawly fun. We had the chance to host a HEXBUG Halloween party this past weekend. We wove it into a Boston Bruins celebration for Bug and Big Guy’s birthdays, but the HEXBUG Nanos definitely had a starring role with the kids. We had some new glow-in the…
Seven Years and You Roll with the Punches
Big Guy and I celebrated our 7th anniversary last weekend. Seven years ago at this time, we were on our honeymoon… a Mediterranean cruise. This year, we were home with our kids! But we had planned a special getaway weekend to Maine and were both looking forward to relaxation and quiet. When Friday night…
Lowes Build and Grow Teaches Kids to DIY
Every other Saturday morning, Lowes offers a free workshop for kids. The Build and Grow Clinic gives each child an apron, safety goggles and a kit with all the supplies needed for one project. You can keep all the gear. They also loan you kid-sized tools to use. The kits are great for little people,…
Fearless
LadyBug’s preschool told us that she’s their RELUCTANT one, HESITANT, AFRAID TO TRY NEW THINGS. Needless to say, we were surprised. We say she’s our FEARLESS one: *She has been eyeing this trapeze at the Trapeze School New York (TSNY) Beantown in Jordan’s Furniture for over a year. I finally got up the…
New School Year Adventures
Bug started Kindergarten this year and LadyBug returned to preschool. Just wanted to share some highlights of their first days. “I was sitting by myself on the bus. The bus driver was singing songs, but I was too sad to sing. Then J came and sat down next to me and we became best friends.”…
BlogHer11–No Surprises, Great People, Plenty of Swag
I go to BlogHer for the networking and relationships. It’s the “place to be” for bloggers, and the one conference each year I make a full commitment to attend. If you’re here to find out what I thought of the sessions, you’ll want to move right along. I am one of those people who doesn’t…
