Halloween, Snow, Loss of Power… Can the 6th birthday survive?
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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…
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,…
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.”…
Back to School Shopping with Crocs Playground-Friendly Shoes
Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring this blog post. Please click here to learn more about Crocs’ new Back to School line. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions expressed here are my own. We haven’t done a lot of back-to-school shopping recently. Bug started Kindergarten this year,…
Parenting Challenges: Race, Color, Identity and the Need to Belong
I’m biracial. I love being biracial. I love dancing in different worlds, being unique, leaving strangers wondering. I’m entertained by the many ways people try to ascertain my racial makeup, some with rude frankness and others with a subtlety so profound that I’m not even sure what they’re asking. It wasn’t always this way. There…
Fantastic Four
I feel so out-of-touch with my blog. Between two months of giveaways and a busy life, I haven’t had enough time to just be. But some things are important to take time out for, and one of them is a birthday. Yep, my little LadyBug turned four this past weekend. If you’ve been reading along,…
Playgrounds Are Special Places
With so much talk of the 40 Days of Giveaways, I haven’t posted as much about the kids. I know some of you are missing that. On Mother’s Day, we went out with my family for Japanese food, Hibachi-style. I was having so much fun that I didn’t take any pictures! But later that afternoon,…
