You’ve built a dozen sandcastles, spent $100 on boardwalk T-shirts and you never want to look at another funnel cake again — and you and the kids still have three days left of your Ocean City vacation. Too many families limit their time in OC to the beach and the boardwalk. While both offer great [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Break Away From The Usual Lineup
Monday, April 30th, 2007Hot Dates in May
Monday, April 30th, 2007Towsontown Arts & Crafts FestivalSpend the day enjoying five stages of entertainment, an antique auto display, arts and crafts, kids activities and more at the Towsontown Arts & Crafts Festival May 5 and 6 in the courthouse area of Towson. Hours are Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. [...]
I Can’t Believe I Just Said That!
Monday, April 30th, 2007“Stop crying, or I’ll give you something to cry about!” You know you have truly arrived as a mom when, in fits of frustration, moments of madness or when you are just pinched for patience, you find yourself repeating those phrases your mother used to say. You know, the ones you swore you’d never repeat [...]
Hold The Line
Monday, April 30th, 2007Remember when a child talking on his own telephone involved two paper cups and a long string? Oh, how times have changed. Kids these days are wired – and we’re not talking about eating too much sugar. At the mall, the bus stop, the playground, you see them: kids on cell phones. When you finally [...]
Happy Meal
Monday, April 30th, 2007Who doesn’t love a picnic? Whether it’s at a table in your backyard or on a blanket in the park, few meals are as relaxing (or easy to clean up) as a family picnic. With a little planning and some help in the kitchen from the kids, your picnic can be a fun family outing [...]
Family Friendly Restaurant
Monday, April 30th, 2007ROMANO’S MACARONI GRILL Great food, service is no secret here My children roll their eyes on pasta night in our house. So when I told them we were going out for Italian food, no one got very excited. That is, until we were seated at Romano’s Macaroni Grill and they opened the menu. In front [...]
Ear infections less likely with vaccine
Monday, April 30th, 2007Remember that pneumococcal vaccine pediatricians started giving kids in 2000 to fight pneumonia, meningitis and other severe bacteria infections, with a hoped side benefit of curtailing ear infections? Well it turns out they were right. A new study found that after routine use of the vaccine, children were less likely to develop frequent ear infections [...]
400 historic years in Jamestown, Va.
Monday, April 30th, 2007If all you know about the Jamestown settlement in Virginia centers around John Smith and Pocahontas, it might be time to plan a family trip south. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Va., the first permanent English settlement in the United States. Festivities kick off May 11 through 13 with America’s Anniversary Weekend [...]
Plan a getaway with the grandkids
Monday, April 30th, 2007Pack up the grandkids and head for the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort to take advantage of a special Grandparents Getaway package. Located in Cambridge on the Eastern Shore’s Choptank River, the resort has a golf course, spa and marina as well as many recreational options for families spread out on 342 acres. “The resort’s [...]
Health expo takes on obesity in kids
Monday, April 30th, 2007Now’s the chance to get your kids moving with Richard Simmons. Simmons, a fitness and healthy eating advocate, will lead an exercise class and speak at the Kids Being Healthy Expo May 10 to 12 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The Expo will target the epidemic of childhood obesity and will have programs and workshops [...]