I’ll never forget the Halloween I was the center of an Oreo cookie. All I had to do was dress all in white with a white snow hat I dug out of the hall closet and my costume was complete. Of course, the costume also required my sister and her friend who were the cookie [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Project ‘Funway’
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Hot Dates in October
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Tractor Pull and Craft Show Kids will get a kick out of watching how much weight an antique tractor can pull Oct. 4 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds at noon. There will also be a fall craft show Oct. 4 and 5 with crafts, children’s activities, food and free parking. Hours for the show [...]
Huzzah for History
Thursday, September 25th, 2008In colonial times, “huzzah” was a shout of “hooray,” and whether your child is a history buff or not, a trip to Colonial Williamsburg, Va. — the restored 18th-century revolutionary capital of Virginia — is bound to leave him or her cheering for a return visit. From the moment they arrive, children are invited to [...]
A Colonial Christmas
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Nothing quite compares to the sights, smells and sounds of the holiday season in Colonial Williamsburg. Between Nov. 26 and Jan. 1, streets are filled with the glow of candlelit windows, the scent of handmade decorations and the songs of carolers. Plus, festive programs and events offer holiday fun for all ages. A Kid’s Holiday [...]
One of the Family
Thursday, September 25th, 2008They come by the thousands each year, young women — and some men — traveling from abroad to fan out across the United States into households big and small, urban and suburban. They’ve left their native countries, many for the first time, for a 12-month commitment to a family they have never met in person. [...]
New polar bear joins Magnet at the zoo
Thursday, September 25th, 2008As the October chill enters the air, it’s the perfect time to visit the Maryland Zoo and see the new polar bear. Anoki arrived in Baltimore from the Albuquerque Biological Park, in New Mexico, in August and has taken up residence in the zoo’s Polar Bear Watch. “She is a very curious, playful and extremely [...]
More preteens are watching R-rated movies
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Are many preteens watching R-rated movies? A new study says yes. In the recent study “Exposure of U.S. Adolescents to Extremely Violent Movies,” researchers from Dartmouth Medical School surveyed 6,522 adolescents 10 to 14 years old from all regions of the U.S. Survey subjects were asked if they had seen each of 534 recently released [...]
Family Friendly Restaurants
Thursday, September 25th, 2008LEDO PIZZA Plenty of good food and great memories My husband and I discovered Ledo pizza the way many of you did — as students at the University of Maryland College Park. It was always a treat to eat the trademark rectangular pizza with the thickly sliced pepperoni at the original restaurant in Adelphi. The [...]
We eat them, carve them, decorate them…
Thursday, September 25th, 2008— even launch them at post-Halloween pumpkin chucking events. But how much do you really know about those big orange fruits — yes, fruits — that you put on your front porch every October? > Total U.S. pumpkin production in 2006 was valued at $101.3 million. > The top pumpkin production states are Illinois, Ohio, [...]
Plenty of places to pick a perfect pumpkin
Thursday, September 25th, 2008The air is turning crisp and harvest time is in the air. Now’s the time to take the family out to a farm to pick a pumpkin, enjoy a hay ride or wander around in a corn maze. Here’s a list of a number of farms in the area that have harvest happenings. Be sure [...]