Want to learn the secrets behind juggling or stilt walking? Head to Carnival Science Day Saturday, June 27, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Maryland Science Center. Kids and adults can attend a juggling class and learn about optical illusions, get their face painted and compete in beanbag and ring tosses. Vaudeville Clown Extraordinaire [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Carnival Science Day
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Jon minus Kate; feel sorry for the eight
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009My guest blogger today is my co-editor, Cheryl Clemens: Later this year will be the 20th anniversary of the day my father decided he didn’t want to be married to my mother anymore. “I have to do what’s best for me,” he told me on more than one occasion. So you’ll understand why it really [...]
Family-friendly hiking and biking
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Looking for nearby, inexpensive ways to keep the kids occupied this summer? REI, a national retailer of outdoor clothes and gear, has created a Web site that makes it easier than ever for families to head outside for a hiking or biking adventure. With its new Passport to Adventure program, REI offers recommendations on family-friendly [...]
Screams in the night
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Mary Ann Hodes’ 3-year-old son has never been a great sleeper. And, like a lot of moms in that situation, she occasionally hears a whimper from his bedroom and wonders, “Do I go in?” But when the preschooler started having sleep terrors, there was no doubt about whether to respond. “It was screaming,” says Hodes, [...]
Figuring out your kids
Monday, June 22nd, 2009My oldest in an introvert. I am anything but, so it’s hard for me to get her. The other day we walked into the pool and two of her acquaintances asked her to join them in a game of cards. She said no and, instead, sat with me for the next hour. I was baffled. [...]
Swimmer’s ear is a real pain
Friday, June 19th, 2009My son, Adam, woke up with ear pain early Monday morning. A trip to the doctor revealed that he had swimmer’s ear. But after two days on the antibiotic drops, he was worse, not better, and neither one of us was getting any sleep. Thanks to Facebook and live friends, I got a lot of [...]
Free family flick
Friday, June 19th, 2009“Surf’s Up” at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The animated comedy movie about surfing penguins will be shown free on the big screen in the Meyerhoff Children’s Garden Saturday, June 20 at 2 p.m. The movie is part of Free Family Flicks at the Central Library. The hope is to give families something to do [...]
Celebrate the solstice on June 19
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Power of the Sun Celebrate and learn about the summer solstice June 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hilton Area of Patapsco Valley State Park. Measure your shortest shadow of the year and bake snacks in a solar oven. For children 6 and older. Meet at the Nature Center, 1100 Hilton Ave., [...]
Celebrate Maryland’s 375th birthday
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Maryland is turning 375 and where better to celebrate than the site of Maryland’s first colony and capital — Historic St. Mary’s City June 20 beginning at 10 a.m. There will be tall ships along the St. Mary’s waterfront, 17th-century-style food, crafts, sutlers (vendors), music and other entertainment. The day will close with fireworks and [...]
Swim team family
Thursday, June 18th, 2009I’m not from a swim team family. Growing up we actually went to Meadowbrook — home of Olympian Michael Phelps — but at the time the pool didn’t have a swim team. They didn’t even offer swim lessons. It was just a huge pool with huge slides, a diving pyramid and not a single lap [...]