Tweens …they’re not quite teenagers, but they’re too old for Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
When it comes to birthday parties, it can be a bit challenging to come up with something they will enjoy, as Chandricka Mose of Laurel discovered while planning her daughter’s 10th birthday celebration last May.
“I wanted something that would be [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Too cool for clowns?
Monday, November 30th, 2009Family bonding
Monday, November 30th, 2009Last week I met up with a cousin I haven’t seen in over three years. She has boy/girl twins and an older daughter just like me. The last time the kids saw each other was the summer of 2006 when we were at the beach at the same time.
Since then, our schedules haven’t overlapped, that [...]
Knowing what’s in the cards
Friday, November 27th, 2009It became clear the other day that my youngest, Jonah, knows exactly where his place in the family is.
We were on a hike and at a high point along the way he proclaimed “I’m the Jack of the World!”
He knows he’s not the king in the family — that would probably be his older brother. [...]
Feast your mind on this
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Here are a few facts you might want to ponder as you sit down to your Thanksgiving feast today:
271 million Estimate of turkeys raised in the United States in 2008.
49 million Estimate of turkeys Minnesota expects to raise in 2008. The Gopher State is tops in turkey production. It is followed by North Carolina (39 [...]
New baby at the zoo
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Another baby sitatunga was born at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore earlier this month.
Lela, which means “dark-haired beauty” in Swahili was born Nov. 1 and weighed 11 pounds. Her parents are Jahari and Joanie, who has given birth to two other calves at the zoo in the past few years.
The baby is strong and healthy [...]
Napatree fort
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009We are spending Thanksgiving week at my family’s summer home in Rhode Island. My husband and I honeymooned here 14 years ago this month which was the last time we were up here off season.
On that trip, we took a hike to the end of a spit of beach called Napatree Point and found an [...]
Santa arrives in Catonsville
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Head to downtown Catonsville Saturday, Nov. 29 to Catch a glimpse of Santa and get in the festive spirit. Frederick Road will be closed to traffic in front of the fire house so Santa can arrive in style on a fire truck. The festivities start at 6:30 p.m. with carols, cookies, hot chocolate and the [...]
Sock situation
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Our guest blogger today is calendar editor and freelancer Laura Cech.
We live in a time when cars can give you directions and cell phones can play poker, so it’s disappointing to me that no one has invented a sock that will stay on a baby’s foot.
I end up putting my infant in footed pajamas almost [...]
Festival of Trees
Monday, November 23rd, 2009It’s time to get ready for the holidays and what better way than visiting a place where towns are made of gingerbread, elves outnumber people and the snow never melts. All you have to do is check out Kennedy Krieger Institute’s annual Festival of Trees Nov. 27-29 in the Cow Palace at the Maryland State [...]
This week’s playmate
Monday, November 23rd, 2009When I pick up my youngest every day from preschool, he makes me guess who he’s played with that day. I have to make sure not to make the correct guess on the first try or he will say “no” even if it’s right.
The first few weeks of the game it was either Connor, Quinn [...]