Our guest blogger today is calendar editor and freelancer Laura Cech. Mommy confession time: I like gummy vitamins. That’s right — when I dispense the chewy bits of nutrition to my 5-year-old, I’ve been known to pop a few, too. On the plus side, it sets a good example for my son. But, of course [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Gummy vitamin fix
Friday, November 13th, 2009Heart stopping headline
Thursday, November 12th, 2009In reading an article on the front page of The Sun yesterday, I found out that my son’s psychiatrist has had his license suspended for alleged improper conduct with five boys he was treating. My heart just about stopped. So many thoughts crashed into my mind. Immediately I went back to the first time we [...]
Random thoughts from the morning carpool line
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009This blog was written by my co-editor Cheryl Clemens: Sometimes the behavior I witness in the morning carpool drop-off line at my daughter’s school is unbelievably frustrating. Drop off is a perfect example of an exercise that all parents must engage in cooperatively to make sure all our kids get to school safely and on [...]
Nutcracker on Ice
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Tickets are on sale now for the Columbia Figure Skating Club’s annual Nutcracker on Ice performance. The show features about 100 skaters, from beginners to those competing nationally. All are members of Columbia Figure Skating Club. Shows will take place on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 5:30 and 7 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 13, at [...]
Saturday is Dino Day at Science Center
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009On Saturday, Nov. 14, the Maryland Science Center will celebrate Dino Day with an afternoon of dinosaur activities of pre-historic proportions from noon to 4 p.m. Visitors can meet reptiles from all over the world at a Reptiles Alive! shows, sift through sand to search for dinosaur fossils like real paleontologists, and make dino-themed necklaces. [...]
NaBloPoMo
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009A friend of mine, Kirsten Nilsen, is observing NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month) by blogging ever day for a month. If you have ever blogged, you know this is no small matter. It is HARD to come up with something every day to write about. Here’s my favorite of hers so far. If you like [...]
Editor’s note: My kids fight flu prevention
Monday, November 9th, 2009I think my children want the flu. Two of the main things you can do to prevent getting this dreaded illness is to wash your hands and get the flu shot. My kids — all four of them — belly ache about both. My oldest has even said that she thinks she would prefer to [...]
Manic Mom
Monday, November 9th, 2009As I write this blog my youngest is convalescing on the couch watching video number nine in two days. He’s the fourth of the family (including my husband) to get sick in the past two and a half weeks. I’m hoping they’ve all had the same thing and it would be great if it was [...]
Who won our DVD giveaways?
Friday, November 6th, 2009This blog was written by my co-editor Cheryl Clemens: First, thanks to all of you who humored me Wednesday during my middle-of-the week panic attack. Funny how you can have the same work load two days in a row, and one day you just dive in and get it done and other day it seems [...]
‘Wizard of Oz’ at The Lyric
Friday, November 6th, 2009Congratulations to Cheryl Knauer, winner of four tickets to see “The Wizard of Oz” at The Lyric this Friday. Tickets are still available for this musical stage version of the iconic 1939 MGM film, which follows Dorothy, Toto and their friends travel down the Yellow Brick Road to the magical land of Oz. It’s a [...]