The other night my 9-year-old son had a complete meltdown at Dunkin Donuts. He couldn’t get what he wanted because he gave it up for Lent. Though we don’t require our kids to give up something, my husband did not want to let him off the hook. I’m not sure my husband would have even [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Lenten struggle
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Exchange Rate
Monday, February 22nd, 2010It’s just after 6 on a Sunday evening and the 10 members of the Ferguson family gather around the dinner table. They hold hands as dad says a prayer. The table is loaded and there’s something for everyone: salad for grandma; a variety of dressings to suit the tastes of Steven, 8, Eleanor, 9, and [...]
Where o where have the plows gone?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Earlier this month when we were getting pummeled with snow, the plows did a really good job. Last weekend, we even had a set of Bobcats in our neighborhood widening the road to its normal width. But as of last Monday, the plows and Bobcats disappeared. And while my neighborhood is in great shape, many [...]
Children’s concert this weekend
Friday, February 19th, 2010Enjoy the magical ingredients that make music so special in two children’s concerts presented by the Orchestra of St. John’s and featuring John Taylor, “The Kinderman,” Feb. 21 at 3 and 4:30 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City. There will be music by Rossini, Mozart, Paganini, Brahms, Tchakovsky, Joplin, Ravel and more. [...]
Check out Port Discovery today
Friday, February 19th, 2010I took my family to Port Discovery Children’s Museum this week for the first time since my youngest was 3, and I was totally impressed. On my last visit, I attended a birthday party with only my 3-year-old in tow, and I was totally intimidated. I didn’t love the fact that she could enter the [...]
The Year of the Tiger
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Join Port Discovery for their annual Chinese New Year celebration to commemorate the Year of the Tiger Saturday, Feb. 20. Families of all cultural backgrounds will have the chance to learn, experience and appreciate the Chinese traditions surrounding the New Year celebration. Enjoy a special performance by the Tai Yim Kung Fu School, food tastings [...]
Pregnant athlete
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Apparently there’s an Olympic curler who is five months pregnant. Momlogic.com has addressed this issue of exercising in pregnancy in a blog here. Though I’m an avid runner and I used to bike all the time, pregnancy is the only time I gave myself a break from exercise. After my first miscarriage, I worried about [...]
Starball and Pluto Day
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Plan on an out-of-this-world weekend at The Maryland Science Center with the musical planetarium show “Starball” and a day just for the dwarf planet Pluto. “Starball” is an interactive, musical planetarium experience that combines live theater, improvisation, original music, astronomy lesson, cosmological inquiry and the exploration of human consciousness. The duo of John Kaufmann and [...]
Does obesity begin in infancy?
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010If you think the foods your children eat as babies and toddlers won’t make much a difference later in life, you might be interested in this study published in Clinical Pediatrics. It states that obesity may be determined in children before the age of two. A study of more than 100 obese children and teenagers [...]
ShadowLand Book Drive (And Discount)
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Throughout February you can have fun and help children learning to read at ShadowLand in Columbia. ShadowLand has partnered with the Heart of America Foundation to conduct a book drive during the month of February. Customers bringing in a new or gently used book for preschoolers and elementary-aged children to any ShadowLand Center will receive [...]