CAMP CORNER Sometimes when making decisions about camp, it’s hard to separate the fact from fiction. To help guide you, Eve Eifler from Tips on Trips and Camps in Baltimore has sorted out some of the camp rumors: Myth: “Overnight camp is only for the rich” Fact: The truth is that there is a camp [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Ignore the rumor mill when deciding if camp is right choice for your child
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Battling back talk
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Ever get so tired of back talk from your kids that you want to scream? The other day my 5-year-old told me “I’m not doing that mommy!” when I asked him to pick up some of his toys. First of all, I had to take a deep breath to ensure my head didn’t pop off. [...]
Starry Event
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Towson University will focus on the stars March 27 with the grand opening of the newly renovated planetarium featuring a new telescope. There will be shows all afternoon at the planetarium and when dark falls, if weather permits, the new telescope will be pointed toward the skies. For adults, there will be a talk by [...]
Breakfast with the big bunny
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Visit with Peter Cottontail and search for eggs Saturday at the Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company. The station is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt and Breakfast with the Easter Bunny from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The egg hunts will begin at 9:45 a.m. and will be broken into age groups. Three egg hunters who fine [...]
What a difference a year makes
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Last year at this time I wrote a blog about how wrong it was to have a travel team for 8-year-olds. You can read it here. At the time, my lacrosse playing son had no interest in the travel team. But as the season progressed, the idea grew on him. Ugh. So over the summer [...]
Federal Trade Commission Web site teaches kids consumer protection in a virtual mall setting
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Before you take your kids shopping again, consider visiting the new virtual mall created by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to educate kids about fraud, privacy and spotting scams. At www.ftc.gov/YouAreHere, visitors travel around a virtual mall, where they can play games, watch short animated films and interact with customers and store owners. As they [...]
Rash decisions
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Two weeks ago another mother asked me if my youngest was playing any sports this spring. I answered no way. We don’t really need one more thing added into the mix, I explained. And I firmly believed it … until I talked to another mother. She explained that her son was starting lacrosse, and he [...]
The law of stomach viruses
Monday, March 22nd, 2010It’s a given that the night you are the most tired and the most sleep deprived — someone in the house will get the stomach virus. That happened here in the wee hours of Sunday morning (because it’s also given that this illness rarely strikes during the day). Saturday night my husband and I went [...]
‘Like Hogwarts, but for arts’
Monday, March 22nd, 2010Many of Sarah Lodico’s fondest days started with a four-block walk — toting a cello on her back — from her family’s Mt. Vernon home to Baltimore School for the Arts. Lodico, a 19-year-old now majoring in music at Massachusetts’ Smith College, is effusive in her love for her alma mater. “It’s like Hogwarts, but [...]
Spring. Finally.
Monday, March 22nd, 2010This blog is written by my co-editor Cheryl Clemens: All weekend the windows were wide open, birds were singing and at night, I could hear frogs down by the creek behind our house. I even found blooming daffodils in my backyard. But the real sign that spring is finally here? The jump ropes, bikes, bubble [...]