My kids have a day off toward the end of September every year, and I think we’ve been to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore on that day off every year since they started school. Fall is the absolute best time to visit the zoo. It’s always empty, the weather is perfect and the animals are [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Zoo in the fall
Thursday, September 30th, 2010Great Snipe Hunt
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010Help search for the infamous “Rockburn Snipe” at the Great Snipe Hunt Saturday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. at Rockburn Branch Park in Elkridge. Bring the whole family to enjoy a campfire, songs, s’mores, crafts and a story before getting ready for the hunt. Then embark on a hay ride and a trek into the [...]
Running on empty
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010My husband did a crazy 200-mile relay run last weekend from Rocky Gap to Washington D.C. There were 12 of them on the team and they each ran 3 legs around 6 or 7 miles each — all through the night. They had asked if I wanted to join the team, but I opted out. [...]
Pediatrician group recommends schools scratch no-nit lice policy
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010A new recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages schools to abandon their no-nit policies and stop excluding children with head lice. While inconvenient, head lice cause no medical harm and can be effectively treated, which prompted the AAP policy revision outlined in a recent version of Pediatrics. Head lice are not a [...]
“Two little housewives started this publication”
Monday, September 27th, 2010Twenty years ago Rudy Miller was working at a local television news station, pregnant with her third child and full of ideas for starting her own business. When she mentioned to friend Sylvia Shapiro Carlin her idea for a magazine geared toward families with older children — something existing local family magazines did not cover [...]
Helpful hints for ADHD
Monday, September 27th, 2010I went to an ADHD parent support group meeting the other night at my children’s school. My son has ADHD as well as a dose of anxiety. We’ve been learning about attention deficit for about four years, and I thought I’d heard just about everything. I was excited about the meeting mainly to talk to [...]
Farm Heritage Days
Friday, September 24th, 2010Kids can check out antique farm equipment and take part in children’s activities including a hay maze at the Howard County Farm Heritage Days in West Friendship Sept. 24 to 26. There will be arts and crafts, live music, food and a lawnmower race. The event is at the Farm Heritage Museum, 12985 Frederick Road. [...]
Is Katy Perry too sexy for Sesame Street? Yes!
Friday, September 24th, 2010This blog was written by my co-editor Cheryl Clemens: You’ve probably heard that an appearance by singer Katy Perry taped for Sesame Street has been pulled after parents complained about her skimpy attire. Plunging neckline and cleavage aside, I’m simply shocked that Sesame Street would be interested in someone like Perry. With songs like “I [...]
Get your kids running for Kennedy Krieger’s Down Syndrome Clinic
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010If you’ve been looking for a fun way to introduce your kids to helping others, consider signing the whole family up for the BWI Run/Walk on Sunday, Sept. 26, to benefit Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Down Syndrome Clinic. This is the 24th annual event, with Northrop Grumman partnering with the BWI Airport for the 5K run [...]
Hard and soft
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010My 5-year-old can be a real pain. The youngest of four, he’s been dragged around more than his fair share to sports events, on errands, to drop someone off at piano or Scouts, to meetings, Bible studies or any number of other places. He doesn’t ever come along calmly and quietly. “I am NOT going,” [...]