Fancy dresses? CHECK Fancy tights? CHECK Party shoes? CHECK Potluck dish, plus picnic blanket, plates and utensils? CHECK Two hyper & overtired girls and one frazzled mom? CHECK Then it’s time for the annual preschool Graduation Ceremony in the school garden, complete with adorable kid singing, ribbons bestowed on each child and a MayPole dance! [...]
Entries from June 24th, 2010
Fathers Day With No Father
June 24th, 2010 No Comments
Here’s the link to my latest commentary on Vermont Public Radio, which aired Friday June 18. Click on LISTEN if you have 3 minutes, or you can simply read the script. This time, I wasn’t thrilled with how the recording came out, since I was doing it without my brilliant director and editor, Betty Smith. [...]
Tags: fathers day · Vermont Public Radio · vpr
Eat Your Vegetables Day
June 17th, 2010 2 Comments
Did you know that today, June 17, is National Eat Your Vegetables Day? Neither did I. I wish I’d found out earlier, and I could have prepared a cucumber snake with an olive eye, red pepper tongue, and a snake pit of hummus (snack suggestion from Disney Family Fun magazine). Except A would run screaming [...]
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What “Motherhood” Means To Me
June 14th, 2010 No Comments
Last night we started watching the movie “Motherhood” with Uma Thurman. We made it about 10 minutes before switching to Buffy The Vampire Slayer. “Motherhood” had the potential to be really good, really funny, and poignant to boot– had the writers and directors themselves been funnier and capitalized on the sheer absurdity of modern parenting. [...]
Tags: Motherhood movie · Uma Thurman · Who Does She Think She Is
Make Your Own Dress
June 3rd, 2010 No Comments
One afternoon, A wanted to make a dress for C. Her cynical mother told her it couldn’t be done. “I don’t have a sewing machine, honey. Also, I don’t really know how to sew.” But A would not be deterred. With fierce determination, she launched herself into this latest project. I joined in for the [...]
Tags: sewing with kids
Strawberry Season!
June 2nd, 2010 No Comments
After a record-breaking spring of heat and sun, the summer season is starting early this year. We already have poppies, peonies and fireflies, and now we have SWEET, RIPE, LOCAL STRAWBERRIES too. Nothing tastes as heavenly as sweet-tart-sweet, sun-warmed red berries you’ve picked yourself. One of my all-time favorite kid-friendly activities is PICK-YOUR-OWN organic strawberries [...]
Tags: Lilac Ridge Farm · pick-your-own strawberries · strawberries