Tag: activities
Pet Store to the Rescue!
Last night I dropped my kids off with their dad at a different, but very familiar spot. “My favorite pet store,” my daughter, E,...
Say Cheese: 3 Tips to Taking Better Photos of Your...
I wrote in an earlier post that my appreciation of photography started at a young age, but my actual learning photography and how to...
Simple Activities to Save Your Sanity when Snowed In
As everyone was clearing grocery store shelves in preparation for the blizzard, I was fretting about something beyond survival. If we were going to...
Play It Again, Mommy
The other night, my children and I were listening to some songs from Wicked on my iPod. As my daughter stood on our fireplace stage...
Eight Very Hungry Caterpillars…Raising Butterflies from a Butterfly Kit
In celebration of Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak’s book Open House for Butterflies, the Rowayton Historical Society partnered with the Rowayton Library to host...
18 Summers
I recently read an article about 18 summers. I tried Googling it so that I could reference it here, but my search brought up...
Our Summer Recap
Wow....summer really flew by, didn't it? It seems like just yesterday I was packing the sweatshirts away and pulling out the shorts and sunscreen....
10 Fun Backyard Activities
I am enjoying my time this summer with my three little ones. However, most days, we are stuck at home. I’ve mentioned before in...
Evenings at the Beach
A few weekends ago, while our 19-month old daughter, Laila, was taking her afternoon nap, my husband and I were waiting for her to...
Music To Your Ears: Free Summer Concerts
They say music soothes the savage beast. This is also often the same with children. In my house, if I turn on Pharrell's 'Happy,”...