I love free family events and from the day I got home from the hospital I knew every mom’s group, baby friendly movies, drop in group, story and sing-a-long schedule in a fifteen mile radius. I also thought I has a pretty good radar for what was worth traveling for and which activities were just…
Category: Parenthood
Movie Night: Opposite Day (Hulu Plus)
Opposite Day (2009) Source: Hulu Plus Age: 9 and 6 Parent Rating: painless Child Rating: one thumb up Other: One of the main characters is Ariel Winter (Alex Dunphy in Modern Family). You’ll also find Rico Rodriguez (Manny in Modern Family)
Movie Night: Theatre, 3D, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and IMAX
Movie night in our house is a whole lot of drama and that’s before the tv goes on. We’ve all got different tastes and tolerance. Everything is too scary for the kids, or so they fear. Everything else is too trashy for the grown ups, or so we fear. One child wants only animated the…
Happy Canada Day, Eh?: A Canada Day Abécédaire-Abecedarian
A is for Alberta, Algonquin, and Aboriginal. B is for Beavers, Butter Tarts, and Beaver Tails. C is for Canuck, CDN, CN Tower, and CN Railway. D is for Ducks Unlimited. Desert Rose Café, Dalvay By the Sea and Danforth. E is for Eaton’s, Edmonton and Eglinton. F is for French, Fairmount Bagels, and Flags….
Summer Equinox: The longest day of the year
The longest day of the year. It doesn’t matter if you are a sleep-deprived parent, an ‘angsty’ teen, or a child waiting to hear what the ‘we’ll see verdict’ turns out to be, young or old, poor or rich, pessimistic or optimistic, we all have these never-ending days or moments. The one real longest day…
Dirty, Fresh, Summer
Today was a perfect summer (almost summer) morning. I worked at our farm share/CSA farm because part of membership is that every adult works 4hrs. each season. The weather is cool and the earth is soft and damp after yesterday’s storm. I harvested garlic scapes and green onions (aka scallions) and my hands have the…
Father’s Day: No Crumbs in the Bed
It turns out that dad is not that into breakfast in bed. In fact I’m our family, the idea totally repulses him. My children’s father is fully dressed before he leaves the bedroom and a bit fastidious about his morning routine. The idea of having breakfast in pajamas of any sort with the potential chance…
The elusive perfect Father’s Day Gift
Part of what make’s finding the perfect Father’s Day gift so hard is that more often than not, it isn’t a particular thing that dad wants or needs. More often than not what dad needs is more time, more sleep, more flexible income, more time with his buddies, more time with his kids, more time…
Newborn Cries
I love babies. I always have. As a child as soon as I was strong enough to hold a baby I would. The cries did not deter me, I just wanted to soothe and hold the little beings. As a mother, I was exhausted, overwhelmed and head over heels in love with my newborns. But…
Pride: Boston Pride
Today, Saturday June 8th, is Boston’s Gay Pride parade. It is an event the my children’s old school attends every year and it is something that is significant to many of my friends and community. I have been to many gay pride all school meetings but I don’t think I’ve ever been to the parade….
Heartbreaking way to start Spring Break: Now What?
On the calendar it says, ‘Vacation week’. It was going to be a week of lazy mornings and fun spontaneous outings staying in town. I usually love to stay home because the weather is nice and it’s the first days that feel like Spring in New England. After the bombings at the 117th Boston Marathon,…
OhBabyBoston’s Spring Egg Cream Smoothie
When I thought about the smoothie I wanted to make, I knew I wanted dairy free, a little seasonal, it had to be pretty, and I wanted some greens. Love Beets juice caught my eye and I knew it would be perfect to make my smoothie pretty. I chose rhubarb for seasonal because I didn’t…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 