The best way to deal with this temperamental weather, New England, is full on denial. Step 1: Buy some pretty floral spring wrapping paper from your local TJMaxx or Paper Source and plaster all your windows with it. Step 2: Turn up the thermostat or grab all your cozy blankets. Step 3: Fill a pitcher…
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Game Changer: Netflix on Xfinity
We all have our favourite blankets to snuggle under and choice corners of the couch to curl up into. The den is always scattered with blankets and pillows. If I’m lucky, the remotes are back in the remote tin where the next person can find it. We also all have our favourite ways to watch. Dan…
Back to Life/Back to Reality: Xfinity
School has begun for just about everyone and soon the fall sports and activities will begin to fill all our calendars. We’re still refreshed from summer, but as everything starts back up again efficiency is key. In the summer, we’re too busy playing outside to spend much time in front of a screen, and with…
The Porches Inn: North Adams
North Adams is an interesting little spot in Western MA. We like to go there in the Fall for a little hike, a little art, and a little r & r. We also love going there in the Winter for some outdoor winter swimming, some small beans family resort downhill skiing and a little…
Family Fun at the Marriott Burlington
The Burlington Marriott is in the suburbs but perfectly situated so that there is plenty to do within minutes of stepping outside the door. The Marriott has a great space if you want to just hibernate and not leave the property. The lounge area is spacious and has a sleek, long, modern gas fireplace there…
Summer Life in the City: Family Film Fest at the Prudential
There’s a funny thing people do when they are away from home and on vacation. They go out. They explore. They stay out past the usual bedtimes. They try new things. They carry on annual summer traditions. The thing is, you don’t actually have to travel far or travel at all to do those things. Summer in the…
A Few Things to Do This Rainy Weekend
1) Visit the Vocal Vibrations exhibit at Le Laboratoire, Cambridge. Spend time inside a cozy space listening to the sounds of the exhibit. Feel the vibrations of your voice in your hand or key in on the sound of d/ré with a pair of headphones. 2) Head to the WCRB Cartoon Festival at Symphony Hall…
Monsters University: Passion, Higher Education, and the Pursuit of Dreams
We don’t all fall in love with the same things, in the same way, or at the same time so why should we be expected to pursue our passions in the same way? I know that’s a little deep for a Saturday afternoon, but hear me out. It is not as heavy as it seems. …
Movie Night: Monster University
After a very hot week with one child home, one at tennis camp and husband busy with a crazy week at work, we planned a first ever family movie night at the cinema. I have come to terms that movies are expensive these days and now that we are four tickets instead of two it…
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…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 