Windham, New Hampshire – I had many good ideas for celebrating Mother’s Day with MIL, but Daddio vetoed them all. Fine. She is his mother, after all, so he should do what he wants. So today we drove up to…
¡Fiesta!
Somerville, Massachusetts – A few weeks ago, the boys brought home from school the book ¡Fiesta! by Ginger Foglesong Guy and René King Moreno. A simple English/Spanish counting book with colorful illustrations, it shows preparations for a party, especially making and filling…
Lonely Planet’s Big Adventure
London, England – The twins are probably not old enough to appreciate the Big Adventure (besides the fact that it’s in London), but it looks like an awesome, fun, free event to inspire young travelers. I want to see a…
Big Apple Circus
Boston, Massachusetts – The twins are turning three on Saturday! Twin S is doing his best to get in his fair share of the Terrible Twos before his time is up. But that’s another story. We started the birthday festivities…
Lessons from Around the World
Somerville, Massachusetts – Christine Gross-Loh has a new book out that I am dying to read: Parenting Without Borders: Surprising Lessons that Parents Around the World can Teach Us. Here is a little preview that was in the Huff…
Raising Bilingual Kids
Somerville, Mass – Like many things that I do in my life, this is something that I decided on the fly. Then once I decided to do it, it suddenly became very important to me. Now, I find myself dropping…
Safe Travels
Somerville, Massachusetts – In the wake of the events of last week, I really appreciated Glennon Melton’s recent post on Momastery. In How to Keep Our Babies Safe, she argues that every parent faces an impossible challenge, in that we want to…
When the going gets tough, the tough go to New York City
New York City – I was grieving after the tragedy on Patriot’s Day. But I could not stand the idea of hanging around Boston and rehashing the horrible events over and over. A 12-block section of the city was cordoned off…
Patriot’s Day
Boston, Massachusetts – Patriot’s Day is usually Boston’s proudest moment. Paul Revere’s Ride. The Marathon. The Red Sox. A bonus day off that the rest of the country does not get. Now, Patriot’s Day will also be remembered as one…
Boston Children’s Museum
Boston, Massachusetts – The first time we went to the Children’s Museum was for the twins’ first birthday. We spent the whole time in PlaySpace, which is a small corner of the museum designated for kids age 0-3. In fact,…