I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
Betcha didn’t know that’s the name of the song they play at the Preakness! And that the tune is “O Tannebaum”! See! This blog can be educational. Also? I’ve been to all three races of the Triple Crown and Kentucky is the only one where people cry during the song they play before the race. Just sayin’. I live in Maryland and, if I do say so myself, it pretty much rocks. There’s a lot…
This weekend, we were hitting the kids music scene and rockin’ out! Saturday morning, I made a solo trip to Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA to check out the Science You Can Sing To Swamp Stomp Boogie event presented by the Curiosity Zone. The Curiosity Zone, according to a lovely woman named Leslie who works there and invited me to the concert, is a science learning center that provides hands-on curriculum to enhance what kids…
I apologize in advance for having no photos for this post. I was busy participating and opted not to take pictures. Let me tell you something about C. He. Loves. Sports. LOVES them. Has since he first laid eye on a ball. We didn’t tell him that football is the coolest thing ever (though we would have eventually and we are teaching him to chant O-H-I-O). He just figured out all on his own that…
This weekend C. was my date to a tiny tots puppet show at the Puppet Co. Playhouse at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, MD. The Great Guy I Married sacrificed his Saturday morning the worthy cause of cleaning out our storage unit so he missed a stellar performance of The Teddy Bear’s Picnic by puppeteer Bob Brown. The Puppet Co. Playhouse is a cute little space in one of the art-deco buildings in Glen…
