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. [...]

Daycare field trips are always kind of a mixed blessing.  On the one hand, there’s something delicious about taking a day off to go play with my kid and his friends at some fun activity.  On the other hand, it means taking a bunch of toddlers to some activity that they may or may not [...]

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 [...]

Click here to enter the Modern Bird Studios custom art giveaway! *** Recently, a couple of people have asked me for recommendations of fun stuff to do on a DC trip.  That made me happy because they didn’t qualify the query with “…as long as it keeps us far away from you, blogger girl.” I [...]

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 [...]

This weekend wasn’t particularly adventurous.  There was a lot of running to and fro but within the ordinary there were some highs and lows. Being the generous soul that I am, I am going to share some highlights and lowlights from my weekend with you now. High: C. slept until 7:45 Saturday morning.  He never [...]

Because it is against the law for any modern parent to avoid Easter activities unless you have a legitimate religious exemption, like Judaism, we piled into the car and headed to Bunnyland at Butler’s Orchard in Gaithersburg, MD on Saturday. I don’t remember Easter being a big deal when I was a kid.  There were [...]

Every spring, DC boasts of one the most beautiful natural phenomena on the eastern seaboard: The National Cherry Blossom Festival.  Cherry trees, many of them gifts from the government of Japan, rim the Tidal Basin near the National Mall and each spring they burst forth in a kind of pink glory unrivaled by any Disney [...]

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 [...]

“Oooooo!” you’re thinking.  “The National Aquarium!  I’ve heard of that!  It’s supposed to be fabulous, all nestled in the Inner Harbor in Baltimore near restaurants and shops and Camden Yards and it has dolphin shows and…” Yeah.  No.  We didn’t go to that one.  We went to the DC location which is in the bottom [...]