What a cute site! I heard about this from someone who emailed me about it: Kids Off the Couch. It has some really great activities and ideas for the kids to, uh– yeah! get off the couch! It’s not exactly an education in the complexities of futures trading, but it’s a great way to get [...]
We’re going to get school gear this week. Whoopie. I actually hate shopping, especially clothes shopping and shoes shopping! The traffic, the pushy people in the aisles, etc. We’re trying to do what we can online. The major purchase this year will be pants and socks. My kids– all four of them– grew incredibly this [...]
i cannot believe that the summer is nearly over. Some moms are blogging about their kids going back to school. Yeah, I’d say the end of August is a little early for back to school! Wow. My kids will be hitting the books sometime in mid-September. We don’t know if we can squeeze another trip [...]
It’s that time of year again for the Mecomber family: buy new boots and shoes for the kids. EVERY July– I don’t know what it is– they all bust out of their shoes. I try to make the shoes last until September, when school starts, but it is futile. We’re on our feet a [...]
Where do I begin? The Children’s Museum in Utica has over 24,000 square feet of exploration space. It took us three hours to get through the entire building, and I don’t think we even saw everything. Admission is pricey ($9.00 for anyone over the age of 1 year) and this has been the main reason [...]
Well, we’re not exactly “painting” the town red. We’re not painting anything. Yet. I have two young sons who love the concept of paintball. And my daughters would love it, too. I say “the concept” of it because they haven’t done it yet. There’s a new paintball recreation center opening up in my area, so [...]
