The sun’s been peeking through the clouds here in New England… at least enough for swimming lessons in semi-frigid waters.
Ah…
And it was on the way home from “the pool” today that I learned a new word from one of my grandsons.
DIVINGSAUR.
Swimming lessons include a modified/assisted “jump” off the diving board, and Audrey’s 3-year old, Alexander, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'summer'
Divingsaur
June 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Grandmothers, boys, humor, summer
Tags: diving boards·summer·Swimming
Dick and Jane
June 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Girls, boys, children, reading, summer
I have a big basket of children’s books. Some are fairly new, but most of them belonged to my children when they were kids. I had enrolled them in something called the Scholastic Children’s Choice Book Club, and a new book magically arrived each month through the mail. These books are hardcover and sturdy. Yes, [...]
Tags: summer reading
Touch a Truck
June 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · children, events, good times, summer
Touch a what?
Touch a Truck!
Today was the annual Touch a Truck event and fundraiser at our local YMCA. It features what every kid loves. Trucks. Trucks and vehicles of all shapes, all sizes, all ages… that kids get to touch, climb on, sit in, horn blow, wear helmets and head-gear, “steer” and enjoy. And of [...]
Tags: summer event
There’s just something about a little back yard pool…
May 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments · children, summer
Of all the world’s oceans and lakes and rivers and steams -
Of all the man-made wave pools and splash parks and private clubs -
There’s just something so sweet and simple and innocent and enduring about a little back yard pool…
(This is my Nana, my Aunt Jean, my Uncle Bob, me and my brother Bill - [...]
Tags: back yard pools·summer
Blueberries for Life
May 17th, 2009 · 11 Comments · food, good times, summer
I was reading the wonderful children’s book, Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey, to my grandsons this morning… and it filled me to the brim with a beautiful slice of my own childhood.
Blueberry picking. And just like in the book, blueberry picking in Maine. No, I didn’t get all mixed up with a mama bear [...]
Tags: blueberry picking·Maine
Dear Kohler,
August 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Grandchildren, Grandparents, Hot Blogger Calendar, children, food, good times, humor, husband, products, summer, vacation
Dear Kohler,
I am the grandmother of 7 grandsons.
Count ‘em. 7. Andrew is 5. Jake is 4. William is 3. Alexander is 2. Benjamin is 1. Henry is 12 weeks. And Dylan is 6 weeks.
That’s a lotta… how can I say this delicately… pee.
Yesterday is a wonderful example [...]
Tags: Grandchildren·Grandparents·humor·products
The dude looks like a lady…
August 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments · food, humor, husband, summer
Have you ever done this?
I did it yesterday.
And I am still cringing.
Oh… PLEASE make the memory disappear.
Barry and I were at a little farm stand, just having the best ‘ol summer time picking out beautiful ripe tomatoes, sun-touched corn, perfect peppers, luscious squash and nice, firm cucumbers.
Maybe it’s the cucumbers that got me into trouble. [...]
Tags: food·humor·husband·summer
I fell in love all over again with old Cape Cod
August 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · dancing, events, food, good times, humor, husband, summer, vacation
Barry and I spontaneously took off this past Tuesday and headed to Cape Cod, or, as we New Englanders say, “the Cape.” The day was glorious… warm, breezy, beautiful sun in the big old blue sky.
Our plan was to head all the way to the tip of the Cape, to Provincetown, but a 13-mile [...]
Tags: dancing·events·food·good times·humor·husband·summer·vacation
Twake me out to the ballgame
August 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments · food, good times, health, humor, summer, tweightloss
The good old national pastime. Baseball.
You know, where you root, root, root for the home team?
And eat, eat, eat ’til you’re as big as… well, Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas.
This past Sunday, Jane, her husband Steve, my husband Barry and I went to a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. The day [...]
Tags: food·good times·tweightloss
Super fashion. Super fun. Super friendly. SUPER SATURDAY.
July 31st, 2008 · 5 Comments · events, fashion, summer
What combines fabulous fashion, great fun, and the friendly mingling of shoppers and celebrities?
SUPER SATURDAY… an annual “Designer Garage Sale” sponsored by Donna Karan and InStyle to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund was founded in 1994, and its mission is to fund cancer research into early detection and ultimately a [...]







