The Need for Speed
Saturday June 12, 2010The Air Force Cycling Classic is going on this weekend in Arlington. It features Amateur and Professional races on Saturday, and a non-competitive ride and more races on Sunday. It also has free races for kids both days. When Mike & I saw the bit about kid races, we knew we wanted to get our [...]
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Tags: around town, biking, outingsHot Now and Huntley Meadows
Thursday June 10, 2010Last Friday I took my young explorers on adventure that would earn us free donuts and a walk on the wild side. Since it was National Doughnut Day, we headed off to the magical land of Krispy Kreme. The kids were excited to be there, if not to document it. Watching the donuts get made [...]
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Tags: around town, nature, outingsDown Home Fun at Homestead Farm
Saturday May 22, 20103/5ths of our clan went strawberry picking this morning. Sam isn’t feeling well, so he and Daddy took a rain check. In the past, we’ve gone to Great Country Farms, since we participated in their CSA and it was included. This time, I decided to check out something closer and cheaper. I heard good reviews [...]
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Tags: around town, farm, outings, pick your ownSummer Fun with Little Ones (in Northern Va and beyond)
Tuesday May 11, 2010I was invited to speak at my local MOPS group this week on the subject of fun things to do with preschoolers throughout the summer. In this case, preschoolers means children kindergarten aged and younger. As a mom of three such children (ages 6, 4 and 2) and I took on the task with relish, [...]
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Tags: around town, kid play, outings, preschool, tips, WFMWBig Truck Days
Thursday May 6, 2010Every year, I would hear my friends would talk about Big Truck Days, a fun event sponsored by the town of Herndon’s Public Works department. Unfortunately, it was always after the fact. This year, I made sure I had it on my calendar and we got over there this afternoon. Apparently, the afternoon is the [...]
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Tags: around town, outingsBrunch at the Gaylord
Monday April 19, 2010Grandad graciously invited us to join him this Sunday for his Yacht Club’s Annual Power Cruise and Brunch. The plan was travel from the club to the National Harbor by boat, then have brunch at Pienza, an Italian restaurant located in atrium of the Gaylord National Hotel. Well, the weather was not ideal for boating, [...]
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Tags: around town, cousins, family, food, outingsEggstravaganza
Wednesday March 31, 2010On Saturday, we went to a big festival hosted by the church that runs our preschool. It started with a cute puppet show – the gal was a pretty good ventriloquist. This picture was taken from pretty far back. I should have held onto my camera, with an antsy toddler, I ended up on the [...]
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Tags: celebrations, easter, kid play, outings, preschoolMen on the Money Monumental Field Trip
Thursday March 18, 2010I got to join Wendy’s class on a field trip today. They have been studying money, learning about coins, their values and whose picture is on them. So the fieldtrip involved going down to DC and seeing the monuments for various presidents. I was so glad to be able to join the kids, thanks to [...]
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Tags: around town, field trips, life, outings, schoolOf Sledding and Snow Shakes
Tuesday February 2, 2010Sunday was a beautiful morning, with perfect conditions for sledding. Sunny, not too windy, and not so much snow that we couldn’t drive our minivan to the nearest bestest hill in our neighborhood. It took some effort to get all of the children into their snow gear and out the door, but finally, we made [...]
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Tags: around town, family, kid play, life, outings, snow, winterVeteran’s Day Fun at the Smithsonians
Saturday November 21, 2009Back on Veterans Day, we found ourselves with an unplanned free day. Everybody had the day off except Sam’ preschool, but we let him play hookie. It was a drizzly, gray day, but I decided it would be fun to hit the museums downtown, since we don’t get down there often enough. I was especially [...]
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Tags: around town, family, holidays, outings


