These are the top ten places we want to see in London! Buckingham Palace The official residence of the Queen of England. It is also where you see the changing of the guard, which happens daily at 11:30 May through July and at 11:30 every other day August through April. Admission: The cost to see the palace starts at $25 per person and luckily it…
Matt Smith and his wife set out to visit all 59 national parks. This book tells their journey as if they were writing their friends Bob and Sue. Some readers might light this, but I found enjoyable. The book was a quirky and humorous at times and there were a few times that they faced real danger. I won’t spoil the details, but one can…
On our first Father’s Day we thought we needed to make it something special. This would be more than a meal, but a memorable moment with the kid. “We could go to the Arch grounds,” I suggested. “It’s under construction,” David said. He was right. We though through other places, checking out the old neighborhood we used to live in when we lived in the…
When my son was born I decided that I wanted to be that parent and measure his growth. I remember that a past employee using a big Winnie-the-Pooh. I looked around the house and then found in the basement our large Kermit the Frog. We found him displayed at a flea market that was moving locations. He had been displayed for years and they had…
My first clue that the back way we were taking to the top of Mount Greylock might be a problem was llamas blocking the road. They did in fact move and we headed on, but this was only the start of our problems on this particular route. This was of course after long day driving out to the Berkshires from suburban Boston, so this was…
Keokuk, Iowa’s “City of Christmas” lights display made the list of the top 50 Christmas displays in America.
The threes can be trying at times, but I do enjoy our short bicycle trips together. He uses a strider or balance bike, which teaches a toddler how to ride and be balanced, where a bike with training wheels teaches the child how to ride while unbalanced. The kid more easily adjusts to a regular bike when the time comes. I remember wanting the training…
I find the book “Larry’s Kidney: Being the True Story of How I found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant – and Save His Life” a lot to take in as much as the title seems to be. It was entertaining, intriguing, sad and bizarre book that I read quickly since…
Below are some helpful hints on having a smooth Halloween with a three-year-old that I learned from our first night out with him. Have Costume Ready Weeks Before. My son had a hard time deciding on which costume to buy. One week it was Red Power Ranger, the next Black Panther and then Spiderman. I decided to pre-empt his indecisiveness by going to Target and…
Halloween is upon us once more and I’ve managed to take our little tyke to pumpkin patches and do the rides, find the right pumpkin for this year and not be caught in long lines. Here are some helpful hints to keep it a happy occasion! Go Early. I always go onto the pumpkin patch websites to find out when they open. I wait to…
