Now that the spring flowers are out and cherry blossoms have borne beautiful blooms, my son Jake and I decided to try planting something of our own. It has been a great way for us… Read More »Simple Planting projects for Earth Day
A couple of weeks ago we reported on the terrible news that playground equipment at the newly opened Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 was burning children. The solution the developers came up with was to… Read More »Brooklyn Bridge’s Pier 6- sneak peek
The Dirty Sock Funtime Band is a pretty well known band at this point: they have a tv show on PBS, have their songs on Noggin’ and are now they are putting out a DVD.… Read More »A Rocking Good Time with the Dirty Sock Funtime Band
One Tray at a Time by Donna Fish Change is a’ coming. Slowly, but I see some movement in a positive direction. I always think of the two things that are responsible for the rising… Read More »Changing Kids Eating Habits
There’s nothing like record breaking heat in early April to get you excited about summer. . . longer days, sandals, ice cream, etc. etc. And Prospect Heights has many fine summertime offerings – both with… Read More »Prospect Heights High. . .
Although it seems like our mini-heat-wave will be over soon, it’s left a lot of parents asking when the water will be turned on at the local parks. I am happy to report that the… Read More »Where's the Water?
Bad news today about the new Brooklyn Bridge Park’s play equipment. Minutes ago, the NY Post reported that the metallic domes installed there are burning children. Some park-goers took the temperature of the orbs and… Read More »Brooklyn Bridge Park’s playground is burning kids
Having an art background, I’ve taken my son to many an art class. If there’s a place that offers a chance for my child to get covered in paint, sticky with glue or caked with… Read More »My favorite art class in Brooklyn
So far, we have been lice lucky at our house, but I’m sure our time will come. In the meantime, every time that there is a “sighting” at school, we wait to enter our kids’… Read More »Lice….yes, we have to talk about them
As a kid, we ate the fruity, chalky Flinstone’s chewable vitamins. My mother kept them in the cabinet above the toaster (which I now recognize as probably not the best vitamin storage place, given the… Read More »Vitamins: Gummy, chewable…or even at all?