We live near the mecca that is DC–with free museums that abound…art, science, history, culture, the entire Smithsonian collection at our fingertips. I love a good Smithsonian visit, don’t get me wrong, but for the toddler set an entire building of don’t touch! gets a little old. Enter Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore, 30 [...]
About eighteen months ago, we were looking at the year ahead of us and considering the trips we had in store. We planned a trip to see my family in San Francisco, several trips to the Philadelphia area for Sesame Place and various farm-ish things around there, and some possible long weekends in other nearby [...]
A friend recently e-mailed telling me how much my toddler son and I would enjoy the Lego Architecture exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. I wasn’t sure what we would find for W there as he is still under the age limit for many of the toys that Lego creates. However, he [...]
Thursdays with Grandma. Alright, so they’re not always Thursdays, and certainly not every week. But with unemployment making me an impromptu and poor stay at home mom, and my mother being a teacher, this summer has been ripe with opportunities for some hard core grandma-granddaughter time. We live not too far, but not too close, [...]