Washington, DC is a quintessential family destination. With so much to do and see it can be tough to narrow down the choices to decide what to fit in to a weekend visit. I think that the important thing to remember with any trip is that you’re not going to be able to do it all. The key is to narrow your focus to a few great places and activities–this strategy makes for a more relaxed visit and happier kids {Read More}
Archives for October 2014
Can I Bake a Pie? Or What Benign Neglect Has Taught me About Being a Mom
October 22, 2014 by 4 Comments
I don’t like it when I feel like a bad mother. It’s a crappy feeling. Since I’ve started working so much more, I struggle with this sentiment fairly often. After my oldest daughter was born, I was in a new mother’s support group with a fabulous therapist with whom I continued to work in myriad capacities for several years. I will never forget when she taught me about a concept she’d gleaned from Mothering magazine they called “benign neglect,” the gist of {Read More}
5 Reasons to Join (or Start!) a Family Nature Club
October 21, 2014 by 1 Comment
“What if parents, grandparents, and kids around the country were to band together to create nature clubs for families? What if this new form of social/nature networking were to spread as quickly as book clubs and Neighborhood Watches did in recent decades? We would be well on our way to true cultural change.” Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.” This past Saturday I had the pleasure of joining the Bronx Zoo {Read More}
Washington, DC for Families – Touring the Monuments by Bike
October 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
Over Columbus Day weekend the girls and I took a mother-daughters road trip down to Washington, DC. Depending on the traffic, the DC metro area is about a 5 hour drive from our house in Westchester County, New York, just outside of New York City. Because the girls had a half-day that Friday, we were able to get on the road by noon which helped us avoid the bulk of the rush hour volume and we pulled into our weekend {Read More}
National Geographic’s International Photography Contest for Kids
October 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This past weekend, my girls and I set out to explore Washington, DC. It was a bit of a whirlwind and we did our best to experience as much as we could in only two days time. We’d only visited DC once before as a family. Four years ago I ran the Marine Corps Marathon (an awesome marathon if you’re in the market), and we spent the days before the race visiting the some of the Smithsonian museums and taking {Read More}
Fearless in the Forest – A High Ropes Adventure in the Berkshires
October 1, 2014 by 2 Comments
“Dude! You just crushed that one!” “Whoa! That was awesome, Buddy!” “You totally killed it! You definitely need to get a job here when you get bigger!” These were just a few of the exclamations that echoed through the forest yesterday during our visit to Ramblewild, an incredible tree-to-tree adventure park located at the base of Brodie Mountain in the Berkshires. This was my second visit to Ramblewild in as many months, the first time being a field trip my {Read More}
