BENGAL’S BACK!
Even a horrible cold couldn’t keep The Five-Year-Old from crashing the Dedham Fall Fair and Pumpkin Festival once she heard that the newly repaired Bengal Bunny would be there.
Oh and you can see the newly repaired Bengal Bunny…
At the Dedham Fall Fair and Pumpkin Festival at the Dedham Community House today from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Address: 671 High Street Dedham, MA 02026…
Build-a-Bear holding toy drive to benefit Toys for Tots this weekend
We interrupt your Sunday morning to let you know that Build-a-Bear is holding its annual Stuffed with Hugs toy drive this weekend. The first 100 customers…
The Safety Conscious Five-Year-Old
The Five-Year-Old: “Daddyo, I’d love to go catching fish with you some day. But not with a pole. With a net.” Daddyo: “Really?” The Five-Year-Old: “And…
What to do with your old buttons, or Christmas crafts ALREADY?
In which The Five-Year-Old and I try to turn a stash of old buttons into ornaments for our Christmas tree.
“Why is it called that?”: The Flea Market Edition
On learning that Natick, Massachusetts has a flea market that runs from April to October on the first Sunday of every month, Daddyo naturally wanted to know: “Why is it called a flea market?”
“What are crannies?”
Driving home from the Boston Public Library one day, I was evaluating the merits of the various nooks and crannies at the library as writing corners, when a small voice piped up from the back seat. “Mommyo, what’s a cranny?”
Out and About with The Five-Year-Old
The Five-Year-Old, mind-blown: “Whoa. That’s a mirror AND a picture together. That’s cool.”
Quiet here this week, because…
I’m working flat out putting together a historical exhibit for the Congregational Church of Needham to display as part of Needham’s Walk Through History this weekend. As…
“Why is it called that?”: The Chickenpox Edition
This question is far too old and my notes far too scanty to give you any reliable context for how it came up. But I can…
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