Book Review: Outdoors with Kids Boston

Although The Five-Year-Old loves a good Pajama Day at home, I get cranky if we string too many of them (read: >1) in a row. But there are only so many times you can go to Capron Park Zoo, Jamaica Pond, the Boston Public Garden, Moose Hill, or even the Boston Museum of Science. Consequently, I’m always looking for good day trips with The Five-Year-Old, and with summer coming up, I was pretty happy to find Outdoors with Kids: Boston at our local bookstore last week.

If The Five-Year-Old were President

“I miss Finz,” The Five-Year-Old said one afternoon as we were driving past the site of her favorite (and now closed) seafood restaurant. “I wish I…

What’s going on at Caterpickles?

Between protesting proposed budget cuts to the public school budget, bike riding, inspecting local boulders for signs of glacial activity, hunting for asteroids, and the need…

Guess who climbed her first tree yesterday?

Hint: When she woke up this morning the first words out of her mouth were “Mommyo, have you made me a trophy for climbing my first…

The etiquette of meeting a Pharaoh

School Vacation Week is still going strong over here at Caterpickles Central. And as all Truly Relaxing Vacations require, we are keeping ourselves willfully blind to…

“Why do people throw their shoes on a wire?”

One afternoon as we were driving down Route 1, The Four-Year-Old noticed a ratty old pair of sneakers hanging from a telephone wire along the road.…

Hey Mass Parents: Updated Santa Tracker for the Greater Boston Area

Via the Norwood Patch, I have learned that: Santa will be making daily visits between now and Dec 24 to the Walpole Mall, the Bass Pro…

Product Review: Trunki Kids Luggage (Ages 3 & up)

With travel season hard upon us, I decided it was probably time I talked travel gear. In November 2009 we bought our daughter a Trunki, Terrance the Cow to be precise (it was the only one available through Amazon at the time that would make it to our house before that year’s Thanksgiving trek).

Review: Nature Classes at Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

One of my better parenting ideas this fall was to sign my daughter up for nature classes at the Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Sharon, Massachusetts. The classes last an hour and half and include a craft, a story, and a nature hike.