Even a yogurt & wheat germ smoothie!
Maya
Slipping ‘n sliding
There’s a “heat watch” in effect this entire weekend, with record high temperatures expected. Heat indices could approach 110 degrees! Definitely not typical weather for early June in the DC area. Just last week I was complaining about how it was too cool for the girls to play in the sprinkler, and now it may […]
Fun sushi magnets!
A friend of Maya’s just spent some time in Japan and brought her back these really cute sushi magnets: Maya loves these little things! She likes to pretend to slice and serve them to me. To go along with this, I went out and got her the First Book of Sushi, from the same series […]
NSO Family Concert
We went to a National Symphony Orchestra Family Concert at the Kennedy Center a while back. It was Leonard Slatkin’s last Family Concert as musical director of the NSO. We were running late, but I wish we would’ve gotten there earlier for the instrument “Petting Zoo,” where kids get the chance to see and touch […]
Philadelphia – a lot to see!
We took a quick trip to Philly over Mother’s Day weekend and as always, I’m posting about it super-late! I wish we could’ve stayed longer, because there is SO much to see, but we were just there for a day. The main purpose of the trip was to go to the Frida Kahlo exhibition at […]
Hola Jalapeño and Mañana Iguana – 2 favorite children’s books!
I should’ve posted this in the previous entry about Cinco de Mayo, but I forgot. I forget oh-so-many things these days! In any case, it’s never too late to recommend a good book. The following are two of my daughter’s favorites, and just happen to be Latin-themed. Mañana Iguana, by Ann Whitford Paul and illustrated […]
