Today was “Work Day” at Junior’s pre-school. That means that a whole lot of parents gather themselves and all manner of gardening/home chore tools and spend 5 or 6 hours fixing up the joint. In other words, we do for our beloved school what most of us neglect to do at our own homes! While [...]
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Xtracycle….A replacement for the mini van?
Posted in bike commuting, biking, family, notable loads, xtracycle, tagged bike commuting, family, notable loads, xtracycle on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
4 Halves are Better than Two
Posted in family, food, recipes, tagged family, food, recipes on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I rarely feel the need to share “brilliant child” stories, but what the heck, I’ll make an exception. Just this once. Really. A few nights ago at dinner, I made roasted peaches for dessert. Junior wanted 2 peaches, but we try to discourage outright gluttony in our house, unless oatmeal raisin cookies are involved. So [...]
Soccer – Xtracycle-Style
Posted in bike commuting, biking, family, xtracycle, tagged bike commuting, biking, family, soccer, xtracycle on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was never keen on ever using the words “soccer”, “Mom”, and “mini-van” in the same sentence, particularly if that sentence was in reference to, well, me! The “soccer” word was inevitable when Junior got the chance to join a Saturday morning team with one of his best buddies. The word “Mom”? Well, also pretty [...]
Galumpki – Just like Mom Used to Make
Posted in cooking, family, food, recipes, whole food, tagged cooking, family, recipes, whole food on September 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
MaryBeth’s mom is an incredible cook. And not a month goes by that MaryBeth doesn’t call her up for a recipe, a temperature, or a secret ingredient. This month, it was for Galumpki. It doesn’t matter that MaryBeth’s family is not Polish…she grew up in Western Massachusetts where every third family is, so Kielbasa and [...]
Applesauce – for free (sort of)!
Posted in cooking, family, food, notable loads, sourcing food, whole food, xtracycle, tagged cooling, family, locavore, notable loads, sourcing food, whole food, xtracycle on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently we had one of those experiences where the marketing of the event differed greatly from the reality. Sort of like the movie trailer that made the movie appear to be worth the $10 ticket price only to find out that the trailer showed the best three minutes of the movie and that much you [...]
Notable Loads
Posted in biking, family, notable loads, xtracycle, tagged biking, family, notable loads, xtracycle on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The DINKs have taken a bit of a hiatus…the need for sleep and work overtook the desire to post. Nevertheless, we are back, with a quick post to get us into the blogging swing. We thought it would be interesting to chronicle some of our most interesting Xtracycle loads, like the one pictured here. Not [...]
The Grand Family Reunion
Posted in family, vacation, tagged family, vacation on August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Enough time has elapsed such that a proper perspective can now be rendered upon Mark’s family reunion held at Myrtle Beach, SC earlier this summer. With all the excitement/drama of seeing everyone, spending a week at the beach and having his dad pay for it all, it would have been too easy to put up [...]
A Boulder Staycation
Posted in biking, family, parenting, staycation, vacation, tagged family, parenting, vacation on August 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We plan a vacation every July. The timing is picked for us as our vacation coincides with the week that the teachers at Junior’s preschool have determined is the week that they will have had enough of other people’s children. We either give the teachers a break or face up to the very real possibility [...]
Do they make Xtracycles for 12″ bikes?
Posted in bike commuting, family, Farmers' Market, parenting, xtracycle, tagged bike commuting, family, Farmers' Market, Junior, parenting, xtracycle on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Habits are formed early, so we’ve been trying to influence Junior’s transportation habits since he was a wee young thing. When he was really little MaryBeth would occasionally take him on the bus to/from school. For a toddler, there was no cooler method of transportation than mass transit – let’s hope that sentiment sticks with [...]
Luxury Camping – Deprivation Need Not Apply
Posted in camping, family, tagged camping, family on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well it’s not every weekend that you can gather up a crowd and head out to enjoy the great outdoors. Last weekend though was one of those rare times. And boy what a crowd we had – and what fun it was… This was the third year of the great Buffalo Creek Camping/Mountain Biking extravaganza [...]
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