It wasn’t a perfect day for skiing. The temperature hovered around freezing and the lower part of the mountain still wore large patches of mud and grass, a reminder of the fact that it was really still late fall in Vermont and and not yet winter. My 11- and 14-year-old sons both knew that there weren’t many trails open, but you wouldn’t have guessed it from their giddy excitement.
London with kids
From ships to stars: Visiting Greenwich with kids
The first time we went to Greenwich, England, Tommy was a toddler. We visited all of the attractions, spent the entire day in fact. But what I primarily remember about it was that we got what may have … [Read more...]
Taking kids to the British Museum
Tommy, Teddy, and I spent our first full day in London at the British Museum, home to the Rosetta Stone, the marble statues that once decorated the Parthenon, and about 2 million other objects from … [Read more...]
Postcards from the road
Maine with kids: A visit to Portland
We're in Vermont (and very excited for a trip to the Basin Harbor Club this weekend) but I wanted to share a quick photo postcard of our trip to Maine earlier this week. We spent a few days in and … [Read more...]
What you can learn in a Milwaukee museum
We learned so many things on our recent free visit to Discovery World. This is a Milwaukee museum that is to museums what TED talks are to discourse - a place where big ideas about technology, … [Read more...]
