What do you do with kids after a winter blizzard? Make angels. Jump in snow. Shake snow off bushes. Shovel a drive. But the best thing to do is get out the sleds and head for a hill. A slope which you can whizz down at full speed. And swirl down backwards. And dash back […]
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Top author of children’s books and masses of ideas for kids’ activities. What’s the correlation? Kids picture books by British author Julia Donaldson. Here are some of the activity ideas for starters: making paper doll chains, designing masks, playing with sticks, painting with hands and performing in a play. All these kids indoors and outdoors
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The arrival of winter meant we could take our children to the seal haul out site in Montauk. When my daughter asked if she could pet them and my son said he’d bring a ball for a seal to play on its nose, I knew it was time for them to observe seals in their natural
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I kept hearing and reading about onesies or a onesie, basically a jumpsuit or one piece pajamas (US) or pyjamas (UK) or some sort of comfy bodysuit or all-in-one sleepsuit, wondering what this fad was all about back in Britain…err, who wears a onesie? What was going on in the UK since we’d moved that
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Ice skating in the Hamptons? We live in an area known for its summer season and beaches, but when winter comes it’s time to put the skates on. And we don’t have to wait for a big freeze to turn local ponds into ice. Instead we head to the woods where summer tennis courts are
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The days are short so we just went for a ride to Otter Pond not far away from the end of our road. Practicing Swan Lake on scooters. The ducks scooted but the swans approached. No crossbows were aimed instead bread was offered. But the seagulls began swooping in like minions of a sorcerer. The swans
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