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The GO GO Thomas Tour 2013 is visiting the Edaville USA Railroad in Carver MA on June 15-16, 2013 and June 21-22. #DOWT

May 212013

A Larger than Life Train for the Ride of Their Life. The GO GO Thomas Tour 2013 is visiting the Edaville USA Railroad in Carver MA on June 15-16, 2013 and June 21-22.. This fun-filled event offers little engineers and their families the opportunity to take a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular Thomas & Friends series. Children will take a ride along with their favorite engine friend on his latest adventure and participate in Thomas-themed activities including:

* A 25-minute (approximate) ride with Thomas the Tank Engine
* Meet Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the Railway
* A Thomas & Friends Imagination Station; featuring stamps, temporary tattoos, hands-on arts & crafts, train tables, and coloring sheets
* Storytelling
* Video viewing and much more Continue reading »

A Walk in the Park

May 192013

When the weather gets nice around here, my family are regulars at our local state park: Massasoit State Park in Taunton, MA. We all love to hike the wooded trails and go exploring. It’s finally started to warm up enough that we can make it to the park on the weekends and we went for the first time this year about two weeks ago.

Life is good Festival

Sep 272011

This past Sunday I attended the Life is good Festival with my family and we had such a good time. The Life is good Festival is a fundraising event that took place this past weekend (September 24th & 25th) at Prowse Farm in Canton, MA. The festival was a two-day celebration of music and optimism, featuring three stages of nationally known musical talent, hands-on games, interactive arts activities, and the “Good Kids” zone — home to the top acts in kids entertainment. 100% of Life is good’s profits from the Festival will go towards The Life is good Playmakers, helping kids overcome life-threatening challenges such as violence, illness and extreme poverty.

The Lizzie Borden House – Fall River, MA

Sep 062011

Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. And when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.

I have such vivid memories of jumping rope while singing that song when I was a little girl. But I digress….

We’ve all heard of Lizzie Borden, right? She was accused of hacking her father and step-mother to death with an axe, but was acquitted. No one else was ever arrested or tried for the murders and it remains an unsolved mystery to this day. Wikipedia has a pretty decent recount of the story if you’re interested in the gory details.

How to Survive Driving Through a Rotary

Aug 122011

Here in Massachusetts, particularly in my neck of the woods (near Cape Cod), we have a lot of rotaries. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what a rotary is, let me explain. It’s a a circular shaped road junction where the traffic moves in one direction around a central island. I’ve also heard rotaries referred to as traffic circles and roundabouts, but around here, they’re rotaries. For someone that’s not experienced in driving their way through a rotary, they can be vicious – trust me, I know frirst hand. I live about 30 seconds from one and drive through it daily.

Blueberry Picking on the South Shore

Aug 102011

Yesterday, I took my boys out for our annual blueberry picking outting. There’s nothing like fresh blueberries and we picked about five pounds of them. It’s not as much as it sounds, trust me. One pound of blueberries equals about three cups and (unwashed) blueberries actually freeze really well, so you can freeze what you’re not going to use right now.

Breakfast in a Two Story Milk Bottle? Yep.

Aug 032011

In the little town of Raynham Massachusetts, there is a restaurant inside of a two story milk bottle. I grew up in the next town over (Easton) and I remember going there often as a kid and I didn’t think anything off it. I still don’t. While my husband and I were having breakfast there last weekend, it occured to me that a gigantic milk bottle is probably a bit unusual….ok, a lot unusual – and I thought it was worth sharing.

Our Outting at Claychick Pottery Workshop – Plymouth, MA

Jun 302011

When I woke up yesterday morning, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do with the boys all day. It was hot & humid and I didn’t really feel up to a long daytrip. After thinking for a little while, I remembered someone on Facebook telling me about this place in Plymouth called Claychick, where kids (and adults) can go and paint pottery. I checked out their website and decided to give it a go – especially since it’s only about 15 minutes from my house.

We got there and were met by Chickie, the owner, who was very helpful and explained to the kids how everything worked – right down to how the paint will look after she fires the pottery in the kiln (ie – how it will be glossy when it’s done, but it doesn’t look like that when it first goes on). Once we were ready to get started, each of my boys ~~took forever to choose what they wanted to paint~~ picked out a piece of pottery to paint and got to work picking out colors.

Colonial Lantern Tours – My Latest Ghost Adventures in Plymouth!

Jun 132011

This past winter my sister had purchased some Groupon tickets for The Colonial Lantern Tour in Plymouth. She knows how much I love haunted ghost walking tours and how much I especially love the one in Plymouth,so her and I made plans (with our respective mates) to go on the tour in the spring. It was challenging coordinating our schedules, but we finally made it happen this past Saturday much to ~~my husbands horror~~ my delight!

We only live about 15-20 minutes from The John Carver Inn, which is where the tour left from. Since my kids were off with their dad for the weekend, we sent his son to his grandparent’s house and decided to stay the night down in Plymouth. We ended up picking the Bayberry Inn Bed & Breakfast, which was right outside the center of town to spend the night at. The B&B was really nice and once we arrived, we found out that the owners ended up upgrading our room to a suite because the people that were in the room that we originally booked, wanted to say an extra night (the night we booked), so it worked out in our favor.

It’s A Rainy Day on the South Shore and You Need Something To Do With the Kiddos! Here is a Great List!

Jun 072011

A couple of weeks ago I gave you some great day trip ideas if you live on or near the South Shore of Massachusetts, however they were all outdoor things. That prompted me to put together a list of things you can do with the kiddos on rainy days (ie-indoor activities) around the South Shore. So, without further adeu…..

Strawberry Picking

Jun 062011

Have you ever gone strawberry picking? For my family, it’s an annual event – actually, so is blueberry picking, apple picking and pumpkin picking! Raspberry picking would be on the list, but they are so flippin’ expensive, who can afford them? So every June I pack up the kids (and my camera) and off we go to load up on strawberries ~~half of which will go uneaten and I’ll fund moldy in the back of my fridge next month~~. I’ll admit that I’m not a huge strawberry fan, but my six year old absolutley loves them. Continue reading »

Great South Shore Day Trip Ideas

May 252011

Summer vacation is rapidly approaching! In my town the kids last day of school is June 24th – which is only a month away! Yikes.

Since I work from home and have the luxury of being flexible with my hours, I tend to take the kids out a lot. I live on the South Shore and there are about a million and a half things to do with the kids in the area, but I decided to make a list of places I frequent because I can speak from personal experience.

Plymouth Ghost Tour!

Sep 262010

This past Friday night, I dragged Chris with me on the Ghost & Legends Tour in Plymouth, MA (think pilgrims). In my post that day I mentioned that Chris gets super creeped out by this sort of thing, but never the less, he loves me, so he lets me drag him along to these. The tour group was really small, which made it SOO much better. I’ve been on tours that have been packed and I’ve had to struggle to hear the guide…and that’s not cool. The tour on Friday was just myself, Chris & another family (a mom, dad, the nanny, a 9 year old & a 6 year old, who I feel was much too young to be on that type of tour, but that’s just me).

Edaville Railroad

Dec 022009

I took the kids to Edaville Railroad last night. Edaville is an amusement park (I use that term loosely here) in Carver, MA. It’s really in the middle of nowhere to be honest, but it’s the next town over from me. It’s built amongst tons of cranberry bogs, that is lit up with millions of Christmas lights this time of year. In addition to the lights, there are about 10 different carnival-type rides like a carousel and several other “spinning” rides, such as flying elephants and airplanes. There are also a few games and things along those lines. It’s very small, but it’s a completely magical experience when you’re a kid. And I know that feeling well, because my parents took us there every year while I was growing up. I still get that sense of excitement pulling up to it and seeing all the lights. Just an FYI, Edaville was first opened in 1947!