Can you even believe that it’s Holiday time already? I know I can’t and hello um, Hanukkah is next Friday people! Oh yes, we celebrate both Holidays and wasn’t it interesting that the Boston Globe magazine had two different articles describing how they celebrate both Holidays.
We celebrate with a menorah and candles, latkes (if you want the recipe, just let me know) and dreidles. We celebrate with a Christmas(kah) tree and I even found a Jewish star of David for an ornament. An old friend of mine gave me a Jewish Santa!
However you and your family celebrate the Holiday, we here at North Shore Parenting want to wish you a happy and healthy new year and Holidays -whatever you celebrate.
Oh yes, and a plug (of course)….ahem….my husband and I will be performing for Rockport First Night New Year’s Eve from 6 pm to 8 pm and the website for more information is http://www.newyearsrockporteve.com which is a great family event! We will most likely bring our 5 year old to help out and perform with us! (Don’t worry, we’ll bundle him up!)
So from me to you and your family - Happy Christmas, Merry Hanukkah, Hope you have a nice Kwanza and Blessed Be for the Winter Solstice.
Tags: festival, holiday time, performing, Rockport | Comment (0)If you have small children, especially if you have boys (like me) then they most likely LOVE Trains. Thomas® has made sure that my son has all the DVDs, has all the movies, all the tv shows, etc…oh yes, not to mention all the trains and tracks and tunnels…etc…
But there is more than that, you can actually go on real train rides (and not just the MBTA, although that is probably the cheapest option). In fact, my father in law just learned about The Polar Express train http://www.wakefieldmusicboosters.com/polar-express-2009.html which will run from Anderson Woburn station to the North Pole for December 13th! I love this because not only will my son love (and I mean L.O.V.E.) the train ride, he will also get to enjoy the story of The Polar Express® (from the movie and book) and we will get to see the smile on his face.
There is also the Train show at The Wilmington Shriners’ coming up too, http://www.trainshow.org/showinfo/200911WIL.htm on November 22nd. This is a lot of model trains that are put together and they do have a BIG section for just Lego land (my personal favorite) where they put a lot of legos together to make it one big scene with trains and buildings and people and and and…I digress…it’s all for the Shriners, so I like that too.
Of course there is the Hobo Railroad http://www.hoborr.com/ that you can go on, but that is in NH, and I think that there is a real Polar Express train ride too in NH, but I believe that there is a waiting list to get on (and it would take a year to get on it…)
That’s all the trains I can take…Have fun with your kids and take a train ride to remember.
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Cornerstone Bookstore in Salem, MA presents a fun evening of a cappella singing with two of the area’s premier ensembles: None of the Above and Fretless. There will be something for every musical taste from classical to pop to jazz. And best of all, it’s free! Details: September 19, 2009 7:00pm — Cornerstone Bookstore 45 Lafayette St Salem, MA.
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The Strawberry festival at Smolak Farms has been extended to include both this weekend and next weekend! I’m hoping that the rain will stop at some point, so we can get out to the farm!
Are there any other local farm festivals that we should know about? Leave a comment!
Tags: farm | Comment (0)What: Endicott Park Day In Danvers
When: June 20, 2009 11:00 AM
Official Website: Endicott Park Day 2009
Occurs at: Endicott Park
Location: Forest Street, Danvers, MA, 01923 map
Phone:(978) 777-0001
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009
Hours: Fireman’s Muster at 9; Festival 11am-3pm
Ages: Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor: Outdoor
Cost: Free see below
Join the happy hordes at Endicott Park in Danvers for Endicott Park Day. From the Doll Carriage Parade to face painting & temporary tattoos, to pony rides and other kids activities, demonstrations, and rides, there’s something for everyone.
Bring an appetite, as a wide variety of food is available from fried dough to grilled food from Kelly’s Roast Beef, and finish with a sundae for dessert.
Event Schedule
8:30 – 10:30 am Apple Pie & Open Variety Pie Contest entries to be delivered
11 am -3 pm Rides, Demonstrations, Grill, Vendors
11:00 am Pie Judging begins
11 am - 3 pm Shiyanne’s Tea Party
11:00 am Doll Carriage Registration
11 am – 3pm Tug of War Tournament
11 am – 3pm FUN Games by: The Danvers Recreation Department
11:30 pm Doll Carriage Parade
12:30-1:15 pm Johnny the K Show
2:30 pm Pie Baking Contest Winner announced
If you’re interested in learning more about sustainable living, you should stop by the Living Green & Renewable Energy Fair this Saturday, June 13th at Salem’s Old Town Hall. The fair will be held from 10am to 3pm. Among many other things, there will be solar powered toys on display.
A series of lectures will help you learn how to find green materials for renovations, how to be green by eating green and how to use solar energy in your home.
Your kids will love the “Kids Green Scene” where they can take part in earth friendly activities. Sponsored by Crunchy Granola Baby, you’ll find a place to relax while soaking in all the great information at hand.
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I am excitedly awaiting my next family-friendly adventure: strawberry picking. My son, who’s now 3.5 years old, is old enough to recognize ripe strawberries and I anticipate that he will actually be helpful this year instead of just a tag-a-long. Well, not so much a tag-a-long as kid-who-just-wants-to-eat-strawberry-shortcake.
Last year we went to the Strawberry Festival at Smolak Farms in North Andover. By the time we arrived, most of the pick-your-own strawberries were gone; the field had been picked out. It took me quite some time to find a section that had been overlooked and I filled one or two pint-sized buckets. My son managed to add many unripe strawberries to the batch. Back at the farm house, there were strawberry shortcake and local folk musicians… each alone is enough to make my day!
With all the rain we’ve had this year, I am hopeful that the strawberry crop will be abundant. We plan to attend Smolak Farm’s strawberry festival on June 20th and 21st. This year, however, I plan on either picking during the week, or early, early in the morning!
Many other local farms have fields of pick-your-own produce… after all, it’s saves them a lot of labor to have you doing all the work for them! At www.pickyourown.org and mass.gov you can find listings of local farms. Additionally, you can find reviews of several Essex county farms here on North Shore Parenting.
Tags: farm, pick your own | Comment (0)Customer Appreciation Day is happening on Brooksby Farm Saturday, July 19 from 11am-3pm. There will be wagon rides through the orchards, an old time corn boil, food tastings, tractors to climb on and a children’s coloring contest.
Here are two links of interest:
Brooksby Farm
Q&A: On the farm with Brooksby’s new manager from The Salem News
[Editor's Note: The following was provided by the Public Relations office of the Peabody Essex Museum.]
On August 9 - 10, the Peabody Essex Museum is pleased to celebrate the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with a special ATRIUM ALIVE focused on Chinese Art and Culture. The public is invited to explore PEM’s renowned Chinese art collection while taking part in an array of free activities planned for the weekend, including:
Visitors are also encouraged to explore Yin Yu Tang, an authentic Chinese merchant’s house from the Qing dynasty and the only example of its kind in North America. For more information on Yin Yu Tang, please visit: http://pem.org/yinyutang
A schedule of the weekend’s events can be found here: August 9, August 10.
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