The Fremont-Union City-Newark Mother’s Club is holding its annual preschool faire on January 30, 2010 from 9:30am – 1:30pm at Christian Community School (39700 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539). Preschools from Fremont, Union City, and Newark will be invited to attend. If you’re planning on enrolling your child into preschool in the near future and [...]
Entries from December 17th, 2009
Free parking in San Francisco!
December 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Frugality, Retail
Do you have some last minute gift hunting to do this weekend? Were you planning on shopping in San Francisco? For once, bringing the kids will save you money! Select San Francisco parking garages are rewarding you with free parking for carpooling (or, in your case, kid hauling): 1 hour free parking with three riders. [...]
Tags:Aletheia·Christmas shopping·parking·San Francisco·shopping
Indoor Activities in the East Bay
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Activities, Babies, Kids, Museums, Toddlers
Another storm system is moving into the Bay Area this week, making finding activities to do with your kids all the more challenging. Here are a few indoor activities for kids and toddlers in the East Bay in case you want a break from having the youngsters destroy your living room. Habitot Children’s Discovery Museum [...]
Tags:Aletheia·animals·Berkeley·coffee·Habitot·indoor·Lawrence Hall of Science·Oakland·rain·Sadiedey's Cafe
A truly hardcore green diaper solution
December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Babies, Retail
A new Bay Area service called Earth Baby will pick up and compost your child’s dirty diapers for a tidy $85 per month (this includes the cost of the biodegradable diapers). Although I applaud this commitment to recycling, I have to wonder what the after-market is for the compost produced. Do the parents get [...]
Tags:Aletheia·compost·composting·diaper service·diapers·green·poop
Christmas Photo Time – Sears Portrait Studio
December 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Babies, Holidays, Kids, Retail, Toddlers
It’s that time of year again – that’s right, Christmas portrait time. Since our home isn’t very, shall we say, picturesque, I decided to take my son to Sears, where he could get “professional” portraits done with cheesy backdrops and props. (Unfortunately, they don’t have those fantastic laser backdrops so prominent in school portraits when [...]
Tags:Christmas·Karen·photographer·portraits·Sears Portrait Studio