Sorry for the long silence on this blog – our family moved to a new house, a nearly month-long ordeal of packing and unpacking with children and cat underfoot. Most of us have recovered from the trauma, though, and our sunny little backyard encourages us to plot large vegetable beds and google “how to take [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Food'
Gardening and flower activities for kids in the East Bay!
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Babies, Food, Kids, Museums, Toddlers
Tags:Aletheia·flowers·garden·gardening·Richmond·Solano County·Suisun·trains·Western Railway Museum
Kite Flying Festival – Milpitas, Jan. 16
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Activities, Babies, Events, Food, Holidays, Kids, Parks/Playgrounds, Toddlers
The Bay Area Youth Vaishnav Parivar is hosting a kite-flying festival for the Makar-Sankranti – Uttarayan Celebrations this coming Saturday, January 16th. I’m woefully ignorant of what the significance of the Makar-Sankranti – Utarrayan celebrations are and its cultural background (which is why, perhaps, I should go to one of these). What I do know [...]
Tags:Karen·kite·Makar-Sankranti·Milpitas
A cheap snack hack – home made microwave popcorn
December 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Frugality
In the cold (well, for the Bay Area) winter months, it is convenient to have a warm snack to feed the kids. Especially if, like us, you are total cheapskates, and never raise the thermostat over 63 degrees. Popcorn is universally beloved by children, and it is also nice and warm! Unfortunately, bags of microwaveable [...]
Las Posadas – Mission San Jose, Fremont
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Activities, Babies, Events, Food, Holidays, Kids, Toddlers
In preparation for Chrismas, Mission San Jose in Fremont is hosting Las Posadas, a 9-day event beginning on the evening of December 15th. This should be a great way to get into the Christmas spirit and become familiar with some of the local businesses. Las Posadas is the re-enactment of Mary & Joseph’s trip to [...]