(Sharon continues her Notes from the Playground series) I may have mentioned before how great we think the playground is at Wallingford Park. It's cool that there are two play structures, side by side, so both toddlers and older ones can do their thing, but still mingle. I especially like how the blue squishy stuff underneath it makes me feel so safe, since my son, like most three year olds, has taken his share of tumbles there. Tunnel slide by Mike…
We hope you made it over to the Wallingford Wurst Festival this past weekend. If you have a child and you did not go, the sense of loss that child no doubt now feels will take years of therapy, several dysfunctional romantic relationships and a long-term drug habit to fully exorcise. You have nobody but yourself to blame. If, on the other hand, you did go, your child is still probably talking about the bouncy house, the bouncy slide, the other…
Not to be outdone Caspar Babypants, children's musician by day and indie rock band leader by night, Sarah Shannon of the 90's Sub POP band Velocity Girl is taking her turn crooning for the cradle set as front woman for The Not-It's. Perhaps you and your little ones would like to sample her ankle-biter anthems? Stop by Alphabet Soup Children's Books (1406 N. 45th St) for an in-store concert this Saturday , Sept 26th at 11 am. We're glad they've included…
(Our new contributor Sharon continues her series of vignettes, revolving around the Wallingford Playfield) On the way out for our nightly family walk a few weeks ago, I found a flyer in our mailbox about a lost cat. Hugh, an adorable gray kitty, lived a few blocks away and was greatly missed by his family. I was reading the text aloud when our son came bounding out of the house and snatched the paper away. “Why do you have a picture…
Our neighbor Rollin buttonholed us and asked if we'd write a post about a class on Children's Picture Book Illustration he's teaching at Pratt starting September 23rd. While Pratt is outside of Wallingford's borders, Rollin isn't, and we're always happy to do a neighbor a good turn, so here's the scoop:
(This post begins a series from Sharon, who will be sharing stories from the Wallingford Playfield playground.) The first time we really noticed Wallingford Playfield was when I was pregnant with our son. We were taking our nightly hour-long walk, as many first-time expectant parents do, when we stumbled upon it. Sometime since our last tennis match there the play structure had been updated or perhaps even disassembled and replaced with a much newer model. We marveled at the multi-leveled towers,…
SoZo, the playspace with the awesome-est name this side of the Duwamish, is ending its long hiatus and welcoming kids again starting this Tuesday, September 15th. Says they: After being closed for the summer months we are making preparations for a grand re-opening party on September 15th and 17th. Come join us for refreshments and balloons as we test out the new Bounce House! What's new? A New Bounce House for kids to bounce out the wiggles. Free admission for everyone…