Adirondack Family Time™

It is National Museum Day where museums around the country offer free admission. Where are you going to go today?

There are only 60 chairs on the double chairlift at McCauley Mountain, down about 20 from its winter route. All the unused chairs are lined up freshly painted and repaired waiting for the start of the winter season. It is a smooth and steady 2, 200’ ride to the top. It does seem odd to be riding a chairlift in autumn. The children are lined up waiting their turn, pretending they are going to hit the moguls on the way down. We even encounter the prerequisite lost lift item request from a couple already lift bound. We retrieve the shoe and are thankful it’s just a kicked off flip-flop and not a ski buried in the snow. It is a leisurely ride to the top so we are able to glance around at the view of the Fulton Chain of Lakes, Old Forge and Grey Lake. Our exit is uneventful without the cumbersome addition of ski gear. Cinderella is patiently waiting at top for her lost shoe. Picnic tables and Adirondack chairs are scattered about. The children run about finding playmates to explore the bac

My son was addicted to the pacifier, an addiction fed by his own parents. I thought if I just continued to throw "boks" into his bed he would just be able to eventually find one and go to sleep. His bed was littered with them. He couldn't roll over in the night without encountering one, which was the whole idea. The part I didn't foresee? That his attachment would grow. He soon needed three "boks" to sleep, one in his mouth and one for each hand. Before he turned three my husband and I decided that the pacifier had to go. We tried all sorts of recommendations from friends and family. With nothing working I finally just took a large needle and poked holes in the pacifier. Though it didn't seem to make a difference, I persisted. Tip: Take a large darning needle and work a few holes through the sides and top of the pacifier. After each use continue to widen the holes. The goal is that the child will suck on the pacifier and eventually the pacifier will flat

For a $10 processing free any 5th grader can get a 5th Grade Passport that is valid at participating Vermont Alpine and Nordic ski areas from December 1, 2009 to May 1, 2010 except on the blackout dates stated on the individual coupons and the application. It can take up to three weeks to receive the passport so fill out the application as soon as possible! The Passport may be used to obtain no more than three (3) complimentary one-day tickets or trail passes at each participating Vermont ski area between December 1, 2009 and May 1, 2010, subject to the blackout dates listed on the back of Passport coupons. The following resorts are participating for the season: The following ski areas are participating for the season: Ascutney Mountain, Bolton Valley Resort, Cochran's, Bromley Mountain, Burke Mountain, Jay Peak Resort, Killington Resort, Mad River Glen, Magic Mountain, Middlebury College Snow Bowl, Mount Snow Resort, Pico Mountain, Okemo Mountain Resort, Smugglers' Notch Reso