While shopping at Sugar Tools in Camden last weekend, MP spotted the perfect stocking stuffer: These super cute, Grow A Tree seed packets are designed by a Bucksport-based company called Riverhouse Products. They guarantee you can grow a Balsam, Elm or Birch tree in your own backyard with a little sunshine, water, and TLC. Who [...]
Posts Tagged ‘maine’
The Biggest Little Stocking Stuffer
Posted in Shopping, tagged bucksport, camden, grow a tree, maine, maine trees, stocking stuffer, Sugar Tools on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival
Posted in Events, tagged camp sunshine, camp sunshine pumpkin festival, casco, freeport fall events, halloween and kids maine, halloween weekend maine, ll.bean, maine, october events maine, pumpkin house, pumpkin tour, pumpkins maine on October 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
If there’s one event that will put your family in the Halloween spirit, it is this weekend’s Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival at L.L.Bean in Freeport. MP took the kids in their pajamas and winter coats on a Saturday evening last year and we had a blast. The festival’s 6,000 jack-o’-lanterns are spectacular to view at [...]
The Library Cafe
Posted in On the Road, Restaurants, tagged Auburn, auburn library children's room, auburn library family events, daphne berta, family friendly restaurants in auburn, family friendly restaurants in maine, maine, the library cafe on October 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In August, CP#2 joined MP on a scouting trip to Lewiston-Auburn. Our first order of business was a visit to The Library Café, located at the Auburn Public Library. MP fell for the space immediately. The atmosphere is casual and welcoming. The café has a few, small tables with fresh flowers, low lighting, and music [...]
Last Minute School Shopping (plus a Giveaway)
Posted in giveaways, Shopping, tagged baby bjorn, cute potato giveaway, last minute school shopping, maine, PO.P sale, polarn o. pyret, polarn o. pyret sample and warehouse sale, Portland, quality kids clothes, signature stripes, simply scandinavian, stokke, swedish children's clothing, swedish maternity clothing on September 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
MP is a bit of a procrastinator when it comes to shopping for the kids’ fall and winter clothes. She’s the mom who shops for coats when the thermometer drops below 40º. Sometimes waiting to the last minute pays off in form of a sale. Par exemple: this Friday and Saturday’s Polarn O. Pyret Sample [...]
Road Trip Saviors
Posted in On the Road, Shopping, tagged bananaphone, bella luna toys, children's albums parents enjoy, crayon holder, easy family road trips, galactic spaceships kit, Island Treasure Toys, maine, mosey handmade, music for long trips, old macdonald rufus thomas, peaceable kingdom press, portable art kit, red red robin, rhoda vincent, rosie flores, sing along with putyamo, sticker sets, the piggy story art folio, travel-friendly toys for kids, yarmouth on August 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The Cute Potato team survived a long road trip from Maine to Ohio with the help of some travel-friendly art kits and a great children’s album, plus a few stops for ice cream. We don’t have video in our Subaru, so MP and DP are dependent on books, music, and games to keep the kids [...]
Maine Book Giveaway
Posted in books, giveaways, tagged bookstore damariscotta, borders south portland, cape neddick, coastal maine bookshop, cute potato book giveway, cute potato Maine giveaway, family dramas, family secrets, irish catholic families, j.courtney sullivan, j.courtney sullivan maine readings, kennebooks, maine, summer reads 2011 on June 21, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Summer is officially here! MP can enjoy a cup of coffee and a good novel in the early morning hours while the kids sleep in. There are several books on MP’s list, but she couldn’t resist reading J. Courtney Sullivan’s Maine first. Maine details the lives of four women in the Kelleher family: Alice, the 83-year [...]
McLaughlin Garden
Posted in Activities, On the Road, Shopping, tagged family activities maine, garden gift shop, kids activities maine, lilac gardens, maine, maine picnic spots, mclaughlin gardens, shade gardens, south paris on May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What a treat it was to visit the McLaughlin Garden in South Paris. The kids loved exploring the small pathways between the gardens, while MP took in all of the lush, spring color. We stopped at a bench near the barn for a picnic lunch, and then explored the Garden Gift Shop. The lovely shop [...]
May Baskets
Posted in Craft Projects, Shopping, tagged maine, may basket, rosemont market & bakery, school fundraisers, spring flowers, spring traditions, village nursery school, yarmouth on April 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
While shopping at the Rosemont Market & Bakery in Yarmouth, MP spotted this lovely May Basket. Traditionally, these springtime baskets are made by children and left as a gift on the doorstep of a neighbor, friend or loved one. MP thinks this would be a fun, sunny day project with the kids. All you need [...]
One Family’s Journey (Plus a Book Giveaway)
Posted in books, giveaways, tagged caitlin shetterly, cross country travel, cute potato book giveaway, family life, finding home, going broke, made for you and me: going west, maine, marriage, Portland, recession and young families, traveling with an infant on April 22, 2011 | 15 Comments »
MP had the pleasure of reading Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home, a memoir by Portland-based author Caitlin Shetterly. The story unfolds as Caitlin and her husband, Dan, a photographer, leave Maine for new opportunities in Los Angeles. The move across country brings a series of unexpected challenges, including a difficult [...]
The Perfect Chocolate Cake (& a Giveaway)
Posted in Food, giveaways, tagged blue fondant flowers, cake balls, cathy ducey, children's cakes, children's cakes maine, chocolate layer cake, cute potato giveaway, hello kitty cake, maine, my mom made it, Scarborough on April 17, 2011 | 21 Comments »
CP#1 wanted a Hello Kitty themed party for her fifth birthday. To help create a memorable cake, MP enlisted Cathy Ducey, baker and owner of Mom Made It! in Scarborough. Cathy, who makes everything from scratch in her home kitchen, was kind enough to let MP bring some gluten-free ingredients to make CP #1 a [...]
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