First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript, Nov 5, 2015 By Esther C. Baird Well, it’s November. The only constant of late has been the yellow brick road we marched down for our younger daughter’s school play, “Oz!”. She had waited her entire life (all eight years) to be old enough to audition. And once cast, she took her…
Category: The Baird Facts
Disconnected in the Desert
First Published in the Sri-Town Transcript Oct 21, 2015 By Esther C. Baird Ok, I realize this is the time of year when our Tri-Towns are the envy of the nation with our foliage. But I recently traded in our reds and yellows and oranges for the same vibrant colors, but instead found on the rocks and…
Picture Prep Day at Casa Baird
First Published in the Tri Town Transcript Oct 1, 2015 Well Regular Readers, we are back to living in our cars as we shuttle from activity to school infinite times each week. True story, two of my mommy friends drive for Uber up here on the North Shore. Genius!! We’re driving all day anyway, why not get…
Minding the Fall Resolutions
By Esther C. Baird First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript, Sep 10, 2015 Ok, I will concede that it’s Fall. School’s started, schedules are insane again, and I’m back to staring down two lunch boxes each evening. They stare back and it’s unsettling. With the change of season also comes a lot of resolve and…
Roll-Ing through the end of summah
First published in the Tri-Town Transcript Aug 27, 2015 Psst, it’s still summer. Maybe by mere days, possibly minutes, but those back to school catalogs are still better used as kindling in a beach bonfire. I refuse to be smothered in plaid and pre-sharpened #2 pencils until the last possible second. Since it’s still summer, I want…
Who Am I??
First published in the Tri-Town Transcript Aug 12, 2015 Hello Regular Readers, I hope your summer is going swimmingly and you are enjoying this heat! My hair is frizzy, my legs stick to the car seat, there is a sweat crease down my back and I am absolutely OK with every meltable moment. When we returned from…
Prepping for Vacation
First Published in the Tri-Town Transcript on Jul. 16, 2015 It’s the week before our summer vacation, or what I call, prep week. You know, the week you need before vacation to properly over-prepare and hyper-stress the family. This way any vacation, anywhere at all, will be relaxing by comparison. You can ignore prep week, but…
Swinging into Summer Coolness
First published in the Tri-Town Transcript on Jul. 1, 2015 BOXFORD We’ve started our summer off with a heavy dose of the Giant Sparkle, our trusty (except in the winter when it’s banished ) work horse minivan. We’ve already road tripped to upstate New York, Philly, the Jersey Shore and . . . back again….
A Race Across the Green
First published in the Tri-Town Transcript Jun. 18, 2015 BOXFORD Last week our family was playing golf – – it’s a thing you can do when the ground is covered with grass and not snow. (How long am I going to be traumatized by this past winter, Regular Readers? How long!?!) At any rate, we…
Two truths and a lie, a school end game
First published Jun. 10, 2015 at 2:14 PM in the Tri Town Transcript BOXFORD It’s June. Let’s celebrate by playing two truths and a lie. You guess which of these statements is true and which is the lie. First: I can’t sign one more form, homework paper, or test for my girls. Forgery is where…