International Day of Play
If you need a suggestion for celebrating International Day of Play (September 27 or October 1 – I’m not quite sure), look at the following websites for inspiration:
Stepping Stones Museum has a schedule of activities (and it’s FREE tomorrow).
KaBoom! is a listing of local playgrounds and play spaces. Be sure to log in and add any that aren’t listed yet.
Nick Let’s Just Play World Wide Day of Play
Suzy Said Blog has listings and information in and around the Fairfield area, but does cover all of Fairfield county.
Suzy Said Blog has other listings and information for in and around the Wilton/Weston/Westport area, but, again, covers Fairfield county as well.
Car Seat Safety Inspection
There is a shocking statistic floating around the internet that about 75% (thanks for the correction Sally) of car seats are installed improperly! I don’t know if this statistic is accurate, but it was enough to get me thinking. There are different car seat safety laws for each state and a whole host of car seats on the market. I can’t tell you what car seat to buy – that’s your decision, but I can tell you that there are car seat inspection stations throughout the country. If you think your car seat might be installed improperly (or if you’re like me and just want to be 100% sure it’s in right), there are a few things you can do.
You can call your local fire department or police station to ask if they know where the nearest car seat inspection station is, you can look on your community’s website to see if it’s listed there, or you can access the National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration’s car seat inspection location website.
Local town websites are on this blog entry:
Here.
Also, as an update to an earlier & similar entry (Here), the CT car seat law is now 8 years old & 80 pounds. It used to be 6 years and 60 pounds. New York is still 6 & 60, but CT is now stricter.
Local Museums
I was trying to figure out what to do with my daughter today and realized that there is so much to do in this area that I haven’t a clue where to start!
U.S. Military Museum
Danbury Rail Museum
Danbury Historical Society and Museum
Links to other local historical societies
This is just the beginning, I’m sure!
