Food, Wellness & Reinvention
Last Friday, I went to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s all-new ZING ZANG ZOOM circus playing at Madison Square Garden with Sean and a family friend. (Michael was coming with us, but his school trip to the Central Park … Read More
NYC public school students are out of school on Spring Break from 4/9 to 4/17. We went away in February, so we won’t be going on a family trip this year. From what I’ve been hearing/reading, a lot of families … Read More
Did you know that Easter is the second top-selling candy holiday? It’s second only to Halloween. If you want to go in a different direction/stay away from the sugary treats, why not fill your kids’ baskets with one of the … Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I received this ominous image in an email… I was intrigued, so I attended the Aller-Ease Bring Your Own Pillow (BYOP) Event that the image was promoting. What was I thinking?! After handing over my … Read More
It’s April and Easter will be here before we know it (April 12th). This weekend, I’ll be coloring Easter eggs with my sons over their great-Aunt’s home. I haven’t had the chance to get either of them an Easter basket … Read More
Below are a few that we’ve read lately… –I’d Like the Goo-Gen-Heim by A. C. Hollingsworth The Guggenheim Museum recently released this children’s book. (Actually, it is a reprint of the 1970 book by the late A. C. Hollingsworth an … Read More
I’ve been reading a lot of parenting books lately. Below are a couple of my favorites… the birth to five book: Confident Childrearing Right from the Start by Brenda Nixon This book covers a variety of parenting topics in a … Read More
This weekend, we celebrated Michael’s fifth birthday. Actually, we’ve been celebrating for over a week… Since we decided that we weren’t throwing a big birthday party this year (last year, my hair caught on fire!), we had a few different … Read More
Since Natasha Richardson died from an epidural hematoma, I have been thinking a lot about falls in general. I have especially been concerned about kids’ falls. Personally, I don’t know any mom whose kid has not fallen – off a … Read More
One of the questions that I get asked the most by my moms – especially first-time moms – is “Is this normal?” in regards to their kids’ development at various stages. There’s such a wide range of “normal” that 9 … Read More