Saturday, November 14, 2009
When searching for this online, I discovered that little girl mani/ pedis are a very controversial topic. I don't wish to debate it. The girl loved it. And we now have matching nails.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The first stop on our whirlwind day is to the Plaza, Plaza, Plaza to see, of course, if Eloise was home. We were rawther disappointed to learn she was running errands with Nanny, but we did get to see her picture and she was kind enough to leave Pie a postcard.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Note to self: When telling a four-year-old that you’re going to an art show, be sure to emphasize the art part and perhaps use the word “exhibit” instead of “show.” Because, otherwise, after entering an extremely crowded museum (luckily for free through the passes of my mother), you will have a sad child looking for [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
My daughter is definitely a City Mouse. And I am not nearly as organized as I’d like to be. My plans to leave home for the Big City at 6 a.m. kinda petered out as we finally left at 7. And by 7, I mean 7:38. But we made great time right up to the [...]
We subscribe to The Week magazine, and this week’s came today, with a picture of Obama and Karzai on the cover, emblazoned with the headline “Shotgun wedding.” With nary a stumble, the boy took a look at it. “What’s a shotgun wedding?” I started up with a brilliant move. “Um…. Um…. Um…. What?” Doodles: “What’s [...]
I want to start tonight with my faux-pumpkin bars. They were fabulous, and highly unappreciated in this house, although when I went to give a bunch of the leftovers to our neighbors, my boy did panic and say, “You’re not going to give all of it away are you?” They were spectacular faux-pumpkin bars. Once [...]
What happens when you make apple muffins in the shape of pumpkins? You confuse the hell out of six-year-old boys. Halloween is not my favorite holiday. My childhood memories are not to be relied upon, but I remember it feeling very stressful, this whole dressing up. It always seemed to be some last minute scramble [...]
When we were in Israel, we had an amazing youth counselor, Miriam. Miriam is a warm American-born, Israeli-raised Orthodox young woman. She’s visiting the Boston area, staying with her grandparents and I invited her over for lunch. I went to the Stop and Shop in the next town over, where there’s a kosher bakery. I [...]