My Pet Monster Scares Ari

My Pet Monster is a 1980's toy that looks like this:Ari's Uncle Mike passed down his own childhood My Pet Monster toy to Ari. There is a missing item in this picture, My Pet Monster's orange handcuffs. They will be accounted for shortly...I thought Ari would like My Pet Monster, but he was terrified of [...]

By |2014-04-06T02:02:22-04:00May 30th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on My Pet Monster Scares Ari

You Don’t Love Me Anymore!

For the past two years, I've done most everything I do with Ari by my side. And if he wasn't next to me at a given moment, he demanded to be moved so that this situation could be corrected.Suddenly things have changed. When I'm in the room he wants "Daddy!" When I tell him to [...]

By |2014-04-06T02:02:22-04:00May 27th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on You Don’t Love Me Anymore!

Mothergoose.com Seashore Game!

My best friend Mint, an early childhood teacher, sent me a link to a great online toddler game. Naturally, I tested it out on Ari immediately. It was a hit!Moothergoose.com's At the Seashore Tap & Type game is similar to Kneebouncers in that the player (your toddler) can press any key and not harm your [...]

By |2014-04-06T02:02:25-04:00May 24th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mothergoose.com Seashore Game!

Learn To Ride a Bike…Without Pedals!

Today I had the opportunity to teach 3rd and 4th graders how to ride a bike. Some of them had never been on a bike before, some of them had tried to ride in the past, but had no success.An instructor from Bike New York came to The Brooklyn New School to teach the Learn [...]

By |2014-04-06T02:02:35-04:00May 20th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Learn To Ride a Bike…Without Pedals!

My Stomach is Staten Island

A scary thing happened to me yesterday. I attempted to put my jeans on, and stopped because they refused to move. They were halted by my stomach. Much like Staten Island to the rest of the five boroughs, my stomach has decided to branch off and form its own colony. It's big and proud, and [...]

By |2014-04-06T02:02:35-04:00May 18th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on My Stomach is Staten Island

Don’t Count Your Chickens…

Those who know me will tell you that I tend to get really excited about things. These people would be right. I'm trying to remain calm at this moment, because something pretty exciting happened today. It was the first time I've ever seen it happen.I feel like this something that happened might be the start [...]

By |2014-04-06T02:02:37-04:00May 13th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Don’t Count Your Chickens…
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