This morning Ari and I rushed around getting ready for his pre school's trip to Governor's Island. I was so tired that I decided to wear the same clothes I wore yesterday, even though I had a giant peanut butter stain on my pants. We managed to get out the door, and onto the subway. [...]
Here's what Ari does at my midwife appointments:Good thing it's a family friendly practice!
Recently, I was contacted by a PR firm with a list of potential items for review. After scanning the list, my eyes lit up when I saw "cookware." I read over the description quickly, saw "non-stick coating" and got irrationally excited. My current pots and pans are stainless steel and all they do is hang [...]
Please note: the names of the characters in this story have been changed so that I can talk about them freely. They are, however, real people that I did meet.I was at the playground today trying to "pick up" some moms. For those if you that don't know what that means, it means I was [...]
Parenting dilemma:Wil smokes. He wants to quit before the new baby is born, but in the meantime he smokes. He doesn't smoke in the apartment. He goes outside to the stoop of our building to smoke. The problem is, when he leaves to go have a cigarette, Ari asks me:"Where daddy go?"And I don't know [...]
Ari was playing with his Uncle Egreck the cat, when all of a sudden he announced:"Egreck's happy! Egreck's mad! Egreck, go to time out!"
There are a lot of things that would be nice right now. A vacation by the beach, having more money, a manicure/ pedicure...I could go on and on.I cannot believe I am saying this, but I would abandon those fantasies for one simple wish: I would love for Ari to be potty trained.When this baby [...]
This morning I woke up at 8am. Today of all days, Ari decided to sleep in! Unfortunately, we had to be in Manhattan by 10am to catch a bus. We were scheduled to go on an exciting trip today to Wolfe's Pond Park, a free city park in Staten Island. I sluggishly made my way [...]
