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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday was my sister-in-law's baby shower. Wil and I took turns chasing Ari up and down a large set of stairs. I was running out of steam, fast. My mom and dad provided relief services as well, pushing Ari in the outdoor swing and making him laugh.While chasing my spark plug around, I met a [...]
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 [...]
Wil made this video for me for Mother's Day:
