Time is a very strange thing. It seems so poignant that these years with small children are so difficult at times, yet so much more wonderful than anything else. Every moment is fleeting and incredible and I fear so much that I'll forget so many...
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Our building's Halloween party was last weekend. We didn't attend or participate because Jack's 6th birthday party was held on the same day, but it made me feel a little better about the state of our own affairs. We are still set back and playing...
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The first time we took Jack and Zoe together to a theater show, it was an off-Broadway performance of Angelina Ballerina. They were so great during the show, they were genuinely interested and so entertained by the cute dancing ballerina mice on stage. They we...
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It always sort of strikes me when a new year begins, that before me stands a clean slate full of unwritten days; Moments to be had, memories to me made, even mistakes to be learned from. It's no different than any other day with tomorrow...
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Christmas wasn't my favorite holiday until I had children, and even then it took until last year for me to completely dive in and fully appreciate what Christmas means to me and my family. Holidays are fun with children, but this time of year is...
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It's taken a while for me to put my feelings about the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut into thoughts, let alone words. It was all I could do to just put the last two posts up encouraging support for the family of one of the children...
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I get really excited when companies I love do neat things, especially when the company has a product that I can't live without. 7 A.M. Enfant is run by exceptional, driven women who have a penchant for art and design, even (and especially) when it...
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It's still sort of stupefying that it's this time of year already (I mean, wasn't it JUST Halloween?), although I couldn't be happier about it. Living in New York City during the holiday time is one of the most wonderful things I have ever experienced,...
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I really wanted to post about our Thanksgiving, and while I know it's a little late for that, the relevance and significance of that day will last for a long, long time in my heart. Life had all but returned to normal after Hurricane Sandy...
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Our family traditions during the holidays have really been all very quintessential New York City for the past three years. Starting at Thanksgiving, we get our NYC on by going to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, followed closely by the Rockefeller Tree Lighting and a...
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Many wonderful things have come from the birth of this blog, including many experiences that I've gotten to share with my children that we'll remember forever. Perhaps it's an internal need to share these benefits that I've reaped, or maybe it's the human element that...
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There are many holiday traditions that make this time of year one of my absolute favorites. The significance of it being a time to celebrate and enjoy the people in our lives has never been clearer to me, especially as we prepare to spend this...
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