we all know raising kids is a helluva job, but once you have in kids in school, isn’t the workload supposed to get a little lighter? no way. you know my new job? Fundraiser. Class Parent. Volunteer. for someone with an open schedule, i got no free time!
i’m not complaining. (maybe just a little). the [...]
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who says i don’t have a job?
Posted in inspiration, kids, to do on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
more sugar (and spice)
Posted in fun, kids, love, yum on November 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
…lots of it.
she’s feisty this one; like a kitten. a wild kitten. she’s the girl i always wanted, and then some. funny thing is, she was so mellow when she was a baby. really. she would hang out and sleep and eat and poop and then sleep some more. i could count on just my [...]
sugar high
Posted in kids, yum on October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
so many cupcakes, so little time:
a certain 6 year old i know made out very well this week on the cupcake front. and i had fun, too. (i wish i could take credit for the middle ones, but alas, cannot). now i get a 3 week respite, and then it starts all over again for [...]
crush
Posted in kids, reflection on October 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
six years ago today my life completely changed. for ever. for good. at 3:06 on the morning of october 7, 2002, i gave birth to my first child. a perfect, beautiful little boy. six and a half pounds, nineteen or so inches. tiny. huge.
i had no idea what i was in for. neither the crushing [...]
first impressions
Posted in kids, reflection on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
first grade. the first day of preschool. so far, so good.
looking forward…
Posted in everyday, fun, kids, play on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
we are enjoying summer…
by barefoot dancing:
with our annual pilgrimage to the waterpark:
by just hanging around:
and with visits to some new places, visits to see old friends and visits around our own city to see things in a new way.
this is the bronx:
this is brooklyn:
this is manhattan, and yes, that is the staten island ferry on the [...]
tenderness is brave
Posted in everyday, kids, papa, reflection on June 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
you’re a great papa.
happy father’s day, honey.
xo
ooohhh! lookie what i got in the mail the other day….
yup, the pattern for the famously overknit baby surprise jacket from elizabeth zimmerman (“ez” to those in the knit). i’m going to put my magallanes to use, finally, for this pattern. the babe has been born, he is a he, and i’m far, far behind on a gift. i [...]
make my day
Posted in i am woman, inspiration, kids on May 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
so i spent the morning playdating/babysitting with three two-year-olds. i wasn’t on my own the whole time, the first hour or so was the playdate portion with another mother, but then my neighborhood friend dropped her daughter off so she could do something she really needed to do and hasn’t been able to because altho [...]
da bronx
Posted in kids, play, to do on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
i’m pretty tuckered out, so this’ll mostly just be visual. the boy is off school this week, so we’re all about finding Something To Do. today, we went to the bronx:
seriously. the bronx. chickens, horses and pony rides. miss thing was very excited about the pony ride…in concept. her whole time aboard the beastie, however, [...]
