My father came in this afternoon to spend some time with the girls. He leaves in the morning. He flew up to Boston last night from his home in NY for a Celtics game and thought, what the heck? I’ll go see my girls. He does this a lot. The [...]

I am obsessed with shoes. Shoes for men. Shoes for women. Especially shoes for little girls. But Coco’s feet (and the rest of her, for that matter) are so tiny that even though she’s just days away from being 8-months old, she is still in 0-6 month clothing and shoes? [...]

There’s a little park in our neighborhood that we’ve been taking the girls to every night before dinner for the past couple of weeks. It’s a short walk, it’s quiet, shady and secluded. And with the exception of tonight, when the sidewalk drawings were particularly offensive (“Bush is a War Monger” with swastikas [...]

A long, long time ago, I saw an ad in a magazine for a series called “Muzzy” that’s geared towards teaching very, very young children a second language. This appealed to me because I’ve always been quite passionate about foreign language and foreign travel, but I myself didn’t have an opportunity to study language [...]

It’s 6:45 on a Sunday morning, and I am wide awake, showered, dressed and in make-up. Why? Who does that on a Sunday? Apparently I do, the mother of Pea, child who will not sleep in past 4:58 am. That’s right, this has more or less been going on for the [...]

I sign up for a lot of daily emails from wellness-health-beauty-related websites. I’m just always looking for that little gem. I do end up canceling most of them because they are way off the mark of what I am looking for. But this site has not disappointed me yet. Vital Juice [...]

I found a few beauty products this week at Target that I thought I’d try. You know, in my never-ending search for timeless health and beauty? And I was thinking why oh why does that timeless health and beauty always have to cost so much? Because I have a serious addiction to [...]

We have hired a part-time nanny. I prefer to call her a babysitter, but she prefers the term nanny. Which I understand, it sounds more like a profession than a weekend job, right? Anyway, she’s the same babysitter that I found back in August and we all adore her. She’s in [...]

My mother-in-law is an incredible grandmother. If you were to describe the characteristics of your ideal grandmother, I’m pretty sure she’d be it. She’s become so popular with my 2-year old that every time we are loading up the car to go somewhere, anywhere, she asks, “we go Honey house?”
I know why [...]

I don’t handle stress well. Never have. And when I say stress, I don’t mean the big and obvious life stresses. Those, well those, I manage to somehow deal with. Don’t ask me how. I cope. But it’s the ridiculously little and mundane stresses that are killing me. [...]

We received a letter yesterday from Pea’s preschool. Apparently, her teacher is resigning from the school. Forever. She is to become a parent in mid-November and would like to be a stay-at-home mom. Of course, we are thrilled for her. There’s nothing more exciting than starting your family, and as [...]

These adorable rain boots have been on my “to buy” list for Pea for some time now. They cost $25 at Stride Rite. I don’t know why I haven’t bought them yet, I guess because when I think about buying them, it’s warm and sunny and doesn’t really seem so pressing. And [...]

BIG wake-up call came when Pea announced, a couple of days ago, that “mommy uptight…”
Uh…
This is not a joke…
And so, I just realized, this past week, how really hard I am on myself. Really, really hard. I strive for perfection so much in my every day life that 1) I am exhausted, 2) [...]

The weather has finally cooled off here a little in Texas. It’s now down to the 60s. And I have to laugh about that because yesterday, in the girls’ music class, a mom brought her son in and immediately said, “daddy dressed him today, so please don’t think I would send my kid [...]

My copy of Jessica Seinfeld’s “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food” finally arrived a couple of days ago, and I’ve been putting it to good use. I’ve mentioned before that I love to cook, and nutrition has become an obsession of mine since having the girls. And although [...]