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My husband and I are really lucky when it comes to childcare. When we go out, we have a built in babysitter anxious and willing to spend a few, uninterrupted hours with our child: Grandma. And while we don’t always agree with what transpires while we are out, in general, the household rules are followed. [...]
It’s Spring! The flowers are blooming, birds are chirping (at 6:30 in the morning) and the rabbits have started nibbling on my early lettuce. And like so many Springs in the past, I am compelled to follow the Passover traditions of not eating anything with leavening while consuming massive quantities of hard boiled eggs. I [...]
A long time ago… See that child? Hard to believe that’s me at age one year. This picture sat on my father’s dresser for as long as I can remember. I am wearing my Mother’s Easter dress which seems a bit ironic because we are Jewish. Nevertheless, the non-secular celebration of Easter was a tradition [...]
Your email: American Girl dolls. American Girl dolls is all I have been hearing for over a year. Our daughter can’t get enough of them and when asked what she would like for her birthday, the holidays, or on a Wednesday (joke), she doesn’t pause to take a breath or give the question any additional [...]
It’s the holiday season and you know what that means? Adam and I are co-parenting with the big man: Santa Claus. Even though we are Jewish, for the past 8 years, we have insisted that Santa visits all of G-d’s children regardless of their religion. For most of her life, Santa has surprised Kayla with [...]
Thank you to LiveOn for this sponsored opportunity to blog about storing and sharing my most important memories with those closest to me. Although story ideas were provided, all thoughts and opinions are my own. The Best Things In Life Aren’t Things It is Thanksgiving which means that we are spending time with family, telling [...]
As dictated by Sabine (the cat) and transcribed by Renee (the Mom) & K (the Kid) A cat’s life is never easy. I find it ironic that although cats have exceptional intellects, the domestic breed has comparably small bodies. It is my opinion that, with the exception of the common house mouse, the smaller the [...]
I don’t cook. I am one of those moms who enters the kitchen intending to make a masterpiece and winding up with more of a mess. Who knew that pizza dough, when tossed, does actually stick to the ceiling? Anyway, as a result of tasting some of my more interesting concoctions (pizza-a-la-ceiling anyone?), neither my [...]
I never predicted that I would be using a title with the words “forehead” and “hickey” next to each other, but that’s pretty much the most accurate way to describe what happened to my daughter, K, when she discovered the “gag gift” my Mother-In-Law gave me last month: It’s a mini-plunger to be used to [...]
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