Tonight Henry hammed it up for the Shirt Factory Tenants Association holiday party. He served himself a carrot with hummus from the table and then got me one and dipped one for Dolores Thomson. He pulled up a chair to sit at the table and eat...
We've been trying to conceive Baby Two since February. I've been trying to get to a yoga class at Lemon Tree since I moved in to my Advokate office here at the Shirt Factory since August. One of those things finally happened today. Spoiler: I'm not pregnant. I...
As kids, my little sister and I liked to dance to oldies tunes and Disney songs. We'd put on shows for my parents and give them tickets to our performances. I sometimes danced around by myself. More so in the dancing-by-myself moments, I'd grab a pillow...
6:00 a.m. Woke up and had coffee in bed thanks to my wonderful husband. Henry was the perfect boy and read books in his crib while I showered and got ready in my businesslady outfit and darker lipstick than made sense in daylight. Then I brought...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="267"] The Switch Witch tote bag, just in time for trick-or-treating![/caption] Last year, Halloween was easy. We took baby Henry trick-or-treating on our street in upstate New York, and my husband and I ate all the candy! Henry was only one year old, and...
Henry's so good. It doesn't make for funny stories so I don't often write about how good he is in my Family Time column, but he's really just so good. Today after dinner as I was putzing in the kitchen, I heard him playing the slide...
I envy the calm, lilting tone I hear some mothers use. “No thank you!” they recite, gently guiding their child away from climbing the radiator around the perimeter of the children's room at the library that all kids gravitate toward. “We'll get them at the patch...
