I grew up in a family where sports were virtually non-existent. My father never watched a single game. My brother never played on a team. My mother couldn’t have named a single professional athlete. My sister and I were wholly uninterested (and unskilled) at organized sports. We weren’t un-coordinated. My brother was a ski instructor [...]
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Why it’s Better to be a Drama Mom than a Soccer Mom
Posted in Family, Humor, tagged Broadway, Broadway theatre, Drama Geek, High school, Impossible Dream, Saturday, Soccer mom, Sport, Theatre on October 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »
First Day of First Grade: Wordless Wednesday Flashback
Posted in Family on September 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
With Middle School started, and the eye rolling at everything I say begun, it’s nice to remember, there were once Strawberry Shortcake backpacks to pack, and Incredible Hulk bags that lit up when you pressed them. It’s nice to remember when they held my hand walking to school. Guess I’ll have to wait for the [...]
Middle School Flashback: The Misery Years
Posted in Family, tagged adolescence, Middle School, misery of middle school on September 9, 2011 | 6 Comments »
My twins started Middle School this week. And while their elementary school years brought back sweet memories, their starting Middle School brings me back to what was most definitely the most miserable time of my life: Junior High. First there was my body. My feet as big as flippers, hair sprouting in places no one [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Visiting Day Cuteness
Posted in Family, tagged visiting day, Wordless Wednesday on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A gift from my daughter on visiting day!
Wordless Wednesday: Visiting Day List from a City Kid
Posted in Family, tagged camp visiting day, Wordless Wednesday on July 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
After four weeks at sleepaway camp, this weekend is visiting day. Here’s the list my daughter sent, categorizing the essentials. I love that on the one hand, she asks for sushi, dried seaweed, and dried strawberries. And on the other hand, she lists Fart Putty as a visiting day essential. Priceless.
Sweet Tweets
Posted in Family, tagged Bazooka, Sweet Tweets, Taste Buds Cooking Classes on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you read my blog, you know that I am no longer allowed to write about my kids. But it’s not just my writing they have a problem with. They have, at eleven, reached the age where just about anything I say or write – or do – is embarrassing to them. (Including, I’m sure, [...]
How do you Get to Carnegie Hall?: Audition!
Posted in Family, tagged audition, Camp Broadway, NY Pops on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Before there was Glee, there was me. I was Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins when I was 11. I was Sharon in Finninan’s Rainbow when I was 12. I was Eliza in My Fair Lady…well, you get the picture. I wasn’t just a High School Drama geek, it was a lifelong pursuit, capped off with [...]
Because You Really Don’t want to go to the Emergency Room
Posted in Family, tagged emergency care manhattan, Emergency medicine, Physician, urgent care on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
How many times has your kid decided to get sick on a Saturday evening at 5 – just after your pediatrician closes? Or why is it that they always seem to fall and get that cut you can’t quite be sure needs stitches just when either the pediatrician isn’t open, or the ER is at it’s [...]
I’m Not Allowed to Write About My Kids
Posted in Family, Uncategorized, tagged blogging about your kids, SAHM on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As of last night, I am no longer allowed to write about my son. Though I suppose reporting this new development counts as writing about him, so I apologize, and promise this will be the very last time. Probably. I guess I always knew this day would come: the day my kids realize that all [...]
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