Preschool in New York is a hardcore contact sport, so I'm getting a head start with a website called Savvy Source, which has detailed profiles of preschools written by parents. And I'm glad I'm starting our preschool search so soon: one of our front-runner schools, Prospect Kids Academy, requires parents to take a tour of the school the October ( Read more... )

"Retail is so expensive. It's a good thing you're a Jew."
-Carlos, when I told him that I'm going to get a toddler size Bundle Me on eBay for less than $10, when they usually retail for about $60.

Too freaking funny.

( From Park Slope Parents - A Look Back at a Post From 2004 )

Know what I just love? When I spend what feels like an entire YEAR of my life holding and rocking and singing Gabriel to sleep (this week's "lullabye" - "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Really. Last week's was "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles.) while he stares up at me blankly, eyes wide open, and when I put him down in his crib just ( Read more... )

We left this morning at the asscrack of 7:30am to go out to Park Slope to check out a potential part-time daycare facility for Gabriel. According to the Honeydew Drop website the rates are super affordable, and they are just two blocks from our new apartment. Gabriel would go twice a week for half-days. He's gotten to the point where he needs way ( Read more... )