I just chaperoned a field trip for my son's class. He attends a public school in NYC. The school bus is a yellow bus run by the city. It is contracted as a DOE bus ( Read more... )

Last night, i made matzoh ball soup for the first time. It wasn't bad. I made the soup from scratch in the crockpot overnight - turkey and chicken with garlic and onion. I skimmed out the icky stuff in the morning and added some herbs. I had a couple of matzoh/ah recipes to try. the one I was aiming for called for finely ground almonds and ginger. ( Read more... )

Yesterday, i was singing that old song about the great fire of Chicago (the cow kicking over the lantern, etc.), and my daughter walked in an stared at me (I sing silly things while doing chores, and had exhausted The Nightmare Before Christmas already). I stop and ask her what's up, and she says

"Mommy? I think that cow must be dead."

There is a woman on Etsy who makes beautiful handmade clothing for babies and toddlers. I was just going to post about how fabulous and affordable her handmade clothes are and how nice she is. i was going to recommend her to other parents of toddlers, because her stuff is great ( Read more... )