Okay, I was SO looking forward to this week because it meant the kiddies would be securely installed in school and I'd have at least some of my time back.  But neeeeew.  Too much to ask, I suppose.  Today, I spent the entire day at school with a four-year-old hermetically sealed to my leg.

More soon!

This weekend, we went to the free outdoor family events offered through Lincoln Center's summer stage.  We settled into some seats about five rows from the stage and caught the last few minutes of Fraulein Maria, a gender-bending revisioning of The Sound of Music.  There were three couples dancing on stage, and both my girls leaned forward at the ( Read more... )

I am SO going to need extra therapy sessions when my kids are teenagers.  Today, my seven-yr-old walks into the kitchen, hands on hips.  My four-yr-old is right on her heels--clearly the backup, in case things get ugly.

The older one speaks for both.  Her tone is a mixture of hostility and accusation.  "Mommy, stop making things up.  What is the ( Read more... )

Last night was a total TV flop because Kitchen Nightmares was a RE-RUN.  But tonight is Wednesday, which means SYTYCD!!  Hummanah-lujah, man ( Read more... )

My five-year-old was teaching me how to do some ballet moves this afternoon. She has never taken a ballet lesson in her little life, and her experience of ballet is Elmo in "Dance, Sing, & Hoot", or something ( Read more... )