Hm. We went to Sam's Club, where the 124-pack of size 5 Pampers Cruisers had jumped in price to $39 from a usual $35 or $36. I suspected that Babies R Us might have them cheaper, and since BRU is right next to Sam's, we went there too ( Read more... )

Sometimes when I'm "reading" to Niv early in the morning, I realize I've fallen asleep (or dozed off) while reading. I come awake to myself spouting total nonsense. For example yesterday morning I was "reading" (more like reciting) "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and heard the words "our Manhattan apartment" come out of my mouth. No idea ( Read more... )

Oh God. Last night ( Read more... )

What did I want to post about again? I'm sure you don't know. Drat ( Read more... )

We went to our friends' wedding last night up in Orange County. It was really fun. Kind of a weird mix of "traditional" (i.e., US secular/Russian secular - they're Russian) and Chabad wedding traditions. Hehe. The groom had invited a couple from northern Cali who brought their 2-year-old daughter Maeve (haha, Maeve and Niv). She and Niv took to ( Read more... )

We're going to a wedding on Sunday. While trying to think what to wear, it occured to me that 3 of the four weddings I will have attended as of Sunday happened while I was pregnant. One was in October 2005, before I was pregnant with Niv, but then we went to two while I was pregnant with him, and now this one with Mini 2. One of my very old friends ( Read more... )

This morning, Ronen found Niv in the bathroom, putting his blankie in the toilet. Yum ( Read more... )

Last night was...weird ( Read more... )

On Saturday night we were watching TV after Niv went to bed. We changed channels and noticed that the music we had been hearing (presumably from the movie that was on) was still going. "How odd," thought we. "Where is that coming from?" From our apartment days it wasn't that unusual to hear music coming through the ceiling from upstairs neighbors, ( Read more... )

I've been toying with different childcare options, trying to figure out what would be the most cost effective. Realistically, we cannot afford daycare for two kids unless we both make a whole lot more money, so I thought maybe just pulling Niv out and keeping both home would be the best thing to do. Then I thought maybe we could hire a babysitter ( Read more... )