As of last week Simon is officially part time at school/daycare and is staying with me and Caleb on Monday and Thursday. Last week we went to the Hall of Science. This week we conquered the Central Park Zoo. Memberships are seriously the greatest. We use both the zoo and Continue Reading
Around Town
Adventures in Brooklyn
Friday I attempted a day that could have gone so very badly. But we got lucky, the rain stayed away and the boys stayed (mostly) happy. Since Simon wasn’t with me when I took Caleb in to meet Robs office a few weeks ago I decided to try a trip Continue Reading
A story of ice cream and waffles.
Last week when Emily was here we kept Simon out of school on Monday for some city adventures. One of these was breakfast where he was promised hot chocolate and a waffle. He got more than we bargained for. I ordered him the kids hot chocolate with marshmallows. And the Continue Reading
Santaland: 2013
Saturday we braved the snow and the crowds for our annual trek (see 2011 and 2012) to see Santa at Macy’s. We’d planned to go on Tuesday evening – as weekdays are less crowded and our favorite Santa works the night shift – but a bout of RSV last week Continue Reading
Holiday Train Show
This is from a few weeks ago. We went to the Bronx Botanical Garden to see the Holiday Train Show. It was…underwhelming. We’ve heard so many great things about it. Everyone says THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT! IT’S SPECTACULAR! YOU MUST GO!!! And it was nice, but not worth the Continue Reading