In partnership with Ferrero International. If you’ve been counting down the days till Christmas, you now really have a reason to be excited – Kinder Joy (those mystery chocolate toys/treats you see in YouTube videos) landed in NYC on Monday, and will be available to buy here in the United States just in time for the holidays! Don’t know what Kinder Joy Is? Billions of these eggs are are sold… Keep Reading
While you may see a lot of shops closing up (like the Toys R Us bankruptcy), luckily a lot of local shops in NYC are still thriving, and offering the selection of clothing for both boys and girls that you would expect from a trendy New York children’ boutique. We’ve always loved Tribeca for these pop-in shopping such as Polarn O. Pyret and now everafter. While I love a cheap $6… Keep Reading
In partnership with Workman Publishing. While attending a group dinner last night full of NYC editors, we all went around the family-style dinner table and shared what meal we remembered from our childhood that really defined us growing up. It was very interesting to hear such variety – from moms who only cooked take-out, to those who suffered through their moms’ horribly plain 80s-dieting phase to those parents (yes, dads, too!) who really… Keep Reading
The other day we were back home in the middle of farming fields at the church for my father’s funeral, and my son saw me start to tear up while standing up front to greet people. He immediately came up to me with a box of tissues and said, “Don’t cry, Mommy.” I thought it was the sweetest thing – until I saw him walk around and offer every single person… Keep Reading
Over here in Astoria, we’ve been huge Lyft fans for a long long time. Basically since they day Lyft arrived on the scene. We happen to live not-so-close to the subway (ok about a 15 min walk which I actually like AND we happen to have a building shuttle that takes us there). But! Sometimes – we miss it, it’s raining, we’re late for school or need to get to… Keep Reading
As a type-A personality, I love to plan and prepare and organize. Figuring out life is like a challenging and fun Tetris game that amuses me, but there are still some things in life you just can’t plan for – like losing a parent unexpectedly. I’ve had a flood of emotions and memories from my childhood, some good, some bad, but all bittersweet. You can’t help to feel the guilt… Keep Reading
If you’ve never seen a Cirque du Soleil, you need to grab tickets to this show ASAP. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to see a few in Vegas, Pittsburgh and New York, but Max hasn’t yet. Since he’s five and LOVE Broadways shows, this is now the perfect time to introduce him to the incredible show – OVO as one last hurrah before heading back-to-school for kindergarten. Cirque du Soleil: OVO will… Keep Reading
I think it’s safe to say that every parent wants their child to learn how to swim. But really – how do you DO that? We’ve tried a couple classes here and there since Max was born, and I remember vaguely going to classes as a child myself. They weren’t so nice back then and I still remember jumping in when they said they would catch me and I went… Keep Reading
Back-to-school. The time of year that moms start scrambling back to reality and trying to figure out just what they need – where IS that list from the school anyways?! Even though Max will just be starting kindergarten, I’ve learned over the last couple of years in “preschool” what necessities are, or as mom’s call in – survival. Don’t go crazy and Amazon Prime so much you spend more than… Keep Reading
Survey says, Max is bored being home with me everyday, all day. You think I would have learned my lesson. I used to laugh reading all those Facebook posts of moms cringing that summer was coming – that they were already counting down the days until their kids were BACK in school. It can’t be THAT BAD right? I mean, for those few years before pre-k Max never went to… Keep Reading
