Parenting Experience Event
I was delighted to be invited to the Parenting Experience Event by Cercone Brown in NYC where I got to take a look at some great brands. Here is summary of some of my favorite finds: Seventh...
View ArticleDisney’s ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY Screening
Though I love the sun sometimes I do love a rainy day, especially when it means I don’t have to go to 3 soccer games! Instead, today we were all able to attend a screening of Alexander and the...
View Article“This is The Best Day of My Life!”
I awoke this morning to my three hustling and bustling around the kitchen. I heard my little one say, “This is the best day of my life!” They were all working together for a big morning celebration...
View ArticleSadness, A Poem
My 8 year old daughter had a bad day the other day. I was at work and my husband encouraged her to write about it, since she seems to love writing poems. Sadness Sadness can be anywhere. Sadness can...
View ArticleCity Sports Opens First Long Island Location…I Checked it Out!
I was invited to take a tour of the newly opened City Sports in Manhasset, NY which is the first Long Island location. I was delighted to do so because I spend 95% of my existence wearing sneakers and...
View ArticleA Story About Expectations and Being A Kid
My son is playing on a travel ice hockey team. Most of the time my husband and I are split up managing the kids and the activities and I’m not able to see him play. But last month I was excited that...
View ArticleMy Dad’s Birthday
Last weekend we celebrated my father’s 81st birthday. It was a simple family gathering with my sister and brother. Since we aren’t all together that often I thought it would be nice to snap a photo of...
View ArticleWearing A Costume
A couple of Saturdays ago my husband and I had a Halloween party to attend…costumes mandatory. For most people, like my husband, this is an opportunity to have fun and do something that he loves to...
View ArticleStuck in the Auto Body Shop or Tips For Getting Through Boring Appointments...
Tuesday was Election Day, the kids had off from school. I’m not a big scheduler on these days off because the kids have such hectic schedules altogether and I believe they need a nice day off (i.e I...
View ArticleBig Hero 6 Movie Review!
Who can believe Halloween is already way gone and Christmas music is already blasting in the mall!? Well, the chaotic week of Halloween, I was battling 2 weeks of bronchitis and it wasn’t letting up!...
View ArticleThe Mid Week Day Off From School
Veteran’s Day was this week. I like when the kids get a break but no one likes it more than they do. I had a few returns to make in a mall where I used to take them at least twice a month to ride a...
View ArticleMensch On A Bench – A Must Have Item for Hanukkah! @menschonabench
It was just two Hanukkahs ago when former Hasbro marketing executive Neal Hoffman was at a favorite retailer holiday shopping with his two boys. “I want an Elf on a Shelf” proclaimed Neal’s 5 year-old...
View ArticleCelebrating Turning 9 Years Old
I just love that photo. It’s my 9-year-old (as of today) twins getting sung to at Red Robin by 10 members of the wait staff. We were all feeling a little kooky and punch drunk coming off of 5 hours...
View ArticleBraving Black Friday
Keep me away from crowds! I think people who go out on Black Friday are completely nuts. I do 90% of my shopping year round online. But when my son was running around the house talking about this one...
View ArticleThe Center for Hope #GivingTuesday
A day for giving thanks…a day for getting deals…today is a day for giving back. It’s called Giving Tuesday and it’s a global day dedicated to giving back. I wanted to talk about something I don’t talk...
View ArticleHappy 56th Anniversary to My Parents!!!
I don’t know….it seems like the longer they are married the younger they look! I just talked to them and my dad said “you know you don’t meet a lot of people who are married this long…” :) It’s pretty...
View ArticleOne Party Through the Years
We went to a children’s Christmas party that we attend annually and it’s through this party I really see the my kids aging….sob! When they were so young it was labor intensive for me at this party,...
View ArticleMy Son Played Ice Hockey At Nassau Coliseum!
We’ve had a very exciting week in ice hockey here! My son’s team, the Icecats, had a wonderful opportunity on Monday night during the Islanders vs Devils team at Nassau Coliseum. After the first...
View ArticleHappy 2015
The holidays swallowed me up these past few weeks, but it’s been nice. One of the gifts I received was a Kindle to replace my broken one. It’s just a basic Kindle because I find my iPad is heavy to...
View ArticleFirst Snow of 2015
I love that my kids still get excited about the snow. They raced off the bus and had motivation to complete their homework in a hurry…SNOW! All the while, I was remembering this day in 1996. It was a...
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