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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...

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Disney’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...

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“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...

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Sadness, 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...

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City 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...

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A 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...

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My 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...

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Wearing 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...

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Stuck 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...

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Big 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!...

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The 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...

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Mensch 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...

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Celebrating 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...

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Braving 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...

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The 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...

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Happy 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...

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One 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,...

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My 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...

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Happy 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...

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First 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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