I had been to Boston only once before, in my single days, for a New Year's Eve house party late at night. But I never saw the city, and for whatever reason never cared to go despite friends insisting I should. But now, my husband had school friends who had recently moved there and we were both very excited to see them. The drive was pleasant. With only one stop during the less then 3[...]
I was more excited about Christmas, it seemed, than anyone else in my home this morning, more so even than the kids. It took my forever to fall asleep as I thought about the several boxes my husband had placed with my name on them underneath the tree. I thought about the excitement on my boys' faces when they opened their gifts. My excitement was almost unbearable, but somehow I[...]
"I wanna see wuaneemos, mama." said my 3 year old. I hear this from him at least once a day, every day. The animals he is so eager to see are the ones he has seen many times before at the Bronx Zoo. Before I had children and even when I just had one, living as a single mom in the city, I had never been to the zoo. In part because it isn't very easy to get to on public transportati[...]
One of the things I discovered while living in Wisconsin was the joy of visiting Christmas tree farms and picking out our favorite tree and then having my oldest son and husband cut it down and carry it away. I loved the personal experience of just walking around among all those pine trees and really getting excited about "that special one". I also enjoyed taking pictures with Santa and M[...]
In being home with kids all day, one of the things that I have found to be the easiest thing to do is to take them to the park. Ideally, this is the place where they can run around and make new friends, while I sit on a bench and chat it up with the other parents/caregivers. Well, at least that is how it is on those band-aid commercials. You know the ones? Where the moms are talki[...]
