Author Archives: NY Kids Club Mom

I am so woefully unprepared for the holidays it’s pitiful.  I’m about to execute a HUGE Mommy Fail.  It’s not all my fault!  For some reason, holiday gift shopping falls on my shoulders.  I don’t know why this is.  HUSBAND and I both work, and even though I’m only part time I am in charge [...]

YOUNG LADY has always been one of those perfectly behaved, sweet young things that you can take anywhere.  She uses her indoor voice, she never throws a fit in public and she has never hit, pushed, bitten or otherwise maimed another child.
When YOUNG LADY started preschool, I was horrified at the antics of some of [...]

Remember last week when I was lamenting about urban Halloween and pining for the crunch of leaves under my feet and the ringing of a doorbell on a crisp, fall night?  Yeah, let’s forget all about that.  2011 was the one year when New York City kids won the “Who had the better Halloween” contest.  [...]

When I was growing up (in a town full of houses and tree lined streets and public schools you didn’t think twice about attending), Halloween was a very big deal.  I grew up in New England, and we had those archetypal Halloween nights with cool temperatures, leaves crunching under our feet, the distant smell of [...]

This post is for the first-time moms out there.  I have a little piece of advice.  A little gem of Mommy wisdom that most of us don’t learn until it’s too late: JUST GO.
It took me a few years to get it….and that was a few years too late.  And hey, I’ve only got two [...]