1. i have waited SEVEN years for this…
    that’s me. and my first-born. sleeping together. oh, heavenly days! this has NEVER happened before. Emily was a hands-off baby. she slept in one place and one place only. her crib. bouncy chair? no carseat? no (in fact, she screamed bloody murder in the carseat) stroller? no way. someone’s arms? you’ve got to be kidding. this is [...]
    Filed in The Girl | 31-Jul-08 | 32 comments
  2. mother.of.the.year. (7 years running!)
    i pay my son for every time he kicks the ball in soccer. i lock myself in the bathroom and cry ’stomach ache’ just to get a little down time. i was in St. Lucia when Emily turned 7. i let the kids eat in the family room because i’m too tired to argue with [...]
    Filed in The Girl | 24-Jul-08 | 45 comments
  3. life with Emily…*sigh*
    life with Emily. ah, life with Emily. when it’s good, it’s VERY, very good.. she’s smart and funny and talented and even stops to teach her brother and her ice-cream clad, half-nudey sister a new dance move… but most of the time THIS is Emily… “Mommy, i have a problem!” “Emily, i’m at work. what’s your problem?” “It says i have [...]
    Filed in The Girl | 14-Jul-08 | 39 comments
  4. worth it. totally.
    at first i was annoyed. a two-hour performance, of which she’s on stage for 3 minutes? $50 a ticket? that we have to buy on ticketmaster? it’s at the Ford Centre? she has to wear make-up? we have to buy her flowers? there’s no flash photography??? but you know what?? watching her up there on stage? even [...]
    Filed in The Girl | 10-Jun-08 | 26 comments
  5. of George and Georgia…again, something i couldn’t even make up…
    Josh: “mommy…whose picture is on that money?” me: “George Washington is on the $1 bill” Josh: “Who’s he?” me: “he was the first president of the United States, hon” (ali kicks herself. must. move. back. to. the. states.) Emily: “huh…i always thought George Clooney was on the dollar bill…” i swear to god. i about died. how does my 7-year-old [...]
    Filed in The Girl, the mouths of babes | 23-Apr-08 | 32 comments
  6. emotional eating…and bratz
    when my mother’s in town, i become an emotional eater. i hate to grab something straight from the Oprah playbook…but it’s the truth. i suppose it comes down to two facts. fact #1: my mom is a ‘food pusher’. like every other Jewish mother, there’s something in her genes that makes her want to FEED people. i [...]
    Filed in The Family, The Girl | 17-Mar-08 | 22 comments
  7. Seven
    because i am the Mother of the Year (don’t even try to steal my thunder…the honor is all mine), it only makes sense that i will be in St. Lucia when my firstborn turns 7. she has informed us, however, that because we are missing her actual birthday, we will be celebrating before we leave [...]
    Filed in The Girl | 29-Feb-08 | 30 comments
  8. boots and aches and underwear! oh my! (oh, and a little wiz of oz too)
    little note to anyone working in the retail field…if you actually take the time to stop gossiping in the corner with your co-workers and, you know, actually DO your job, your chances of actually making a sale increase ten-fold. i swear, over the last three days, i’ve visited every shoe store in both the Promenade [...]
    Filed in The Baby, The Girl, the fashion | 17-Jan-08 | 51 comments
  9. eureka!* eu-freakin-reka…
    it was isabella, in the bedroom, with the pizza cutter!! (by the by…i LOVED Clue as a kid. i always hoped it was Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory…because why on earth would you choose to use a candlestick as a weapon…and what the fuck is a conservatory anyway? anyone remember the name of [...]
    Filed in The Baby, The Girl, the juice | 11-Dec-07 | 22 comments
  10. in her future, i see braces
    somebody, i’m not sure who, but remind me to kick his ass thank him, gave my 6-year-old my cell phone number. i typically don’t answer it when she calls, and when i pick up my messages there are 30-some-odd calls from Emily saying pretty much the exact. same. thing. “hi mommy, this is me, emily, josh [...]
    Filed in The Girl | 27-Nov-07 | 21 comments
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