Archive for May, 2011

gamine style

Gamine style. When I go shopping, I just need to ask myself, “Does this make me look like a street [...]

Monday, May 30th, 2011
Posted in Loose Ends | 1 Comment »

two peas

Simon is cautious. Oliver is fearless. Oliver is loud. Simon is . . . quieter. Most of the time. Simon [...]

Friday, May 27th, 2011
Posted in the boys | 2 Comments »

a first, but probably not a last

Oliver’s head hit the glass yesterday. Thankfully only a few drops of blood were spilled and no stitches were required. [...]

Friday, May 20th, 2011
Posted in Oliver | 2 Comments »

music box

We’ve been married nearly 6 1/2 years and had never listened to Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 18th [...]

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Posted in Loose Ends | No Comments »

sharing

Everyone gets a turn on the bike around here. Whether you like it or not.

Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Posted in Brooklyn | 5 Comments »

heavy things

We’ve been having some tough conversations at our house lately. It started a couple of weeks ago when Simon checked [...]

Friday, May 13th, 2011
Posted in Brooklyn, reflections, Simon | 2 Comments »

turns out he wasn’t exactly perfect all the time

I read in the Times last week about moms who think that their babies are perfect — handsome and intelligent [...]

Monday, May 9th, 2011
Posted in back in the day, motherhood, Simon | 3 Comments »

laugh at me, cheer for micah

It turns out that Simon can reach the buzzer and buzz people into our building. I learned this earlier this [...]

Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Posted in Brooklyn, craftiness | 2 Comments »

Peep Show 2011: Winners and Prizes

Congrats to everyone who participated this year! I really had a hard time deciding on my favorites because there were [...]

Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Posted in artistic endeavors, contests | 3 Comments »