A Chocolate Celebration

Last Friday we learned that James passed the California BAR exam. Talmage's two comments were as followed: 1) Does this mean Daddy doesn't have to go to work anymore? and 2) So now Daddy's a real lawyer because before he was only a pretend lawyer? Our comments to his comments: 1) no, sadly. and 2) yes, but sadly he still feels like a pretend one! On Saturday the boys and I decided to throw him a congratulations party at Max Brenner--a chocolate...

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Grand Central Train Show

I was in charge of playgroup last week and we went to the holiday train show at Grand Central Station. My boys were having a rough morning, but nothing that a blow-pop couldn't solve...at 9 am! As you'll see throughout this post, Talmage dressed us all in matching clothes. He does that sometimes.   This exhibit was the perfect size for busy toddlers with short attention spans. My littlest conductor loved inspecting all...

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My fruit stand

{back in better days, when parkas weren't necessary for survival} When I lived in New York as a bright-eyed undergrad I wrote a piece for posterity about how this city had lovingly accepted me as one of its own. I felt at home here, and sobbed when I left for fear that I would never see this great city again (ha!). It's fun to read my old journals and remember all the things about New York that won my heart over some...

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the most beautiful of fall days

On one of the most beautiful fall days of my life, I had two dates invite me to the park for a Sesame Street picnic (thanks be to GG for those too-cute bags). We had business take us to the east side in the form of Christmas shopping, and after that was done we decided to stay awhile and see what life was like on the other side of the park: and so we did, and it was great. To tell you the truth though, on a day boasting weather as charming...

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he bakes

Banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies is what he made for me {almost} all by himself. Gosh, they were good and boy, is that serious cat cu...

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5 Pointz

The highlight of Talmage's trip to 5 Pointz was getting to take the 7 train, because you know Talmage and trains. Never mind that we were visiting Queens, seeing remarkable soon-to-be-obsolete street art and a killer view of the city, he was thrilled that he could mark another train off of his bucket list. That kid knows his stuff. When we were somewhere under the East River he told one of our friends that he wanted to see Newsies...

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You know, Lady Gaga at Midnight

Yes, all three of us are mothers and mature adults (and btw, so not Gaga fans) but that didn't stop us from meeting up at midnight in Times Square to see Lady Gaga herself cut the ribbon for the new H&M flagship store.  There she is, looking sort of like a mannequin wearing a tie-dye jumpsuit.  Some people had been standing in line all day so that they could shop with Lady Gaga. While I admit that might have been an awkwardly...

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They went to Chicago

So, last weekend James and Everett went to Chicago while Talmage and I stayed in New York. They went to introduce Everett to Mum, his great-grandmother who he was long overdue to meet and to visit with Grandma. Talmage cried when he found out he'd be left behind...until I told him about mommy/son date nights full of movies and popcorn in mommy's bed, then he was counting down the seconds until their departure. The trip was really special...

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