Some Valensteins Breakfast

It doesn't matter how old my boys get, they still call the lovey holiday "valenSTEINS" day. I think it's their way of morphing it into Halloween, which in their opinion is the king of all holidays (you mean we get to play dress-up and get free candy?) This year the day was fairly low-key since James was leaving for Florida early the next morning, but we still managed to have our annual Valentine's Day breakfast as a family, and Daddy's...

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life lately and mostly the weather

I've found myself drinking an awful lot of hot chocolate lately. What's a girl to do when it's fa-reezing outside all. of. the. time? The boys have come to expect it, and every time we come in after bracing the frosty elements it's not "can we have some hot chocolate?" but instead "I'll hang up my winter coat while you make the hot chocolate." And mostly, I'm all, yep. Because drinking hot chocolate on a daily basis is one of the only redeeming factors...

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it's got me craving some toast

This is not the toaster in question, although how cool if it was, right? I got a toaster in the mail today, a real nice one that claims it's wide enough for a thick New York bagel and has cool-wall sides that are safe to touch, even right after a toasting session. I smiled and clapped and was ridiculously excited when I opened the box, knowing that my days of broiling bread in the oven were officially and forever over. One time in...

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Xin Nian Kuai Le!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news--but Chinatown on Chinese New Year was kind of a bust. Between a bad venue for the firecracker presentation, a late start time (and I mean it was supposed to start at 11, and those darn firecrackers were not booming until long after noon), freezing weather, screaming children, a broken stroller and just a general rusty feeling after doing mostly indoor activities for the last little while it was just...

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Friendzy-Enzy's at a Tea Party

Melissa brought her girls and I brought my boys and we met for a cute little tea party at Alice's Tea Cup, an adorable tea house right around the corner from my house. We had barely walked into the place and the boys had already picked their treat of choice--T the peanut butter chocolate chip cookie and Ever a strawberry cupcake.We opted for hot chocolate instead of tea, and as much as Meliss and I tried to teach them tea party manners,...

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