Cookie Bake

For the past 3 years we’ve been able to fly out to Minnesota in December and do Christmas in some form.  One of the traditions we’ve started is a big cookie bake.  The 1st year we spent about 8 hours baking, then last year we did 6, this year was...

Fezziwig Ball 2012

          The Fezziwig Ball 2012   One of the things I look forward to is going to Minnesota in December for some holiday fun.  My favorite thing is attending the Fezziwig Ball at the University Club.   We get excited looking...

O Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree in our house is a unique one (it’s a pop up) and one of my favorite things about decorating for the holidays is pulling up our tree and taking out the ornaments boxes. I have a tradition with my best friends that’s been going on for...

Christmas in NYC

When I moved to NYC 5 years ago I was excited about living in the city, but I also knew in my mind there was an expiration.  At that time I thought the expiration would be when we decided to have a family.  I remember saying many a times, “I...

Our Elf has arrived

Yesterday morning we started the day off with a short holiday movie, The Elf on the Shelf.  After the movie I asked to Eleanor to check and see if we had one at the front door. How lucky, Santa sent one to us!! After we got it inside we read the story and our...

Gobble Gobble

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, I love that you can come together with family and friends and enjoy time together, plus the fun of black Friday shopping makes this holiday a win-win.  This year we made the decision not to travel and stay home.  So when...

8 months

I know I haven’t been as great with the monthly update as I would like.  Life has been busy and I would much rather be in the moment and enjoying all the fun things you’re doing, but here’s a quick run down of all you’ve been up to Camden....

1/2 Birthday are special too…

Last month Eleanor turned 2 and a half, and while as an adult 1/2 birthdays don’t exists to a child it’s a big deal.  There are some huge changes that happen in a 1/2 year.  So I decided to give her a special treat/gift for her 1/2 birthday. Her...

Fun Songs

Since Eleanor has been in school she’s surprised us many times with the amount of new things she’s learning and songs she’s singing.   The other day she started to say/sing the days of the week and there’s another song about weather. ...

What’s happened to me? Am I a wallflower now?

A few weeks back I decided I would do an activity not involving my family so I could meet new people and make new friends.  Last Thursday was the first night of this activity, and I realized very quickly I’m not the outgoing girl I used to be.  I...