When I was preparing to begin a blog of my own, in my random  cyber-wanderings I came across a blog that made me laugh. It wasn’t the wit of the writer, it was the subject matter.  A man, a professional athlete had just become a proud stay-at-home-dad.  His blog bragged about how smoothly his day [...]

My kid brought home a test today 20/24, 84%.  Can I just say my kid is 7.  Can I just say she only missed 4 questions.  
OK.  Next year, third grade is a big deal test in New York City.
We are supposed to go over with our child the questions that they missed.
 
First question:
3. Charles [...]

I’m going over my calendar and feeling very guilty right now.  Kendall is working on a new show that I was hoping to be in, but most of the rehearsals will take place during our trip to Montana (for My Kid to spend time and celebrate her birthday with her grandparents and her cousins and [...]

I should be doing a million things (like cleaning–yuck and writing grant proposals–yuck), but instead I am hiding from the heat in our air-conditioned bedroom next to our sleeping daughter googling randomly.  It started with an on-line search for Brownie Girl Scout Try-It badges (because I have to get the requests into her leader today.) [...]

As The Husband and My Child are playing miniature air hockey (it’s really cute 6-inch table we got at the gift shop of the Please Touch Museum) on the train from Trenton, as we make our way back to Brooklyn from Philadelphia, it seems as good a time as any to write a blog entry.
Halfway [...]