Celebrating Independence Day

There’s nothing like family summer fun on the 4th of July!  Even though mother nature threatened to rain on our parade, it turned out to be a picture perfect day.  Temperatures soared into the 90s across portions of New York, but we lucked out with highs in the 80s in our hood.  A nice cool…

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OMG! I’m Missing Teeth!!

I’m at my wits end!  I’m almost 4 and 1/2 months post relaxer.  I’m losing my mind and my hair.  Now, I’m missing teeth.  Can things get any worse? Ugh. Weather Anchor Mama

A Trip to the Long Island Children’s Museum

Our Family Summer Fun continues!  With highs reaching well into the 90s this past weekend, it would be torture having my baby girl in the house.  I search Facebook for idea and stumbled across this.  The Long Island Children’s Museum was the perfect place to be to cool off from this season’s second heat wave….

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Mourning a Mom’s Loss

I can’t lie.  There have been times when I unknowingly fall asleep for a few minutes while Princess  quietly plays next to me.  I remember feeling startled and guilty upon waking up to find her safe and sound.  What if something happened to her?  I would never forgive myself.  Unfortunately, this kind of thing does…

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What’s Princess Saying?

Princess loves this book. It’s based on Bob Marley’s song, One Love.

Call Me a Hot Mess Mama

I thought the older a child gets, the easier it would be.  Since moving up to oranges this week, it’s quite the opposite.  It seems like the older my baby girl gets, the more crap we have to lug to daycare.  I stayed up mad late Sunday night getting all her things ready for her…

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Family Summer Fun

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ll be focusing on family fun this summer.  I’ll be highlighting kid friendly places the whole family could enjoy.  So far, we’ve been to the zoo.  But this weekend, we chose to keep it simple.  We live near the water, and decided to take Princess for a walk…

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The Struggles of Being a Working Mom: When Daycare Drops the Ball

One of the hardest parts of being a working mom is trusting someone else with your child’s care. For the most part, I’ve been really happy with my daughter’s daycare. The teachers have always been attentive, and Princess has made great friends. But like most parents know, there are moments that test your patience and…

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