Posted in Beautiful Things, Fun in NYC, Kid style, Parenting, Rainy days, Travel, tagged 80s art, art, Brathwaite, children, city kids, cultured kids, Frantisek Kupka, fun, kids, Manhattan, MOMA, motherhood, Museum of Modern Art, new york city, paintings, parenting, weekends on February 9, 2018| 1 Comment »
Hello winter. You are awfully long.
Good thing us NYC kids got some great museums to go to – to take away the winter blas with some color (rather than fly off to somewhere tropical, not always possible!) We spent a dreary gray day at the MoMA and loved the explosion of color. I love seeing all the really young art enthusiasts… my kids are not alone in their love of art, that’s for sure!
Have a great weekend.
This Frantisek Kupka painting should brighten your mood:
Posted in Cornwall, Kid style, Parenting, Travel, tagged birthday, children, country, family, ice, kids, love, parenting, playing, snowy days, winter, Zoe's 8th birthday on January 16, 2018| 2 Comments »
My little muffin chose to do a quiet weekend in the country, playing with a friend’s cats (and Louie) for her long MLK weekend birthday. She has a new interest in karaoke and singing, so we added a mic to the scene and had a lot of fun. Today is really officially her birthday, and she is toting 20 gluten free cupcakes to school to celebrate with classmates (and may even convince us to have a 3rd party with ‘the Hazels’ as well).
I am so proud of this fearless, funny, constantly surprising little gal who is growing too fast! We love you Zoe!
thx for the Mia and Zoe pix, Ina Seow!
Posted in Beautiful Things, Decorating, Fun in NYC, Kid style, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged art, children, crafting, fun indoors, glitter, kids, modern art, parenting, refurbish a painting, splatter, upcycling, winter doldroms on December 15, 2017| 2 Comments »
Remember the last time we did this? We were back at it again, using an old painting and replenishing it with our own creative paint strokes. This time we bought some glitter so that Zoe could make it shiny. We are pleased with the way it came out and how it looks near our dining room! Next time you get to a flea market or estate sale, pick up a cheap ugly painting and try your hand at this yourself! In this case we used some old house paint (quite dried out and clumpy as you can see in the details) to mingle with the glitter!
Posted in Beautiful Things, Fun in NYC, Kid style, Parenting, tagged Bushwick Brooklyn, children, fun, kid bands, kids, kids who rock, music, parenting, parents vs kids, Ramones covers, rock and roll, young rockers on December 14, 2017| 2 Comments »
Our neighbor had the brilliant idea of having a show where parent bands and kid bands play .. in a duel to the death! Just kidding – it was a peaceful playoff, with a surprising amount of ‘sportsmanship’ and I was tickled that mamma Dana even did a few songs with her band. She had a song titled “I Don’t Want To Feed You Anymore” about how hard it is to find foods that your kid will eat. Some of the lyrics were ‘why won’t you eat the yolk?!” Young ones Potty Mouth and then Duchess performed, leading up to Ezra’s crew (now called ‘After School Special’) – check out this link and share it… and notice we have a new bassist (Andrew in the green tee!)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCha8hq9mndSIvQiKoaZRnUg
6-8 year old Potty Mouth
mamma neighbor Dana from No Fun singing about feeding kids..
and about growing old and creaky
and our band with their new member Andrew (in green) on bass!
Posted in Kid style, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged Bootsy Collins, children, John Lennon music, kids and music, Lennon Bus, little kids rock, parenting, Play Street Jackson Heights Queens, Travers Park on October 12, 2017| 1 Comment »
Ezra’s band the E3s got a gig with the John Lennon Bus event, with Bootsy Collins as the MC! The kids practiced so hard, and did so well on such a big stage in front of a very impressed audience! It’s so nice that Ezra’s love of drums kind of started at the Lennon Bus event at school, and now he and his band were able to offer up some talent! To see the shows, check out the links at the bottom of this page:
(top 4 pix by Greg Kessler)
the band with their teacher
on a really big stage!
even Louie was inspired by Bootsy
Lucy in in the Sky with Diamonds by the Beatles:
Holiday by Green Day:
Army by Ben Folds Five:
Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones:
I am a Walrus by the Beatles:
Posted in Beautiful Things, Kid style, Parenting, tagged autumn, back to school, big kids, children, fall, kids, middle school, NYC, parenting, Queens life, september days on September 8, 2017| 1 Comment »
Well yes, we are already back at it. This summer really did just fly by and now we are back to the grind again. Ezra is entering middle school/6th grade and Zoe is loving 2nd grade. I can’t believe how quickly these kiddos are growing … can you?
big kids hanging on our front stoop
Zoe carefully laid out her outfit the night before
she’s back with the gang! Zoe, Enna, Rosalie, Annisa, Kensington and Paris
Posted in Beautiful Things, Fun in NYC, Kid style, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged acting, children, drama, Homeroom the Musical, kids, NYC, parenting, put it together themselves, Queens, summer camp, summertime on August 22, 2017| 1 Comment »
While Zoe was doing her garden camp, Ezra tried on drama camp at an Astoria School. Serious Fun offered a chance for kids to pull together a play in 6 weeks. Some kids tackled sound and lights, others painted backdrops and gathered wardrobe. Ezra got to hone his acting chops – as “Mike” in Homeroom – and we are so so proud of his solo! What a talented cast!
See it here:
the crowd grows while anxious kids stay behind the curtain
kids managing music and lights
decorations outside in the halls make you feel like you are really in the school with the play!
