Posted in Holidays, Jewish Life, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged children, costumes, crafting, dress up, flushing free synagogue of queens, fun, games, hamantashen, holidays, Jewish kids, Jewish life, NYC, parenting, purim carnival on March 23, 2018| 1 Comment »
I’d forgotten to post some pix from our synagogue’s Purim Carnival… always a fun event, and colorful in that the kids get to make their masks and costumes and nosh on jam filled hamantaschen. Enjoy some pix of one of the Jewish Holidays that – at least in this year -seems to usher in spring!
Posted in Parenting, Queens Life, tagged active kids, children, current issues, gun control, kids, march for our lives, political learning, school shootings, student march on March 20, 2018| 1 Comment »
Some believe we should all pray to solve this, and others realize that these kids will be voting age soon. The future looks bright –
Hopefully the voices of all of the nation’s students will be heard and meaningful action can be taken to insure that all of our children, teachers and school staff are safe when they go about the business of educating the youth of our country.
from Ezra’s school newsletter this month –
Students Stand United Against Gun Violence
In an action of solidarity with students across the nation, Renaissance high school students staged a peaceful walk-out to protest the lax gun control laws which many feel have played a part in the number of violent gun incidents, especially in schools. The walk-out on Wednesday marked the one-month anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, and our students were joined by teachers, as well as staff from the offices of Councilmember Dromm and Senator Peralta. Students took part in a number of other actions prior to the march, including participating in a Town Hall with Mayor De Blasio and attending a press conference that Congressman Joseph Crowley held at Renaissance the day before the march (he followed this up with a post on Facebook!).
Students Loren Francione and Nico Cortez spoke eloquently about the desire of students to feel safe and their hopes that there will be better gun laws soon. Read their statements HERE.
photos from renaissancecharter.org newsletter
Posted in Beautiful Things, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged DQSH, Drag Queen Story Hour, having fun with kids in NYC, home, https://www.dragqueenstoryhour.org, Jackson Height, parenting, Queens life, snow, warm winter, winter on March 13, 2018| 1 Comment »
Via our Instagram feed…if you haven’t already seen it:
We had a shockingly warm day in late Feb that had us hopeful – grilling outdoors mid-winter is pretty great:
-But then there was more of this lovely view from our front window, happening more frequently now:
Relying on the goings on in our hood to entertain the kids, like this super fun ‘Drag Queen Story Hour‘ that packed the house at the local library:
And of course my husband has another great show up, and I help him out when we don’t have a ladder (this pix caught by bystander Ezra) :
Hope you are having a fun late winter as well!
Posted in Beautiful Things, Holidays, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged 2018, bring in the new, children, friends, holidays, kids, new years eve, New York city life, urban life on January 5, 2018| 1 Comment »
Ours was a quiet start to the year – just being back from the cruise and all, we simply gathered with a small group of friends and rang in the year. Then headed home for some much needed Zzzzzs. Let’s hope this upcoming year is as sensible as that night!
dads chatting
Elliot the lead singer for the band, gets ready to pop!
based on all the spray paint cans behind Ezra, it’s easy to tell a graffiti artist lives here
5-4-3-2-1…
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, Holidays, Jewish Life, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged Chanukah, children, Christmas, cousins, family fun, first snowfall, gifts, holiday, kids, lights, love, parenting, twinkle on December 12, 2017| 1 Comment »
Every year my side of the family rounds up to do some gift opening and general holiday cheer. This year we were even gifted with a little dusting of snow from Mother Nature… not enough to keep loved ones from traveling, but enough to make the setting seem perfect. And tonight, we start our own Chanukah candle lighting …
Posted in Beautiful Things, Cooking, Crafting, Decorating, Food Adventures, Holidays, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged aerialist, children, costumes, decorating, family, fun, halloween, holidays, kids, parenting, spooky craft ideas on November 3, 2017| 1 Comment »
Remember our friends, the fun Marten family who treated us to some ‘glamping’? Well they put on a super fun Halloween party at their home – with a magician, aerialist, and amazing food! And of course their family and friends are always fun as well. After that, we felt the urge to decorate our own front door and as always – E and Z’s dad got some great annual Halloween costume portraits .. have a great weekend everyone!
zoe hangs with a skeletal pianist
Ms Marten has her own little Dorothy too!
I love the juice boxes wrapped as mummies and infusion bags of frozen red punch
yes, they had an aerialist at the party!
mozzarella and olive ‘eyes’
and then days later at our own home before Halloween night…
Austin Powers, yeah baby!
And Dorothy with basket of Toto (Louie was too tired for the role)
