There is something for everybody at the Sol Goldman Recreation Center (aka Red Hook Pool). It is a wonderful community facility, with free entry into the swimming pool, so really everyone can go! The Girls and I have been going at least one day a week for the past month, and even if we only stay […]
I want to plug So Zealous one more time and say a big thanks for our colouful Mirrors! We turned up here this week for our adoration of the handiwork from So Zealous. If you are soZealous over these mirrors, then head to etsy, and get one yourself!
Honestly, the things I get excited about! I am a little embarrassed to admit it, but I very much look forward to the change of season just so I get to buy the Girls cute new things! Silly isn’t it? I love the month of August as the shops are full of Fall fashions, and […]
Our recent house move coincided with Elle being old enough for her own bed and so for the first time we configured their room with twin beds. Buying them matching twin beds, to me was significant of their special bond of sisterhood. I can only imagine what it will be like for them to grow […]
Bit by bit the Girls room has come together. It has taken us weeks to unpack boxes, build furniture (Elle’s bed from ikea) and find the right place for everything. This weekend I found the time to hammer nails and hang these great mirrors on the wall. I purchased the pink one two years ago […]
This weekend I made an old skirt into a decorative pillow to go on Maya’s bed. A beloved skirt of mine that I bought about 15 years ago, and wore and wore, and wore. So much so that the seams at the sides were frayed and the seat was wearing thin. The front of the […]
After 7 weeks of not having a lounge, couch, sofa or what ever you call it, we are about to have a place to sit, a place to rest, a place to put our feet up. We finally chose, agreed upon and purchased a sofa. Shipped from Room & Board, to arrive on Wednesday. Our […]
The next NY Beach on our list to visit was Jones Beach, and wow, what fun! A huge fine sand beach, a lovely boardwalk, great amenities, a swimming pool, a colourful playscape and Friendly’s Ice cream. An hour and a half from NYC, this is a great day trip, although I can imagine on a […]
From the day we planted the first flowers in our little garden, Maya has been itching to pick them. Many a time I have hollered at her “Don’t pick the flowers Maya, let them grow!”. Mostly she has listened to this and so our garden remained full of blossoms. I appeased her somewhat by promising that […]
The owners of our house, Pam and Keith, came home the other day to find us playing in the yard. It was a particularly hot day and Pam offered to hold the hose for the girls to play in. I then said that I had been intending to buy a sprinkler, which led Keith into the […]
I found this the other day and thought I would share it, as I know there are lots of you who love colour as much as I do. Here is the colour palette for Autumn. The designer colours to have in your home, and to subtly wear. Choose your favorite, and have fun incorporating it […]
At least once a week the Girls and I meet Cam at the train station on his way home from work. The train station is a few blocks away and so a short walk (or scooter ride) from our home. We would probably do it more, other than Cam arrives home at about 7pm and […]
The Girls and I went to the city the week before last to buy fabric to make new skirts for Fall and Winter. Walking into a fabric or notion shop is like opening a treasure chest of the imagination. There are endless things to make and create and spending hours with the girls wondering the […]
I have added a new cake too our felt baked goods. It has been a while since I have sewn something from felt and despite it being the middle of summer, I could not resist creating this pretty pinkalicous cake! It has been too hot to turn on the oven and bake real cakes cookies […]
Goop glorious goop! Struck by a moment of Mummy magic, I selected a few bowls from the kitchen cupboards, then filled each bowl with a small amount of ingredients, flour, sugar, lentils, rice. I then found a selection of utensils and set up a table in the yard. I placed a large bucket of water […]
With this relentless heat wave, people have been turning on the fire hydrants and playing the the (free) city water. The girls and I have yet to join our neighbours doing this, but we have enjoyed seeing them cooling off, and having fun!
July 4th we went to Woodstock NY. For years now we have talked about visiting Woodstock, the iconic American Town. Yesterday we spontaneously decided to go and so packed the car and off we went. Through Manhattan, over the George Washington Bridge, headed for the Catskills. The town is in Ulster County and is famous for lending […]
Last weekend while Cam was away on his cruise I took the Girls to the fantastic new Pier 6 Playground on the water near Brooklyn Bridge. Pier 6 officially opened two weeks prior, on Saturday, June 5 and so there were many enthusiastic families like ourselves checking it out for the first time. It looks to […]
Today we went to Neponsit Beach! I can’t tell you how wonderful a feeling it was for us to get in our car and drive to a beach! We have owned a car for a month now, and with moving, then Maya’s party and then Cam being away, this was the first weekend we were […]
With Maya’s new set of wheels we needed another helmet. Fights quickly developed over the one helmet, and poor little Elle had to forgo riding the scooter while Maya rode the bike, until a new helmet arrived. I have been very pleased with the Little Nutty helmet I purchased for Maya to wear on the […]