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Being a mom

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Keren

on May 14, 2012

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Today was mother’s day.

Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to become a mother (and a flight attendant too). Sometimes I think it’s been an underlying driving force in my life….Having birthed and now raising two girls has been nothing short of mind boggling miraculous: it has made me learn so much about myself, my limits, my incredible pools of strength, my capacity to giggle even if I haven’t slept more than 20 minutes in three days, the endless amounts of love one can have, my desire to make their lives better, my lioness’s sense of protection and pride, but more than anything it has taught me to stop, just a few moments every day or every week and be incredibly grateful for the happiness and the iridescent qualities my life has with my girls….

One Year Ago: California Girls

Two Years Ago: Marathon Mom

Three Years Ago: Hanging with E-E

The Tribe

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Keren

on April 2, 2012

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Jews like to congregate (and commiserate too) but nothing makes us happier than having the family visit, especially to celebrate the arrival of the latest clan member (yes, I am praying daily she does not exhibit jew-fro like hair).

First we had the Saba, Joy and Taly clan, who suffered through our cold weather, extreme jet lag and running withdrawal symptoms to see us…all with bravado and the expectant Jewish whine:

Then came Doda Maya, the same Doda who recently made me into a proud Doda (aunt) myself (with the healthiest sleepiest cutest kid eva). She made me as happy as can be - allowing me to plant real wet Doda like kisses (and pinches) on the cheeks (and chins) of the other latest tribe member:

And just this past weekend we had a quick visit from the Atlanta clan (well half)..neko got her older cousin worship time in (she even told me that when she herself is older and has her own kids and is just like Sophie, well, then she can stay up late too…admiration in her voice):

Family - thank you for your visits, your love and your sweetness!

One Year Ago: Getting Into It

Two Years Ago: Joy-ous

Three Years Ago: Couch Potato

Weekend Away

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Keren

on July 17, 2011

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This summer has been gloriously, well, summery….

We have spent most of our weekends up in Accord, and this weekend was no different EXCEPT that it was filled with friends, babies, toddler-hood girlies, food, beer and discussing Google+. It was nice to lazy on the grass, catch up and be out there in the sunshine. Yes, I am so grateful for everyone and everything in my life (except the mosquito bites!):

P.S. This weekend three years ago we celebrating Andree’s baby shower by eating yummy cake and bagels…now, all this time later, we watch our daughters shovel away cream cheese bagels and M&M’s…..i know, we should have eaten salad and green beans!

One Year Ago: Camp Ooopo

Two Years Ago: Inner City Kids

Three Years Ago: Andree’s Shower

Check List

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Keren

on August 22, 2010

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We are now the proud parents of a toilet trained child.

We are proud.

We still have some (rare) accidents, but, in neko’s own words: thats’ ok

(shot while on the go)

Next on the ever expanding list of accomplishments: getting a job!

One year ago: Miles and more

Two years ago: Mae Swing

Camp Opoo

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Keren

on July 13, 2010

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Neko spent the weekend at sleep away camp: in Accord with her E-E and Opoo.

She did arts and crafts, gardening, fine motor skill developing, Disney appreciation hour, water play, a lot of wall climbing (which she now does unassisted although I still like to hover nearby) and perfected her nakedness:

Her parents slept in, exercised, re-organized the organized storage bins, and relaxed.

All in all a perfect weekend.

It’s my party, America

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Keren

on July 6, 2010

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The weekend was perfect:

Friends we haven’t seen in ages, with hours of lazing around (between gourmet meals and special cocktails) for catching up…or catching our kids, as they ran, rolled and hid in the luscious acres of the Field Farm. Plenty of time to play with the beautiful twins (neko would shush them, saying stop kying babies, stop), swim in the lake (where neko would beg i wanna go to the blue part - deep end), be naked (neko just wanted to take her clothes off all the time), play with Thomas, Max, Hero, Baby Bu and then be smitten with big girl Lila, who happens to also love Hello Kitty.

The big weekend event takes place in the barn (gotta get shoes on) and we let neko stay up to watch the Field Follies, where her father was part of the opening act, The Arugula. Neko learned to go wooohoooo while clapping, and told everyone it was her birday party.

Maybe next year we will even (shhhh…don’t tell Peter) tent it. Although I kinda like not sleeping with a million bugs, just one big one!

One year ago: July 4th with Douglas

The Wedding

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Keren

on June 17, 2010

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The preparations for this event were intense: we had two dresses, six pairs of silver strappy sandals delivered from Zappos (and five promptly returned), a mad dash through Soho to find the perfect hair clip, and then let’s not forget the matching diaper cover. What, you thought I was referring to the bride, eh?

While the nervous butterflies and tears flowed freely in the days leading up to the wedding, we worked hard to convince neko that the event, or the princess party, as i was referring to it, will be much like a huge birthday bash. Some kids get nervous when 600 pairs of eyes are on them, so I wanted to ensure neko comprehended that this was fun, casual, and above all a big-girl-princess-party thing.

After having quickly fixed the minor disaster of neko’s hair garland missing (she cried and cried neko no have no flower in ha hair like big guls, all while the bride is attacking her producer that she cannot possibly walk out there without her niece)…..neko walked down the aisle with all her flowers, head held high, looking so sweet and serious, following the other girls. I stood there beaming with pride at my beautiful independent and strong little girl….What, you thought I was referring to neko, eh?

The sun was setting and nice salty breeze was coming off the ocean. Maya was stunning. Ilan filled with emotions. My parents were standing up there, and just as the ceremony wedding these two lovelies began neko innocently touched one of those projecting spot lights, crying in pain and shock, a blister forming immediately and I had to whisk her away, looking for ice and ‘owa cream.’

Do not fret, the excitement got the most of neko, and she calmed down quickly (a little Disney helped too). Once neko was safely tucked away sleeping in her hotel bed, we celebrated the marriage of my baby sis in style - yeah, we got totally drunk and ended up paying the baby sitter the equivalent of a small fortune since exchange rate calculations are not my forte after 6-10 cocktails!

Mazal tov my baby sister and her nicest husband ever!

One year ago: Pasta Basta

Israel - the 2010 version

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Keren

on June 14, 2010

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We went on a really long airplane ride where neko proceeded to vomit, much to the disappointment of the middle aged grumpy continental staff (imagine woman screeching that blanket with vomit ‘needs to go in body fluid bag‘ while faced with a crying filthy child).

We got tanned without any sun burns, although slathering on sun tan lotion every 33 minutes can become semi irritating.

We ate humus ( quite a bit), even though i prefer eating fresh moist rugellach all day.

We played with ‘big guls’ and jumped in the ocean and asked to float like a ‘maper’ (neko’s version of mermaid).

We suffered from severe jet lag (more on that later) and some terrible two’s roared their toddler heads.

We got loved and pampered by aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends.

We watched Maya (da big pincess) get married, danced and cried (tears of joy that is).

We did so much that one single post cannot possible contain it all….here are a few highlight photos, and will post more once we settle down:

One year ago: Site installation fun

Vilde Chaye - Turns 2

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Keren

on March 16, 2010

in Brooklyn, Family, Friends, Growth, Milestones and Things that make you go hmmm

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Finding the theme was easy: vilde chaye (a wild beast) is the quintessential neko mode.

Then my mom came as backup troops to help with the decorations:

A few paper cuts later, we proceeded to make cake pops…. yeah, everyone needs those these days! The process was totally hilarious (those swirly wirlies) and the result a success:

Neko woke up and wowed a LOT. She couldn’t believe the amount of animals, colors, balloons and whole wheat bagels all around her:

And then they came - all of neko’s friends and loved ones (she wakes up every day asking to go to one of their homes).

Oh, how happy you made her (and us)!

Thank you for joining and giving and loving and being…

Here is to making it another year….

One year ago: the gremlin theme.

Sweetart

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Keren

on March 9, 2010

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What does any normal parent do to celebrate their child’s second birthday?

Yes, feed them sugar and give them a bunch of unnecessary sneakers and gifts!

We began the morning with singing, blowing out candles (she actually did it) and eating a lot of frosting:

The sugar rush continued at Families First, where neko shared the double layer (my first layer cake ever) chocolate fiesta with everyone and got some hugs kisses and stickers:

Appropriately, we culminated the day with a walk iver to the favorite ice cream parlor, neko screaming the whole way she wanted pink gida (glida=ice cream)…please note the description of her favorite flavor: