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Ferries, Boats and Sand

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on August 15, 2010

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Ferry ride - Excited to ride a big boat to Andi’s house

Beach - jumping in the waves screeching with pleasure at the next big vone (one); looking for sea weed to feed Ariel the Maper (mermaid); building castles and hanging with the family

Boat ride - thinks life vest is a jacket; naps on my lap; loves bumpy

Riding on big bicycle - proud that she is riding tandem

Shira and family - neko keeps asking to see her friends (Lonny and Gabe are good nappers)

Shower - big girl territory now (it is only a hand held)

Sea Shells - wants to make art on them with a leaf (we have no clue what she means but it’s cute)

Fried Calamari - loves it since we tell her its chicken

Andi and Mark - best aunt and uncle out there and most gracious hosts - thank you so so so so so much!

Sand - getting out of every crack and crevice - may take a lifetime!

One year ago: Elodie turns one

Two years ago: Fire Island First Time

Working at the car wash

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Keren

on August 1, 2010

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Next time we’ll pay her like 33 cents:

One year ago: Climber tushie kid

Two years ago: Bath time recap

P.S. She loved helping out - I now totally get child labor, this kid is being put to work!

Coxsackie

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on July 24, 2010

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First we thought it was just a plain old fever, but having watched Nemo, The Lion King and Pochano (Pinocchio in Nekoese) and having neko cry that she wants to be lay down, I realized something was off (she even refused ice cream):

After a brave visit at the doctor (neko thought it was funny doc was using q-tips in her mouth and not her ears and tickling her with thermometer under her arm) we got a coxsackie diagnosis (say that fast like 8 times). This basically means that we are home bound (hellish heat outside and contagiousness), watching more movies (i’ve got animation overload) and making the most of it, like playing impromptu dress up:

Truthfully, I was kinda worried that this is what brought it all on, but ends up it may just be the sandbox:

One year ago: Crossword Puzzle

Two years ago: Hearty Laughter

The 5th Food Group

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on June 22, 2010

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Gida = Glida = Ice Cream = Good = On a Stick = Even Better

Diapers.com

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Keren

on May 13, 2010

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Urban child rearing means (to me at least) having the best NY has to offer: museums, cultural gatherings, friends all over, music, deli on every corner, great food and on and on but it also means: stoops, hauling heavy child with tractor sized stroller on onto subway platform, food shopping 6 miles away and hauling said food up stairs, becoming friends with the UPS guy so he hides packages under the neighbor’s motorcycle awning (shhhhh). A huge help in the schlep less department has been diapers.com. No, I am not benefiting from this post, heck, I didn’t even get a coupon sent to me via email exulting what a loyal customer I have been.

It’s like buying cheese doodles in those giant plastic bins they sell at staples(yeah, i need printer paper and 80 lb of cheese doodles) - we never run out of creams, shampoo, diapers, plastic anything and even boogie wipes (never used these but the concept seems intriguing).

Neko obviously appreciates the monster boxes arriving, on cue, on the 4th of every month. she spends an awful lot of time just climbing in and out and often begs us to push her around like go carts….who needs hand crafted wooden gems when we got cardboard?

One year ago: eating out

Vilde Chaye - Turns 2

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Keren

on March 16, 2010

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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.

Sloping

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Keren

on February 28, 2010

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It snowed.

A lot.

Since neko woke up demanding to see Ra-Ra (actually she asked to go to her house about 13 times that morning - and it was only 7:35 am), we did what everyone else and their kids was doing that morning and headed to Prospect Park for some snow bunny action.

Neko tackled the mounds of snow without fear, rushing to taste it, falling right into it, and throwing tiny snowballs at me. Mostly she asked for Ra-Ra, whose parents were soliciting locals for help digging themselves a parking spot:

Upon rara’s arrival neko became her giggly self and the two ran and up and down and all around…stopping only to snack (picture virgin white snow studded with raisins) or to lick some ice. The sledding was not so successful (the adults totally loved it) , and even though it seemed the girls kinda liked it (no fearful crying or anyone thrown out of the plastic shield), they refused a second run….the snowball fights were a different story:

Man - I can’t wait for water skiing!

One year ago: Quality Family Time

She will hate me for this one day

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Keren

on February 8, 2010

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Gotta get her on prune juice regiment again:

It happened

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Keren

on November 19, 2009

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In every adult’s life there comes that special day, that incredible moment - the realization that they have become their parents.

Nothing makes that more obvious that having a child of your own.

We fuss, we do things we swore deep in our childish hearts (and on the shrink sofa) we would never do.

For me, such a moment happened today (there have been many in the past - ask my sister about talking with the finger)…..

I had a few minutes in between meetings = go to starbucks for bad expensive coffee and free wifi.

what did I do with those precious minutes? Yeah, you guessed it, I looked at pictutes of my daughter, obsessing over every detail of her hair (will it be curly or straight?), skin (is it a little dry lately?), development (is it ok that she no longer meows for cat?) and growth (is it ok she will only eat avocado and cookies?)

But that’s not the story: they were playing, now, Saba Chaim, this is for you, Weather Report (Birdland - I llooked it up), and I liked it.

I wanted to stay there and be all sentimental and move my foot to the music.

Oy - pappi, what have you done to me?

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