We got a name
Well, neko has one: Cheetah
Middle Name: Kala
She’s been whispering into my expanding belly the following words: you should be a girl….
Stay tuned for nicknames!
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This weekend was the last visit for us upstate as we getting into nesting mode (that basically means 80 loads of onesie washes and me bossing peter around as to where to put stuff and then move it). We said goodbye to Saunder’s Kill, the playground, exploring in the woods and welcomed winter into our lives. Kinda looking forward to hot chocolates with my neko, reading and lounging in Red Hook - whose joining?
One Year Ago: Funny Girl
Two Years Ago: Bubbles
Three Years Ago: Ice Storm
She just wants to dance!
P.S. See video from two years ago - we got a trend here!
One Year Ago: Princess Frilly
Two Years Ago: Spinning
Three Years Ago: Hamburg
We made a count down chart and eagerly awaited the arrival of the older cousins.
Neko adores these girls and the excitement for Thanksgiving weekend mounted - and she was not let down.
It’s amazing to watch neko fit in with these much older girls - their sense of humor (they all think doodie fart jokes are hilarious), their silliness (note pajama dancing), sense of adventure (talk about pulling poison ivy off trees), creativity (lots of art work and pretend play involving badly behaved babies) and their capability to all sleep (almost soundlessly) in the same room (and bed) together is inspiring….imagine we could all have so much pure fun together:
Did I mention how perfect the autumn weather was too? Here is to many more weekend with the cousins!!
One Year Ago: Three Cousins in One Bath
Two Years Ago: Down South
Three Years Ago: Water Effect
It’s been a hectic few weeks at the Bernard Mannes Home so I thought a small post to celebrate neko’s ‘random thoughts’ series was in order:
Scene: Bathtime (when we have our best talks)
Neko: Mama, am I still young?
Mama: Of course you’re still young
Neko: But I am already three and three quarters
Mama: I know you’re a big girl but you’re still young
Neko: You’re not young
Mama: What do you mean?
Neko: Savta and you are not young
Mama: How do you know that neko?
Neko: Because you don’t sparkle anymore
I nearly peed in my pants.
One year ago: Schooling
Two Years ago: It happened
Three years ago: Eating Peas
I misplaced our camera charger (more like lost it and I am using moving and mama brain as an excuse) so incredibly beautiful pictures below are courtesy of Nina. If you find my charger - please tie it around my neck along with keys, cell phone and lip balm.
Autumn in Accord is spectacularly amazingly refreshingly good and pretty (you know the kind you are happy to crack open the sweater bins for) this year and the apples (all 156 that we picked and then proceeded to force neko and peter to eat) are juicy deliciousness. Hope this is a sign for a perfectly mild winter ahead:
One Year Ago: Grandparents Galore
Two Years Ago: Moments
Three Years Ago: Fall Style
Ain’t no way around it, moving sucks.
I had to make my way through a maze of cardboard just to get over to the computer (yes, we still got cardboard-lots of it).
Neko, in her usual fashion, totally surprised us, and took to the new house and her new room with such enthusiasm, she actually jumped up and down with joy when she came in for the first time - she loves her new room and her bed so much she won’t even cuddle with me in ours anymore….and to think that we could have curtailed 3.5 years of sleeping with her just by moving - amazing!
She especially loves our fancy refirgerator with the crushed ice function- she kinda thinks it s treat and sits down munching it and watches the giant boats pass by:
As for us, we are still opening and closing the same drawers looking for cutlery (and camera charger and socks)…
One year ago: It’s totally Fall
Two year ago: Snow in October
Three years ago: Who does neko really look like?
As we get ready for our own migration to a new hood, we are teaching neko (she is teaching herself - gotta be honest here) how to master her scooter so our morning subway-school-rush-rush-hurry-hurry is hopefully easier. So far it seems successfully fun - if you count going in giant circles and not hitting any other kids a success:
She is looking very professional in the pink n purple gear though…isn’t that half the battle?
Stay tuned for reports of speedy scooting at record breaking speed at early am rush hour to school….
We have been knee deep in packing tape, bubble wrap and cardboard.
Hence the lack of neko updates - but even an evening dedicated to sorting through 12 years of Gourmet magazine piles must stop for the first day of school:
Neko marched into her new classroom and forgot about us the minute she stepped over the threshold.
As usual, I was more anxious, but we all love Open House and can’t wait to spend another year there and share new friends, adventures and stories….
Another important update is neko’s new EXTREME trend towards independence. She even announced a few nights ago that being small is not fun and she wants to be big like her mama (i’m not sure if she meant my growing belly and general width). This desire has manifested itself in attempting to tie her own shoe laces for endless long minutes (at precisely 8:59 am), mastering buckling and buttoning and now, choosing her own clothes:
Oh man - can’t wait till she turns 16, oh, I mean, 4…..
One Year Ago: First Day of Nursery School
Two Years Ago: 18 Month Day
Three Years Ago: Soccer Fan
This past week we experienced a first of many natural disasters: an earthquake (did you guys feel that swinging in midtown highrises too?) and a freakin’ hurricane!
Much to our worst judgement, we decided to wait out the storm in accord, preparing ourselves for mother nature’s worst. This included a mad dash to the supermarket (yes, we have a lot of tuna now) the hardware store (the guy laughed hard when we asked for batteries) and a lovely patient explanation of the sh%% storm that was coming to neko.
The conclusion and the lessons learned from our crazy weekend:
1. Accord and upstate are submerged under ‘brown lake water’ (neko’s words)
2. I rely way too heavily on electronic devices for neko’s entertainment and 3 days without power was proof that glue and glitter really ARE magical
3. I love showers, prefer them them daily and really pefer (neko’s way of sayin it) flushing toilets
4. Neko loves taking highway shoulder pee stops, every 2 hours
5. Candle light dinners are romantic and I love my family so much that I would do it all over again!
One year ago: Beach Weekend with Hoffman-Chalarons
Two years ago: First haircut
Three years ago: Gossip Girl