Family

My best friend is a mom of a small baby boy and a 2-year-old girl living on 125th Street in Manhattan. She just wrote me that she wasn’t freaked out […]

Update: Due to yucky weather, there was no rally last Sunday. It’s rescheduled for May 17. Young Eagles leader Harry Parsons says, “We did have some Cub Scouts show up, […]

I am not overly protective of my kids, especially at the playground. I let them get scraped up. I do not follow them closely saying, “Oh, you’ll get hurt if […]

Montclair mom Alison Ganci, left, emailed me to let me know about a workshop Thursday night for adoptive parents, see info on the jump page. It’s specifically geared toward raising […]

Shortly after I turned 18, I was able to vote for our 42nd president, William Jefferson Bill Clinton. At the time, the nation was excited. We were out with George […]

Where did April go? Friday will be May 1st and May in Montclair is a celebration. There will be great events in town all month, so check our Upcoming Events […]

Update: We are so sorry to hear about the swine flu death of a toddler in Texas this morning. There are 66 confirmed cases in 6 states. Here are more […]

How are you spending this beautiful afternoon? We’re actually swimming–swimming!–in our backyard. Christin, our wonderful German au pair went to Toys R Us, and she bought a kiddie pool. We […]

Little kids around Baristaville get crazy on their 100th day of school. Teachers plan parties in their kindergarten and preschool classrooms to mark the students’ big accomplishment. We think President Obama should […]

Talk about smokin’. I just heard that more local kids reigned victorious over the weekend. I wrote about awesome essay writer Shanelle Russell earlier today. Just in case you didn’t […]

Everyone wants to be good to the environment (except for Kristen), and going green is on our minds especially around Earth Day. So I have been thinking of what to […]

Congratulations to Shanelle Russell, a high school senior from Montclair. Yesterday, she was honored at the 94th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) at a ceremony in Times Square. […]

Since Wednesday, April 22, The Newark Museum has been celebrating their Centennial with a 100 Hour Marathon. Today is the is the last day to celebrate, but there are lots […]

We’re in a post Spring Break haze. It seems like the girls have been out of school more than they’ve been in it during the month of April. If you […]