Summer is definitely almost over. We can already feel the autumn chill in the air and we've been dressing the kids in jeans and corduroys and even put Z. in a flannel shirt (which was a size… Read More

I've slowed down considerably in the last few weeks. It's amazing how quickly the transition is from being pregnant to being *!)*$^%£#  PREGNANT!!!! In the second trimester I've a… Read More

Sometimes life is one great glorious adventure which I throw myself into with love, energy and enthusiasm and other days despite the beauty and love that my life offers me, I feel like crawl… Read More

Here we are, all five of us... Life has been an exhilarating and exhausting whirlwind of incredibly busy and joyful days along with painfully dull and hard days stuck inside the house with t… Read More

We took a trip to Mass MOCA the other weekend, it was President's Day weekend and the children's museum I've been hoping to go to with the kids was closed on a Monday, so Mass MOCA seemed li… Read More

I know that I look back at my childhood with rose colored glasses. I know that my life as a child wasn't perfect by any means. There were ups and downs and hard times and great times and tim… Read More

We are snowed in, snowed under, snowed over. Every week, like clockwork, a new snow storm arrives. Every Sunday to be specific. And then school on Monday is cancelled. This week school is cl… Read More

We have a lot of different hikes and water holes close by to us which we have tried to take the most advantage of. Last time we did a hike we forgot our swim suits so had a picnic in front o… Read More

Tuesday was Z.'s first day at preschool. We did a couple of playdates at the playground with other preschoolers and kindergarteners to get the kids acquainted and to meet other parents. It w… Read More

One of the first things I promised one of my mommy friends from London when we got settled in the States was that the kids would sleep in their own beds. I don't know how this friend did it… Read More

I should have a belly picture of my giant ballooning sideways baby tummy but as these days I spend more time tracking my kids no selfie at the moment. Also if taken today my bare tummy would… Read More

As we inch closer to the due date, I start looking at my children with slightly different eyes knowing that soon enough their order will shift slightly or  M. will no longer be our baby… Read More

In London 2013 (photo by S.)Our boys are as close as they can be without being twins. They are 17 months a part. Z. doesn't remember life without M. And M. never experienced life without Z… Read More

This is how I distract my kids while I'm making dinner (aside from Peppa Pig).I broke down and bought a vacuum cleaner. We needed it. I've been vacuuming the previous tenant's cat hair from… Read More

We're in a strange place right now (figuratively not physically, although looking at my lead picture it is funny how much wood is in this house). We have a lot going on, a lot to do, our to… Read More

I took a conference call with a potential new client in my car the other morning. It was six in the AM but I still knew that I needed to be out of ear shot of the sleeping kids in case they… Read More

It's never been quite so apparent to me, except maybe when I was first trying to conceive Z., how quickly the game changes and the intervals of life's ups and downs are shortening. It's stra… Read More

Our sons are currently obsessed with super heroes: Buzz Lightyear, Spiderman, Superman and Batman. Z. loves dressing up as Buzz and Spiderman and his little brother imitates everything he do… Read More

We've been getting huge thunderstorms the past week. Our electricity even went out for an hour the other night. So when it cleared up last weekend we tried to make the most of it and went on… Read More

Our first July 4th in America should be looking like this:But unfortunately we've gotten rained out. The fireworks displays have been postponed until tomorrow and S. has to work tomorrow eve… Read More

I am slightly superstitious with a mild case of OCD. So, when it comes to talking out loud about accomplishments, I somehow feel like I need to speak very softly lest that pendulum swing bac… Read More

I admit that taking my Italian husband after we had spent a decade together in ENGLAND to a Mediaeval festival in rural Massachusetts was a bit of a gamble. He kept an open mind. I… Read More

We are now officially having a girl. Wow. I wasn't really expecting it even when the technician from the first scan thought that it might be a girl, I thought no way. We are very happy and f… Read More

On Monday we went into the hospital for the amniocentesis. It was not as terrible as I remember, not that I remember the procedure hurting or being that uncomfortable. The only other amnio I… Read More

I always said that my kids would never watch TV, let alone play with iPhone or iPads. I said a lot of things before I had kids of my own...I wish I could have a little talk with the my pre-k… Read More

I went to Paris and worked my last fashion show (for a while), ate a few cheesy baguettes, a couple of steaks, drank some very good and not so good red wine, got very wet from the rain, saw… Read More

I tend not to do things by halves. I give myself a hard time because I feel like I could always be doing more. I’ve been given a lot of opportunity in my life it’s true, so somet… Read More

This is our new house. We've traded the rain for snow. But look at least there is sun, right, that's new. Will this be melted come April? Yes, well, at least we hope so. And I can't wait for… Read More

Last Thanksgiving I went to my parents house in New England with the kids by myself. It was a little bit of a shock to the system. Not necessarily because I was on my own with my kids as I o… Read More