We started at the MoMA, scouting out works of art for a potential scavenger hunt for Chloe’s birthday. And going on a tour for tweens run by the museum’s education center. The programs are a terrific deal – if you attend one, you receive free admission to the museum and a free pass to use on a future visit for up to five people. Probably one of the best kept secrets in the city.
Category Archives: Frazzled Working Mom’s Fleeting Moments (2007-2013)
We Love You, Esperanza
These photos say it all. One more day before Esperanza is officially retired. The next time she comes here, she’ll be visiting as a cherished family member.
Tarts and More Tarts
Tarts, tarts everywhere. That’s what greeted us when my mom and I returned home this evening from a trip to the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Spectacular doesn’t even begin to describe the masterpieces on display in its rooms. For two hours (not nearly enough, mind you), I was transported back to my art history classes in college. It was mind-boggling.
I Love My Sophie
Sophie had a math test yesterday. She did very well – 96%. The only question she got “wrong?”
1,300 Blog Posts and a Birthday Party
It’s official. This blog post is number 1,300. Pink Me Not will be five years old next month. Other than my marriage and my kids, this effort to memorialize my kids’ lives is the longest I’ve stayed committed to anything.
Happy 7th Birthday, Sophie!
It was a good day for our little Sophie, who’s not so little anymore.
My Little Fashionista is Almost Seven
It’s hard to believe. But in two days, Sophie will be seven years old. She’s still as loving and cuddly as ever, except when we annoy her. And when that happens, it’s evident that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Sophie in Outer Space
Sophie went to a special hair salon for curly girls yesterday, and had her hair cut the special Deva way, which involves a dry cut – curl by curl by curl.
A Beautiful Weekend in Ithaca
Celebrating my cousin’s marriage on Lake Cayuga by eating, drinking, making merry and skipping rocks.
To Eat the Ice Cream You Have to Freeze It
Chloe tried to make ice cream for dessert this evening. Unfortunately, however, she’ll need to try again.
She encountered three hurdles that conspired to doom the effort: