Friday Links & Lovely Things {Helping Kids with Grief}

December 21, 2012
hearts on a wire

Neighborhood Find of the Week: So, you know how you sometimes see shoes tied together and tossed across an overhead street cable? Some lovely person tossed up a pair of hearts. It’s irrational how much affection I have for this person’s act. What a great statement. Parenting Links of the Week: I decided to keep… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Friday Links, Parenting 6 Comments

5 Holiday DOs That I DON’T

December 12, 2012
Things not to do during the holidays

5 Things I Don’t Do During the Holidays. Everyone has favorite holiday traditions. What are yours? Do you have a certain menu you must prepare? A tree lighting ceremony you always attend? A favorite book you always read? Is there something you must do or it just “wouldn’t be [insert holiday of choice here]“? We… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Holiday Fun 32 Comments

Teaching Kids About Giving: Tzedakah Boxes For Kids

December 11, 2012
teaching kids about tzedakah

Teaching Tzedakah to Kids As the resident shiksa in the What Do We Do All Day? household, I am constantly learning about my husband’s Jewish faith. It is very important to me to join in with my children as they learn about and follow the Jewish traditions. Recently the kids and I made tzedakah boxes… Keep Reading →

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Parenting 3 Comments

Transportation Tuesday

October 2, 2012

After listening to my fill of bickering I decided to take matters into my own hands with a little old school problem solving and a roll of masking tape. I call it “divide and conquer” parenting.

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: Parenting, Transportation, Transportation Tuesday 1 Comment

Remembering and Living

September 11, 2012

It’s been 11 years + 1 day since I became a New Yorker. I am proud that my two little boys love this city so much.

by: Erica MomandKiddo posted in: New York City 2 Comments
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