Happy Kwanzaa

Happy Kwanzaa!!

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!

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Merry Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Please enjoy Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright 

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All I Want for Christmas......is You

This is my husband, Bryan, and I's first Christmas as a married couple and unfortunately he is working and will not be home until Dec. 26. This is our life right now and we make do. Not ideal, but we make it work and I am lucky to be able to spend Christmas Eve with my in-laws and Christmas Day with my family. Of course I can't wait to see Bryan on the 26th. 

I leave you with a great video of The Roots, Jimmy Fallon, Mariah Carey and children singing All I Want for Christmas Is You with classroom instruments. 

Jimmy Fallon, Mariah Carey and the Roots

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Sandy Hook in Our Thoughts

Our thoughts are with the people and community of Sandy Hook. 

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." - John Lennon

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Snow Globes

During the holidays a common decoration people to use are snow globes. They also make great gifts too. The past several years I have seen a lot of elegant snow globes. Surprisingly I still don't have one, but I think I may get one this year if they go on sale.

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Goodnight Nanny-Cam

Below is a poem that was in The New Yorker and that I thought  was hilarious. Hope you enjoy!

Goodnight Nanny-Cam
posted by Jen Nessel and Lizzy Ratner

In the great green-certified room
There was a smartphone
And a silver spoon
And a picture of—

A high-contrast, brain-stimulating black-and-white moon

And there was a musical concert by Baby Mozart

And high window guards
And French flash cards

And a fireplace safety gate
And toys without phthalate

And a sterilizer and bottle brush and bowl full of organic mush

And a bilingual nanny who was whispering “hush”

Goodnight room

Goodnight recycled baby wipes with no perfume

Goodnight high-contrast black-and-white moon

Goodnight baby monitor
And the nanny-cam

Goodnight French flash cards
Bonne nuit petit canard

Goodnight non-slip socks
And goodnight sustainable-wood blocks

Goodnight friends with unique, unusual names
And goodnight brain-development games

Goodnight digital archive of baby’s first years

And goodnight Doctors Karp, Leach, Ferber, and Sears

Goodnight wipes warmer and yoga mat, HEPA filter and sun hat,
Sunscreen, sunglasses, sleep sack, outlet cap, sleep coach, G &T coach, star charts, consumer reports,
Vitamin D, anything with Omega-3, French au pair, filtered air and—

Goodnight alpha parents everywhere.

Illustration by Kris Mukai.

Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2012/11/goodnight-nanny-cam.html#ixzz2Een5SXk8

Article and Photo Courtesy of: The New Yorker