To celebrate Penny’s 8th birthday we hosted a cooking party with chef Wendi James of Rutabaga Sweets. The menu included handmade cheese ravioli, fresh tomato sauce and garlic bread. The kids were attentive and focused and created some delicious food! Penny loves to cook, what a treat it was to share this with her friends. 
Tagged: birthday party, canon photography, childhood, cooking, cooking class, photography
Jesus said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
– 1 Corinthians 11:24
Tagged: childhood, photography, storytelling photography
“Mommy can I do the dishes? Don’t worry, I know how to do it,” she says.
Tagged: childhood, domestic chores, everyday, photography
Tagged: childhood, family games, photography, pie face
March 27, 2007
You know the feeling you get when you wake up and realize it is the weekend? Or Christmas day? When you think of the upcoming vacation or party or event that you’ve been planning? When you suddenly remember that your going to Italy in a week? Well that is how I feel every time I look at Lucas.
Tagged: birthday, childhood, family photography, photography
Beginning in 4th grade students may elect to play a string instrument. I thought I knew all the nuances of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” but hearing it from the earnest hands of 9 and 10 year olds has given me a new appreciation of this timeless, childhood song.
Tagged: childhood, photography, violin recital
The Westchester Knicks joined forces with Chase and the Village of Irvington to refurbish and repaint the Bobby Speisman Basketball Court at Scenic Hudson Park The basketball court was originally made possible by the Irvington community, Village of Irvington, and friends in memory of Bobby Speisman, the father of three daughters, who was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 which was flown into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
The project culminated with a grand re-opening ceremony, featuring special guest speakers, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and a free youth clinic. Bobby Speisman’s family was on hand for the event, as were New York Knicks Legends John Starks and Larry Johnson.
Tagged: basketball, Bobby Speisman Court, childhood, Irvington, New York, travel, Westchester Knicks
On Tuesday Penny lost her third, and first front, tooth. It started to wiggle the week before school. We thought “any day now” but that stubborn tooth hung around like a clingy friend, awkward and annoying. So she started her first day of second grade with snaggle tooth in tow. She skillfully ate around it and prayed each night she wouldn’t swallow it in her sleep.
When she came home from school on Tuesday she ran right to the mirror to assess her new look. With a confident nod she deemed it “cool”. I think she looks kinda hilarious and I guiltily chuckle, as only a mom can, when I see that gaping hole.
Tagged: childhood, lost tooth
Four years ago I brought Lucas to Pirate Adventures in Annapolis. His vivid imagination overwhelmed him and he couldn’t enjoy the adventure. He sat closely to me on the boat, clutching my handbag so that the pirates couldn’t steal it.
It was a beautiful summer day, perfect to enjoy Annapolis. I knew Penny and Oliver would enjoy the pirate experience so after four years we made our way back to Pirate Adventures. To my surprise Lucas remembered every detail of that day four years earlier; how he tripped in the parking lot and scraped his knee and the things I said to ease his worries and keep a smile on his face.
Tagged: Annapolis, Chesapeake, childhood, Pirate Adventures, travel
Tagged: childhood, kindergarten, school
