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February Spring

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 Mother nature gave us a glorious taste of spring this week. 77 degree weather in February! We were in shorts and t-shirts. It was amazing. Sometimes those days are that are suppose to be really warm trick you a little bit, but this was full on spring-summerish weather. Also made extra special since it was mid-winter recess from school and we had the week off.  The whole city was alive. Central Park was filled with the most people so far this year. It was amazing to see her being used like she is supposed to. Bass and a saxophone duo were going on by the Lake. It was glorious! We spent the entire day outside because the next day February was back, high of 46.  I feel like I talk about weather a lot on here, but when you live in a small space and do not have a car, the weather really effects your day more so. We have to get out rain or shine, or we all go crazy. Having a day like this was a gift. I am so looking forward to warmer days. Looks like the groundhog lied about its sha

The Year of the Dog

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Gong xi fa cai from NYC! Chinese New Year is my second favorite holiday. The kids had the holiday off from school, which I was surprised, but then really excited by. That meant we could get our CNY on.  Chinatown was kicking the new year off with a fire works show with 600 fire works! Rapha, Cosette and I went to attend this exciting activity. Henry opted to go to work with Dad (boring). But he probably had more fun there than he would have with us  Conveniently there was a playground right by the festival area where we hung out with friends while we waited for the fire works. The playground saved the outing! It took a while before the fireworks went off, and I do not know if we would have made it without the playground. Even though the wait was longer than anticipated, it was exciting. There was a dragon circling the square, poppers, silly string, and poppers shooting out confetti. There was a few presentations including a lion dance, which I could barely see, but I could h

A Night with Jojo Moyes

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"Everyone should live at least one year in New York." My favorite line from Jojo Moyes's speech introducing her new novel, Still Me . Author Jojo Moyes kicked off her book tour for Still Me in NYC, appropriate since it is where the book takes place. Great for me, because it was only a couple blocks from our apartment. Lyndon got home five minutes before the discussion and signing took place, and I was still able to make it before the event started. My running is paying off! Reading Ms. Moyes' previous book,  Me Before You , left me heartbroken (hopeless romantic here). You'll understand if you've read it or seen the film (which I still have not seen, for fear of bawling for the next week). The story is incredible, characters lovable, and takes place in a quaint English town that you would probably only pass through if visiting the UK. Lyndon and I drove through a lot of small towns like that, some that even included castles perched on hilltops. Being the

School Time: Henry’s in Pre-K

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Henry started Pre-K in September. We are lucky in NYC and there is free Pre-K for all, as long as you get into a program. The process is more stressful than applying for college. The school we are zoned for did not have any openings at all. There are a few programs close to Cosette's school that are really good. I could not apply till we had a NYC address. Once we got approved for our apartment I was pounding the pavement, well the email and phone trying to get Henry into a good program. He had already completed a year and a half of school, and I wanted him to continue the momentum he has on his education.  Since we missed both deadlines to apply for Pre-K we were on long waiting lists at all the schools. At our number one choice we were 117th on the wait list. I had been calling them and emailing them all summer, so when I went to talk to them in person they were like oh it's you, haha. Miracles of miracles happened and after the first week of school I got a call and they