Halloween was a total bust last year thanks to Sandy. I loved last year’s costumes but didn’t really get to show them off, so I was pretty determined to make up for it this year.
Archive: October 2013
We (meaning I) finally carved pumpkins this afternoon. I decided to set up right on the porch so that H could sit and participate in the fun. I knew she wouldn’t actually be able to help much, but at the very least I thought my enthusiasm would be infectious. But this is H participating:
She was totally icked out by the pumpkin innards (understandably). She was much more interested in my iPad and the Pinterest inspiration I was looking at. I even tried to put one of her movies on to keep her excited about hanging out, but it was too bright out there for her to see it. Eventually she just got up and went in the house to play, leaving me by myself! I thought I had years to go before that started happening.
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Thinker Linkers are one of the big things on our holiday radar this year. We took H to Maker Faire New York last month, and these full-size wooden building sets were out for kids to play with. She immediately took to them and dove right in with the older kids, picking up planks and trying to get in on the innovation. She was so enthusiastic that some of the older kids started an alliance, with a boy taking charge and warning the other kids not to let H near the structures they were building (she does have a penchant for destruction, but she just wanted to play).
This was so weird and wonderful, you guys. And it was one of those recipes that made me realize how motherhood has changed my cooking habits. I’ve always been a Food Network fan, but I feel like there used to be a stronger representation in my recipe adventures from places like Bon Appetit or Food & Wine. My cooking vocabulary had many more words like galette or risotto in it than it does these days. I still bring out the big guns occasionally, but the past couple of years I’ve really been craving words like easy and leftovers. Which is why Sunny Anderson’s recipe for “Una de Cada” (One of Each) Enchilada Casserole in a recent Food Network Magazine hit all the right notes for me.
I went to NYCC last weekend, one day on my own and one day with H. She had her picture taken with Batman, who was taking his NYCC duties very seriously. H had no idea what was going on.