Category Archives: Creativity

The Calendar Kids Recipes Part 1

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It’s that time of year when I like to take an inventory of all the fun stuff I did. A few things I  enjoyed were reading and cooking with my daughter. In ‘The Calendar Kids’ series, I got to do both. There are 12 books, one for each month, and each book focuses on one kid (named after the month) as they explore seasons, holidays, and memorable moments with friends and family. Each book has a cooking recipe that is tied to the story, and it’s been fun reading the book each month and trying all the recipes. 

The recipe was actually a snowman pancake recipe, but we made hearts instead.
February was chocolate-covered strawberries. I admit it’s not our finest work lol, but it was yummy.
This month, the recipe was a rainbow donut. We did munchkins instead.
April we did dirt pudding! It was so good.
May’s recipe was a Cinco de Mayo salsa. Which was yummy.
June’s recipe was Dad’s famous burger recipe. I made them mini burgers to make it easier for my daughter to eat.

More to come in part two.

Our 2025 Advent Calendars

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Advent calendars are my jam. I think this will be my families fifth year participating. This year I kept it simple, but still fun.

My daughter Maxine loves all things Gabby.
My cats BB and PJ are sharing treats from Country Kitchen.
My husband and I are sharing the WSJ wine advent calendar.
I got my parents chocolate calendars.

Time to enjoy day 4!

Happy Halloween

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Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I’m really grateful I got to do some amazing things to celebrate this year.

Halloween craft time with family
Maxine got to make her trick or treat bag
She also got to build a bear
During our trip to Disney, we were able to go to the Not So Scary Micky’s Halloween Party
My daughter wanted to collect pumpkins lol
Maxi made a Halloween themed gingerbread house
Made a haunted house
The school’s Trunk or Treat event
Halloween at Queen’s Farm
Annual Lil Goblins party at the New York Junior League
Best Magician
Unicorn balloon !
Halloween bowling school trip

Celebrating Jane Austin at the Morgan Library & Museum

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I visited the Morgan Library & Museum to see the Jane Austin exhibit before it closed. It was packed and crowded, but doing something different with my family was great. The day’s highlights included afternoon tea at the cafe and enjoying the small garden.

Van Gogh’s Starry Nights at NYBG

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I recently attended the New York Botanical Garden’s Starry Nights event. There was live music, dance performances, snacks, and drinks, but the highlight was the drone performance.

It was a unique experience and we had a blast. If we do something similar in the future, I have to remember to bring a blanket to sit on the grass.

Prepping for our Disney Cruise

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We are hours away from boarding our first Disney Cruise and we are excited!!

Making sure I have the essentials….

Princess dresses ✅
Mom and Dad gear ✅
Mouse ears on deck ✅
Fish extender ✅
Magnet decorations for our door ✅
Fish extender and pixie dusting gifts ✅
Tiaras for our Frozen dinner experience ✅
Masks for our Marvel dinner experience ✅
For pirate night! ✅

We are ready!!!

Indoor Play Areas in Queens and Brooklyn

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Here are some indoor play areas/activities that are fun to try when you want to beat the heat (or cold), when it rains, or just for fun.

Twinkle Playspace in Williamburg

Great
slides!
Fun
water play
Dress up areas
Great for parties

PLAYDAY in Long Island City – heavy on art classes vs playground. We attended a birthday party, but they have so many cool offerings: bookmarking, cartooning, collage creations, fashion design, painting and drawing, and printmaking.

Dream City in Forest Hill

Plenty of play areas and play rooms
Great interactive areas
Has an amazing dress up room
Great place for birthday parties

Puzzles in Astoria – have seasonal special events, snapology, STEM based and sensory activities.

Great slide
Had a farm animal event

Lunch with Marc Happel

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At the beginning of January, I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon featuring Marc Happel, the Costume Director for the New York City Ballet at the New York Junior League.

Marc discussed his process of creating costumes for new ballets and his visually stunning book NEW YORK CITY BALLET: CHOREOGRAPHY & COUTURE.

I had an amazing time, enjoying lunch by Liz King of Kings Carriage House, and meeting new friends at the League.

Here are pictures from the event.