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I love our neighbors so much! Katie and Tom opened their house for a fun (and raucous) party for Otis. I love our little people, too!
A well visit for our little four-year-old. Hearing, check. Vision, check. Immunizations, check.
Good morning! A blanket of snow has covered Sour Cherry Farm, but it’s bright and sunny outside, so Sam is ready to play! This says 10 inches, but I think we got more. It was hard for me to hold […]
Well, it finally came. This warm, snow-less winter came to a screeching halt Saturday morning. Luckily, we were prepared, and had Joan Nathan’s Brisket recipe at our fingertips. And a new (used) snowblower in the garage: The snow settled in […]
One of Sam’s (many) Christmas presents was a chess-checkers game. Greg has been enjoying teaching her some strategy:
Pal-ing around with the family on a Sunday night.
This one on the couch, and a bolognese on the stove? That’s a good winter afternoon.
Sam and Greg were messing around with crayons one night after work and came up with these really fun drawings. Bravo, family. Bravo.
Somehow, we’ve made it through four years without a visit to the Greenburgh Nature Center. That ends today. It’s actually a fine, fun little place. Inside, upstairs, there are various small animals that kids can see and even touch: Turtle […]
First, a bit of Legos with Dad, then a mussels-chorizo dinner on our own. A nice evening to wind down the holidays.
A magical Christmas night at Peggy and Jim’s this year. Ham! Sweet potatoes with pecans! Green beans! And so much delicious dessert. Sam and Maggie playing as Amanda looks surprised! Greg, David, Leigh: Conversation in the great room: Setting the […]
As you might expect, Samantha made out like a bandit. From Santa: A teepee, a toy rocketship and some drawing pads. From Grammy and LeighLo: a toy piano, a microscope and doll clothes. From mom and dad: a game of […]
A ridiculously cute performance of “Dreidle, Dreidle” and “The 12 Days of Christmas,” then a visit from (who else?) Santa Claus. Five golden rings! Santa came! Merry Christmas!
Our little angel! Sam, Holly and Carter: A heavenly host! Waiting to go on. Gloria! And afterwards, the parish advent party:
Sam likes to build, as she says, “a tall, tall tower” with her Legos.
This is not, nor ever will be, a craft blog. But when you have a four-year-old, and you’re heading into Christmas, some crafting is bound to be done. This year, it’s salt dough ornaments. So here is my obligatory Christmas […]
An embarrassment of photos of Sam doing her ballet class and their version of “The Nutcracker.” I would guess this post is for family only. Snow Queen:
So beautiful. It’s so comforting to take out those ornaments and remember the friends and family we’ve shared them with over the years.
It’s the little things. Like building a Lincoln Logs log cabin worth of a “Little House on the Prairie” book. Complete with the very un-PC soldier set we inherited from the neighbors up the street. Fun playtime with Sam.
A fun day in Nyack, starting with the Russian Festival for lunch, and ending with an evening by the fire. Stuffed cabbage rolls, beef stroganoff and dumplings! Not so happy to be there: The “holiday boutique.” Sweets and treats; Les […]
Sam! You’re four! Grammy and LeighLo came over to celebrate. We toasted you with Manhattans. We ate pork and polenta. We opened presents. And you ate dinner at the table with us, sat in a big-girl chair and used big […]
Nina and Sam were born just a few days apart, and so every year, we celebrate birthdays together. This year, Nina’s party, at her house, featured a special guest: Snow White! Neighbors and friends: Katie and Tom! More Snow White […]
Oh frabjous day, calloo callay! Sam is four! The night before her party, we blew up helium balloons! Festive! And this year, it’s warm enough to have her birthday party outside. We borrowed the bouncy castle from Susan. We made […]
Good morning, precious!
Our first trip to Lincoln Center with Sam! The occasion: a trip to see the Big Apple Circus. Way better than the dinky circus we’ve taken her to in Westchester for a couple of years. I always left there feeling […]
Sam got her first haircut! Just a tiny trim; not a real full-blown cut and shaping. But our little girl has past another milestone! She was a little nervous at first … … but she relaxed after the washing was […]
The farm’s friend Tania Savayan made some beautiful portraits for our family photos of 2015. We shot at Garner Arts in Garnerville — a departure from the farm-and-field ones we’ve done in the past. We are thrilled with how they […]
It’s time. It’s time to stop feeding Samantha early, going through her bedtime rituals, prepping our own dinner, having a glass of wine and finally sitting down to eat at 10 p.m. We are going to eat together. Starting now. […]
A Samantha-Mommy day! We went to the park with friends, then went shopping for a Halloween costume, then headed home to make an art project with leaves and a few Halloween cookies. A fun (and exhausting!) day! The playground at […]
A couple of candles on one of Hunna’s favorite cakes, the Swedish Visiting Cake. Happy happy!
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
