Just a few weeks to go before the mini-nugget arrives! It has been hairy around here with a big leak, insurance people and then construction workers coming in and out, stomach viruses, husbands away in Mexico City, and this baby’s prenatal karate practice. Trying to find my center in the middle of the chaos. Each […]
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You’ve heard that saying, “Like white on rice”? Well, any time rice is incorporated in what we’re making in class, the mini-chefs are… like white on rice. NOM, NOM, NOM! They all love it. This past week, we made one of our favorite ingredients the star of the show in a main course dish. These […]
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In class this week, something really beautiful was happening. The big kids were helping and guiding the littler ones. We have a class full of sibling pairs with the exception of one of our two-year-olds. That single child seems to get my children, in particular, to help her out when she needs it. While baking […]
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Notice even more changes in this little bear? Yet another tooth fell out, and she decided that she would like to take a break from brushing out tangles for a while and asked to get her hair bobbed. To complement her new look, we put together these cozy winter hood and mittens from Oliver + […]
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It finally happened! Our girl has become among the officially snaggle-toothed. For a week and a half, she ate around her loose tooth so that she could make it to California, where her grandfather could pull her tooth for her. That baby was hanging on by, well, the skin of its teeth. One afternoon, it […]
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I'm a New York City mum of three children—Mira, 8, Liev, 6, and our littlest Yummy, Genevieve, 2. I teach mommies, preschool kids, and grade school age children (or "Yummies" as I like to call them) how to make delicious things. Read more…