Miss Piggy

Breakfast went something like this this morning.

(I made bacon and eggs and Elyse loves bacon...really who doesn't? oh and by the way in case you were wondering it IS nitrate free)

E:MMmmm this bacon is so good. Thanks for making me bacon Can.

C: Don't thank me thank the pig.

E: Thanks for making me bacon Kass.

there you have it...I'm a pig.

1st day celebrations

My cute kiddie started 1st grade! SO I guess I am officially old...boo.

So we are in a new school this year. Its a long story that you can read here

I really didn't think that the school was that bad, but if its in the paper it must be true.

So the first day of school on a new city block was INSANE! Its on a smaller street so its about half the sidewalk space of 57th.... I'm sure all the old crotchety NY'ers will be calling 311 complaining about all the people and the noise. Anywhooo....since there is NO room in the new school we couldn't even take our kid to her new room and meet her new teachers, I have never been anxious about school before, but not seeing her get settled in made me feel unsettled.

So after school we were going to have a little water park celebration. For all of you non NY'ers that means going to play in the sprinkler at the park. Sad but true. Well really not so sad because the kids have so much fun. Well it turned out that the sprinkler was turned off! Bummer. So I was talking to my friend Natalia about colon cleansing and such...in case you don't click on the link Natalia is a die hard Raw foodist/nutritionist/colon cleanser etc. So right before I started talking to her I made a plan with my friend to meet at Buttercup which is SOOO much better than Magnolia and not even in the same sphere as the schookenblechy Crumbs. Anywhoo...in Natalia's world Buttercup would be a no no. Really there is no point to this story other than to say I was too embarrased to tell her that we were going there and had to whisper in E's ear that we would be getting a treat if she could be patient for a few minutes while we talked. Lame right? Why should I care what she thinks? Well I do because I know she's right...but I went on to have the most incredible banana pudding EVER! E ordered her own cupcake...she loves to order stuff and act like an adult : ) I was feeling so generous even L got a cupcake....with a teensy bit of frosting. We can induldge every once in a while especially on the first day of first grade. PS my friend Meredith makes the same cupcakes for many class events...this is our 3rd year with her daughter Ruby in the class!!