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As I combed super girl's hair this morning, I felt a bump on her scalp.....one quick look and I knew it was a tick! I took a deep breath, called the local walk in clinic and off we went to get the parasite removed. The doctor, who is a Lyme disease specialist takes a look and dryly says "this is probably been there for 48 hours....." He removes the disgusting blood sucking invader and I meekly ask "so I'm more of a city kinda girl, and I don't know much about ticks in CT...what's the best thing to do to prevent the kids getting them?" 1. Do a tick check every single night, head to toe/ 2. Don't let them play in grassy areas 3. Don't let them play in wooded areas 4. If they have to play outdoors they should be wearing long sleeves and long pants. Ideally white clothing 5. Their pant legs should be tucked into their socks 6. They should wear bug spray Great I'm so glad we left the city for the great freedom of a backyard! Super...

Sometimes, I think that we enjoy what the city has to offer more now that we live on the outside than when we lived on the inside... Yesterday we treated ourselves to a perfect city day with the kids. On foot we go! :) Helped with an art installation Enjoyed a Merce Cunningham performance Pondered the big questions! Took in some street art Got a cool view from the dance studio Strolled on the  High Line Sweet break at the Chelsea Market Stopped in at a Keith Haring show. Theo studied him last year.  Took in the Picasso exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery.  Back home to Westport

Going to the emergency is stressful. If it's for your kid it's even more so and if it's in the burbs and for your kid,  it's really really stressful! Sunday was son #1's tenth birthday (I'm still in shock!). Anyway, after a nice family birthday lunch hubby and I were leisurely walking back to our car while the three kids were running back to the car, playing tag. It was giggles and smiles the whole way....until we reached my car and my youngest, super-girl, age 3 ran, head first into the parking meter. And I mean pounded into to it!  Within seconds a huge, purple egg formed on her forehead and it just kept on growing.  Stop everything, we need to take her to a doctor ....yes but who? The pediatrician is off-duty and 20 minutes away, the walk-in clinic is now closed, am I really going to call 911....that leaves us with the closest ER which we've never had to visit thus far. Ok but where is this hospital exactly? All I can say is thank goodness for...

Spring weather is here (well sort of) and that means that I'm more desperate than ever to leave the car behind! When the kids are in school I try and bike solo around as much as I can (and not get killed). But I also wanted to bike with the kids as much as possible this summer. The dream is to bike to the beach, to the tennis courts and to the pool. The only problem is that I have 2 out of 3 kids who can ride their own bike, the third is still too little. I took my dilemma to my friendly neighborhood bike store and the owner introduced me to the trailer bike. I thank my lucky stars that I have "super-girl" for a daughter and she's taken to this contraption from the first ride! Yippee! We're all on wheels for the summer.

"City Girl doing Dead Hang to Inverted Rings, this morning at Crossfit"  Even in suburbia you can learn new tricks and push past your own limits!

Saturday night Hubby and I headed to NYC for dinner with some good friends so I knew it was going to be a fun night. I started the evening by seeing this sign just as we got to the city and I just had to smile... I love that NYC attitude!

Many of us make the decision to leave the city to offer our kids a "better" public school experience. Our experience so far has been very positive so far. The class sizes are smaller, the range of special classes like Spanish and Technology are impressive, the individual support is amazing, but as this You Tube video shows there are some serious downsides to living in a wealthy, safe and entitled suburb.  http://06880danwoog.com/2011/03/25/sticks-and-stones/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog As an adult, when you move to the burbs you have to fight the system to remain an individual.  The majority of people have a very clear idea of what life out here should look like and if you don't conform you pay a price. You don't have as many friends, you don't get invited as much etc. There are definitely mommy clicks out here. Sadly this is also true for your kids. Of course bullying happens in the city. I'm not sure it's as severe though because in the city the...