Author Archives: jessica

Sesame Street Live at MSG: 1, 2, 3 Imagine

Posted in Discount Codes, NY by jessica on February 22, 2012

Who wouldn’t like to hang out for an hour or two on Sesame Street?

One of the highlights of my family’s winter every year is to see what surprises are in store for the new production of Sesame Street Live….and of course, every year I get roped into adding a new Sesame Street Live cast recording to my CD collection

This year, kids attending the show are invited to come to the theater a hour early and play in a super fun PlayZone consisting of props and stage settings from Sesame Street. The fact that my daughter got to play on a piano like the one from Elmo’s world made running into the Subway early on a Sunday morning almost worth it

Wordless Wednesday: A Random Assortment from Toy Fair and a twitter contest!

Posted in Wordless Wednesday by jessica on February 22, 2012

In no particular order…

Colorful tushies advertising something…

I met Peter Yarrow!

Disturbing toy

Amy Mascott aka teachmama

Glitter tattoos!

Heroes in a half shell are back!

If you’re on twitter, copy this tweet to win a your very own Spark Shark Fish Hunt:

RT to win! @peekababy is getting this awesome shark from @MelissaAndDoug img.ly/e1wB and I want one too! #tf12

A random tweeter will win their very own shark toy from Melissa and Doug

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A peek Into My Kitchen: Stuffed Acorn Squash with Israeli Couscous, Apples and Cranberries

Posted in A Peek Into My Kitchen, Food and Drink, meatless monday by jessica on February 20, 2012

I love stuffed vegetables and my kids love eating them because they’re so much fun to dissect on your plate. A lot of recipes take a lot of work, a lot of time or both. This one requires neither! It could be served as a side dish, but we eat as a main dish with some roasted vegetables (like cauliflower) on the side.

Stuffed Acorn Squash with Israeli Couscous, Apples and Cranberries

1 acorn squash

1-2 Tbsp olive oil

2 small onions, chopped (about 1/2 cup)

1 small apple, chopped (about 1 cup)

1/2 cup dried cranberries

Babyccino? No No NO

Posted in Current Affairs, Food and Drink, NY, Parenting by jessica on February 20, 2012

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that such a thing exists…and that it has a super-annoying cutesy term to go along with it.

It turns out that there are a whole bunch of cool coffee shops in Brooklyn at which the most-hipster-y of hipster parents can order a mini-decaf cappuccino or steamed milk for their little ones…so many, in fact, that the term ‘babyccino‘ was coined and can be used to order such off-the-menu craziness.

Let’s set aside the issue of giving your child actual coffee, which aside from an occasional taste of the milk foam from atop an adult’s drink is a pretty terrible idea. I actually love steamed milk. I love it even more with cinnamon or honey, and I’m sure that my kids would love sipping some in a coffee shop as well, assuming I could get them an ice-cube to go along with it.

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Stream Of Consciousness : Fate, Marriage and Graphic Design

Posted in General, Misc. by jessica on February 19, 2012

I haven’t done this for a while, but here goes

Hmm…so the optional writing prompt was about fate and whether or not I believe in it. I’m not sure that I want to touch that one with a ten-foot poll…it does remind me of the story of how I met my husband though. If that was fate, it worked out pretty well

I have actually known my husband for about 20 years. Yup, we met when I was just about 14…in Israel, where he grew up and lived his whole life until I ‘imported’ him…but that’s another story entirely. I only have 5 minutes here, so we’ll do the nutshell version. I was in Israel for Passover vacation with my family, and Rafi, my now husband, was babysitting for a family that lived near my family in NY but had a second home in Israel. We were invited for a barbecue with another family and I met him…I have to say that I wasn’t particularly impressed. Another friend did end up ‘dating’ him for a while (in that 14 year old sense of the word, lol)We kept in touch somewhat, and, when I went back to Israel to spend a year between high school and college (that year is a whole other story in itself), I had a horrible breakup with the guy that I was dating at the time and ended up in a rebound relationship. He went into the Israeli army, we dated exclusively long distance when I went back home, he moved to NY for college…fast forward a bunch of years, and here we are married with two kidlets. Fate, maybe so.Is shameless promotion allowed in Stream of Consciousness? I guess it must be, because that;s what’s in my head right now. Have you seen my awesome monkey logo? My husband designed that. He even won a Graphic Design USA award for it. He left his job and is currently looking for a new one. Hear that folks? fabulous graphic designer looking for work…inclusing any and all freelance. check out his website at rafib.comhis was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

Random Presidents’ Day Trivia

Posted in Education by jessica on February 17, 2012

My kindergartener is definitely becoming a trivia buff…he wants to know everything about everything. generally at the exact moment the question pops into his head.

As a teacher, I also have an affinity for random tidbits of information. No knowledge is bad knowledge, right

With Presidents’ weekend coming up, I was pretty excited to have a list of random president-related facts appear in my inbox. While I don’t think my kiddo will really care which president was which, you can never have too many interesting things to say about teeth or alligators on the playground…

Fun Facts about the Chief Executives:

A minimum of 300 billion portraits of Abraham Lincoln have been created – that’s how many pennies have been made since 1787.