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Snow arrived here in earnest a few weeks ago and I had to scramble to get boots. I don’t know why I’m so ill prepared this year — I know snow is coming, and I know the kids need new winter gear every year because they grow too quickly, but I failed to plan ahead this […]

I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to the Chicago area for college. When I think back on the winter gear that I packed for my first winter in Chicago, it makes me laugh each and every time. I mean, I had NO CLUE what I was in for! My gloves were thin […]

Last Thursday in Brooklyn we had another doozy of a winter day. At 7am I looked out the window and saw big flakes swirling past on their way down to the sidewalk and decided that I was going to give the boys an unofficial snow day – an excuse to indulge their wintery whims and end […]

Last winter was a doozy here in New York, and the snowiest I’ve experienced in the past 11 years here. I somehow managed to survive without snow boots all these years, but now that my kids are older and really into playing in the snow, snow boots are a must this year. I bought mine […]

After an unusually temperate fall, winter just snuck up on us, bringing with it lots of snow much earlier in the season than years past. I’ve always winged it when it came to snow gear for the kids because it was easy to do activities indoors when we just had Charlie. Last year it was […]

Juliet is now 4 months old and this is the longest I have ever nursed a baby.  I stopped nursing Drake at 3 months and switched to pumping, which was early September.  Now it’s November and the weather has finally taken a turn. With it comes thick chunky sweaters, tall boots, and layers for me […]

I am going to tell you my best tips and tricks for getting outside in cold weather with a baby. I feel qualified to do this because we have spent oodles of time in the great outdoors in temperatures ranging from a balmy 20 degrees F to slightly below zero, and no one ended up […]