I Heart New York

Have you ever noticed how Bostonians have the biggest inferiority complex? They always have to tell you how it's the best city, when in fact if it was the best city they wouldn't need to keep talking about how wicked aweseome it is. That's what I like about New Yorkers. They never go around telling you about how great New York is... they just know that it is.

And that knowledge is all a real New Yorker needs to be sure that they are in fact living in the center of the universe.

Am I actually a really lame mom?

Every day my kids ask me about going to school. The older one says "When do we get to go back to school?" and the little one just plaintively wails "Schhooolll. Schhoool. I wanna go to school!" And every day, I say cheerful as can be "In the summer it's a vacation from school. We do fun stuff together, go to the playground, to the library, play with your friends...." And they just ask again about school. So, I offer up the big things I have to offer over school - we can go to the zoo! Grandpa's beach-house! Out for ice-cream! And still, they just want to go to school. Which makes me have to wonder, is it really that bad hanging out with me? And, more to the point, is it time I called their school and asked them if they have two spaces for the last three weeks of camp?

Tomorrow-day

I'm not usually one to retell my kid's syntax mistakes, but one of Kelly's words is so cute, I just have to share. Whenever I tell her no about anything she asks, "tomorrow-day?" to which I usually answer, "Yes, sweetie pie, tomorrow-day you can do that." Because even Kelly knows tomorrow and tomorrow-day are not the same thing. Tomorrow-day is everything that could be and should be in Kelly's little toddler world, and I wish that even just one of the many tomorrows we live through would live-up to the expectations of a tomorrow-day, too.

Thanks for voting!

Thank you to everyone who voted in the latest poll about where to move.... I can't believe it's 6 to 2 in favor of Brooklyn vs. Westchester and not a single one of my friends or neighbors wants me to stay here on the UWS. hmmm.

Also unbelievable is that there were EIGHT votes. Biggest traffic day ever for Big City Mom!

Who knew my relocation could be so polarizing?

I've posted a new poll focused yet again on where my little family should move. The prior poll had no Brooklyn option (since I would never live there) and no stay on the Upper West Side option (because if that was an option there wouldn't be all this talk of moving). However, since I like to be considerate of all the points of views held by the (few) readers of my blog, here's a new poll with both the Brooklyn and stay put options.
I'll just be happy if more than one person votes and if I get at least as many votes in the poll as I get in protest votes.

Last Day of School

Don't worry, Instructions for Mike will be back soon

Sorry to all the readers of Instructions for Mike (IFM) for the recent blackout of IFM, the blog will be back bigger and better than ever in a few days.
Until then, you're stuck with this, the less inflammatory New York City Mom blog.