As summer draws to an end, I thought I would share with you a passage from one my favorite end-of-summer posts, written last year by Mommybites contributor Mina Mckiernan, as a letter to her daughters: My hope for you is that this summer inspired you to travel as much as possible in life, to seek […]
Author: Heather Ouida
Heather co-founded babybites with business partner Laura Deutsch. Heather was a learning specialist where she taught in London for many years as well as at The Dalton School in Manhattan. Heather holds a BA in psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, an MA in child development form Tufts University and acquired her learning specialist degree form York University in England. Heather currently resides in Manhattan her husband, two boys, two fish and pet turtle. Heather’s hobbies include, hot yoga, Nutella eating, writing, Bravo watching, reading and sharing inappropriate jokes with girl friends.
Ice Buckets, ALS and Lou Gehrig
This seems to be the summer of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It is also the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s speech announcing his retirement from Major League Baseball following his diagnosis of ALS: “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself […]
Wedding Crasher, Take Two
Remember the couple whose engagement proposal I crashed last fall? Well, I think I may have bumped into them again in the buffet line at a summer party last weekend. We happened to start chatting (truth be told, after a few glasses of rosé I tend to think that everyone is my BFF), and I […]
Through the Eyes of a Child
The other day, my younger son pointed to a woman on a TV commercial and said, “Mom, that woman looks like you!” Bless his little soul, but the actress on the screen looked nothing like me. She was young, very pretty, super tall and well – all professional actressy looking. I tried to figure out […]
Until We Had Kids
I often read the the last page of a magazine first (with the exception of The Week, where I read the Real Estate page in the middle first). So I had to smile when I read the last page of this month’s New York Family Magazine first, and discovered this delightful piece by Scott Ambrose […]
Sing It Like You Mean It!
OK – I have a new crush. No, it’s not Brad Pitt (that’s an old crush). Or a new slightly random crush – that’s Jason Bateman (who’s with me?). It’s this dude right here singing his heart out with his daughter (and his wife, by the way). Here’s to encouraging our kids to “sing it […]
Chocolate Saltines
Now that summer is in full swing, it’s time for long hot days on the beach, campfires and my personal favorite – BBQs. Now, as many of you know, I am a terrible cook (and by terrible, I mean downright awful). So when I offer to bring something to contribute to a summer BBQ, the host […]
The Joy of Play
These breathtaking and magical photos of children playing in various countries around the world are just too good not to share. “No matter their cultural background, no matter their economic situation, kids will always find imaginative ways to have fun. Their wild imaginations and magical childhood moments, when captured on camera by talented photographers, can […]