Author Archives: Jennifer

Oh for goodness sake. Honestly…really? I can’t move my bloody knee. No motion whatsoever. I can’t bend it which means I cannot walk properly or drive at all. One week as a rock star renders me useless and relying on … Continue reading →

London. Husband waiting in his usual place at Heathrow’s Terminal 3. Eldest son and I nearly ran him over with love and hugs and bags. It had been nearly four weeks and the first thing I always do is bury … Continue reading →

London, LA…LA, London. I’m planning a trip back to London in a week and taking only one of my sons. I’ve never done this before but it’s a special time for him with the lead up to his Bar Mitzvah … Continue reading →

My boys are playing a hide-and-go-tag right now. Aside from the normal hustle, whispers, running, screaming and laughing that is going on behind me, there is an added element to the teams they created…Scarlet, our dog. Scarlet is apparently on … Continue reading →

My son walked into the kitchen this evening. I was cooking and he saddled up at the bar to have a chat. “What’s puberty?” he asked with a slight mumble, as it’s a new word he doesn’t quite know how … Continue reading →

I’m in my bedroom. My door is closed and the younger boys are having a Nerf gun war, goggles on and all. I hear music. It’s Hebrew. Then I hear my son’s voice. He is chanting the blessing before the … Continue reading →

It’s Saturday morning, 7:00 am.  The alarm clock beeps loudly over our sound machine’s ‘ocean’ selection.   Neither Husband or I move.  I hit the snooze button.  It can’t possibly be another school day?  I’m soooo tired and discombobulated.  I slowly … Continue reading →

Yesterday I spent the best part of two hours feeling like a twelve year old.  Not because of some great surge of energy, or outlook or innocence, and certainly not because of botox (not yet anyway), but because I had … Continue reading →

It’s lunchtime and I still haven’t showered from my morning run with Scarlet.  Typical really.  My life right now seems to be consumed by the boys’ new schedule.  Basketball, tennis, music, more basketball, play-dates, karate, soccer… I am a firm … Continue reading →

London.  One week in. We’re here.  Wow.  It’s been quite the week.  First things first, the boys were amazing on the flight and we avoided the horrid closing of Heathrow airport due to a snow storm by just 24 hours.  … Continue reading →