Bringing Up Baby

I've tried twice before to post and discovered to my dismay that everything evaporated which i took as a sign that I should quit trying to blog and get back to my normal state of sloth.

Kate and I played monopoly this weekend and she has become really very very good at it. I usually win but this time I saw that with Alice's coaching, kate had become a very sophisticated player. She immediately advised me to borrow severl thousand dollars from the bank, take out a mortgage, set up a long term payment plan and build hotels. I must say that I was totally taken aback. This was not my game of Monopoly but what the hell, in for a penny, in for a pound.

Ironically it gave me the opportunity to demonstrate some basic economics to Kate like why the stock market tanked and what it means to buy sub prime mortgages. I even understood the subject myself. Modern living.

Chinese lessons and soccer completed my life as a suburban mom on Saturday and then Sunday we off for tutoring to help Kate prepare for the Hunter highschool entrance exam. I always hated tests and really wasn't very good at it. Something I didn't share with her because she loves this kind of competitive testing of what she knows. In retrospect I would have loved this kind of help and Kate's really lucky to have this kind of preparation which will stand her in very good stead with the Hunter test for sure but also for the SAT's and any other competitive test she takes.

After several months of facade construction at the Museum, I have newly renovated and uncovered windows in my office and the weather is so spectacular that I am positively thrilled. Soon i will be able to watch them blow up the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons. Last night we were able to have dinner on the roof for the second time in as many days. About 5 years ago i remember going to the Columbus Day parade thinking that I would die from the bone chilling cold. This weekend was warm and wonderful. And it continues.