Browsing All posts tagged under »baby«

Cloudy With A Chance of Children

December 11, 2010

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Life in the Boomer Lane is getting ready for the kids to descend on the house for the holidays (As she writes this, Jorge/George, the normally tree-climbing lawn guy, is dragging the ladder out of the garage so he can string the interior holiday lights.) Technically, they will be celebrating Chanukah, which will have already been over […]

Christmas in London: Santa is booked, but an elf might be available.

December 4, 2010

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                                                                                                                   As a Jewish American, I feel uniquely qualified to pass judgment on how the Brits celebrate their Christmas season.  All the same trappings are there: the trees, the lights, the shopping mania, the bleary-eyed pseudo-Santas roaming the streets.  But I am here to observe some of the differences.  After all, like with the English […]

Chanukah Cookies a la Jonah (17 months) and NeNe (62 years and 17 months)

December 3, 2010

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Chanukah Cookies a la Jonah (17 months) and NeNe (62 years and 17 months)  ½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 beaten egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 ½ cups flour ¼ tsp salt 1 ½ tsp baking powder (This recipe is supposed to make 40 2” cookies, but Jonah and NeNe could only get about […]

Being “Granddad” Without Having Been “Dad”

August 18, 2010

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Dan and I married in 2006.  Dan lived in a high rise condo in Washington DC.  He was single, with no children and no pets.  I lived in a house in Arlington, VA.  I was divorced after well over two decades of marriage, with three grown children and a cat.  One year after our marriage, […]

Being A Granddad Without Ever Having Been A Dad

August 18, 2010

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Now Husband and Life in the Boomer Lane married in 2006.  NH lived in a high-rise condo in Washington DC.  He was single, with no children and no pets.  LBL lived in a house in Arlington, VA.  She was divorced, after well over two decades of marriage, with three grown children and a cat.  One […]

Creating A Baby Sex Symbol For Fun and Profit

August 14, 2010

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Huggies has a new “limited edition” disposable diaper, made to look like denim. Life in the Boomer Lane is a great fan of denim, and she thinks the diaper is a stroke of genius. But she has a huge issue with the commercial that she has already seen at least six times. In the commercial, […]

Pork Cheeks and Buffalo Milk Ice Cream

June 20, 2010

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Sorry, US.  You can take a lesson from the Brits about how to run a food festival.  The annual Taste of London restaurant festival was held yesterday in Regent’s Park, just a few blocks from Beloved Daughter’s flat.  A mind boggling array of restaurants and pubs were represented.  Many of them had created charming outdoor […]

Smuggling Babies Across Borders

June 17, 2010

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Life in the Boomer Lane spent one memorable Thanksgiving in London with Beloved Daughter and her family. Her younger son/youngest child and Her Always Baby and his girlfriend joined them.  Her Always Baby and his girlfriend had been together over a year, but this was her first experience traveling with LBL’s family.  For part of their stay, they […]

Grandma Does London

June 15, 2010

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Life in the Boomer Lane is in London to celebrate the first birthday of First Grandchild.  Like any besotted grandmother, she believes her grandchild walks on water (or he would, if he walked).  On her last trip to London, she tried to smuggle him through Customs between France and the UK.  She has decided not […]

Off to London in A Shopping Cart

June 1, 2010

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Life in the Boomer Lane is leaving for London in a week to celebrate the first birthday of First Grandchild.  On her last visit, she, along with Younger Son’s girlfriend, Artist Janelle, attempted to smuggle said grandchild across the border from France onto the Eurostar train that goes through the chunnel, in order to get […]