Ma What's For Dinner?

Look out New York, here comes Ma!

Well look at us all fancy…check out our feature in the New York Daily News Website.

You can read the full article here at NY Daily News Moms and the City Blog

What a busy week we’ve had!

On Monday, Keegan started Kindergarten.

On Tuesday we rounded up Team Fitz and went on down to New York City to shoot a segment for New York Nonstops new show

Moms and the City and a Dad Named David

Man oh man are we tired but what a blast we had!

First Denise Albert, she’s one of the Moms from Moms and the City, and I got our food prep taken care of…

Then I did an interview with Denise and David Ushery

Next we got down to some good ol’ fashioned cooking.

I grabbed my little helpers

And we got cooking!

First up…Hungry Caterpillars instead of the pb&j version we switched things up with avocado and hummus spreads topped with cukes and tomato.

Next recipe?  Muffin Man Pizzas

And finally…Twirly Whirly Pasta Salad

Denise’s son, he’s in the middle up there between Brady and Keegan, he’s not exactly an adventurous eater.

Well that boy couldn’t get enough of our muffin man pizzas!

He helped me make them and he gobbled them up (one with bell peppers and mushrooms on it much to his mother’s shock) and asked if we could do this every night!

Now if that’s not a satisfied customer I’m not sure what is!

The show will air here in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area sometime in September, but keep a look out for it on your local NBC station.  I’ll let you know a definitive date when I get it.

I’ll be posting some segments from our finished pilot presentation soon.  Keep your eyes peeled guys, Ma What’s For Dinner is hitting the airwaves!

Getting hungry yet?

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I’m a little out of sorts today…

I didn’t sleep a wink last night.

And it’s not because I kept replaying the image of Jimmy Fallon singing the Boss backed by the Glee kids all night long…

Ok, well not all night at least.

It’s because of this…

My oldest started kindergarten today and I’m a blubbering mess.

Why?

Because my darlin’ little Keegan who has been soooooo excited to start school got a tiny bit nervous just as that big yellow bus drew close…he grabbed my hand and squeezed and said, “Mommy?”

I panicked!

Then without missing a step he jumped on board and took off with hardly a backwards glance.

Then he was off…

Off to school…

Off to the rest of his life…

I need a moment…

I’ll get back to you tomorrow with more.

Sniff sniff…

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So sorry for being a bit quiet this week. I’ve been running around like a crazy Ma having meetings with production companies and network execs! Very exciting stuff. Stay tuned for lots and lots of good stuff. Meanwhile we’ll be shooting a segment for Moms and the City and a Dad Named David in a of couple weeks.  I’ll keep you posted on when you can see it.

Today’s Wordless/full Wednesday is about Courage.

This is my oldest, my most cautious, my most thoughtful boy, Keegan.  We went to a carnival and usually he’s not interested in the big rides.  Especially a 350 foot slide!  Well the little man was terrified but he got up there and threw caution to the wind and launched himself down that slide like a mad man.

See that look on his face?  Hysterical!

“Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.”  Nelson Mandela

When that kid got to the bottom of the slide his smile was as big as those eyes!

Priceless!

This is one of my favorite memories of the summer.

I can’t believe the kids go to school in two weeks.

What’s your best memory of this summer?

Hello to all the new Welcome Wednesday friends.  Please leave mem a note that you were here so I can come return the favor.

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Go, Ma, it’s your birthday, we’re gonna party like it’s your birthday…

It is my birthday.

I can’t believe it.  

I’m old…

Well, not there, that’s me young.

Now…not so much.

Usually I don’t mind the birthdays.  Especially the big ones…

25 was a great one, seemed to be chugging along quite well, mid-twenties were awesome.

30 was a breeze, I was feeling good, I was preggo with the first kid, all seemed to be going to plan.

35 was cool.  I can handle mid-thirties.  I’m a grown up, but I’m still fun.

It’s the random years I seem to have trouble with.

28 was the toughest one.  I panicked, I was late 20s.  I couldn’t imagine.  How could I, she who could party like a rock star, be almost dare I say, 30???

And today?

Today I’m closer to 40 than I am to 30.

OH EM GEE!!!!!!!

Today I am past “advanced maternal age” (though I don’t plan on doing that again!)  Today I am old enough to require blood pressure checks to take bcp’s.  Today feels like I am officially a grown up.

Today things don’t bounce back like they once did.  It used to be in order to lose 10 pounds I just needed to stop drinking beer for a week.  Now, if I have a beer I gain 10 pounds.  Not to mention the fact that if I have 1 beer too many I’m hungover for days.  I used to be able to drink til 4 in the morning and still make an 8 o’clock class in college.  ( AND Yes, I know that is so NOT cool, but I’m just trying to be descriptive here.)

A few weeks ago, I hurt my foot, and it’s been bugging me ever since, thus, I haven’t been to the gym in ages.  Many mornings I wake up and something actually hurts?  I ache.  Like an old person?  WTF?

Not to mention the fact that I used to be a very very smart girl.  Stop laughing…for real!  Now, I can’t even yell at the right kid without going through everyone else’s name first, including the dogs!

But don’t worry!  Really.  I’ll be fine.  I’m good.  You want to know why?

That’s it right there.  How can I not stay young chasing that crew around?  They make me smile, they make me laugh, they make me insane, but they certainly keep me young and happy.  And getting older means they are growing too, and I’m around to see it.  Around to share all those amazing memories as they discover who they are in life.

When those little faces burst into my room, at 6:30 am I might add, screaming

“Happy Birthday Mommy, let’s make a special birthday breakfast!”

How can you not be excited about your birthday?

So…

“Go, Ma, It’s your birthday, we’re gonna party like it’s your birthday!”

Oh, and it helps I’ll be in NYC this weekend celebrating with all my girlfriends too.  Gotta have a little girl time to celebrate being closer to 40 right?

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Now this is the sign of a good summer day!

Hey everyone…thanks for all your patience.  I’m still not back up and at ‘em.  My hubs has been a doll and took the oldest two out all weekend to let me get some rest.  He wiped the boys out and this is the end result!  Gotta love it!

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