Kara
Kara, her husband, and two little girls M and Z live in the idyllic town of Rowayton. She was born and raised in West Virginia and, although she has lived in the New York metro area for over fifteen years, is a mountaineer forever (Go ‘Eers!). In addition to being a mom to M (born in 2011) and Z (born in 2013), Kara is a full time attorney working in Manhattan and a hobbyist photographer. When not battling Metro North, she enjoys practicing her photography skills, reading the latest best-sellers, trying new recipes for the girls, getting outdoors whether running, hiking or snowshoeing, and competing with her husband for the self-proclaimed title of “Efficiency Expert.” If you can’t find her doing any of these things, she most likely has fallen asleep on the sofa while attempting to watch the latest “must see” movie.
Picture Perfect or Not, Get in Front of the Camera
I have loved photography for as long as I can remember. To me, there is something magical about capturing and, if done well, evoking the mood or spirit of a moment, demonstrating in two-dimensional...
Get Out the Sweaters, Turn On Some Football, and Pass The Squash Soup: A...
The kids are back to school, and soon there will be a nip in the air. I personally love fall. Maybe it is because I always loved going back to school, or maybe because...
Independence Day: Free of the Breast Pump but Not Free of Emotion
With my daughter's first birthday and the 4th of July holiday near us, I am approaching another independence day of sorts; freedom from the breast pump, my mechanical sidekick for the past ten or...
All Signs Indicate That Kids Were Here :: A Fun Photography Project
If you have read some of my other posts, you know that I love taking photographs and that I especially love photographing and documenting my family, particularly my two girls. But…sometimes getting a fun...
Forget De-cluttering :: The ABC’s of Preventing Clutter Before It Starts
It seems like everywhere these days there are articles, blog posts, books, and Pinterest pages galore dedicated to de-cluttering, organizing, and purging. My co-FCMB contributor, Michelle, even recently wrote about her experience reading and implementing...
One, Dos, Trois :: Fun Foreign Language Books for Kids
Learning a foreign language is always on my “List” (you know those lists…things I would do if I had more time, things I wish I had done when I was younger, things I would have...
Have You Discovered Usborne Books Yet?
I have always loved books. After having kids, my passion for books and reading has become slightly more than an obsession. I have close to 200 books on my Amazon wish list and have...
Mother Earth Mama: Tips and Tricks for Reducing Your Impact
I have always been environmentally conscious and concerned with what my impact was doing to the larger world. As a kid, I collected aluminum cans (my hometown did not, and still has limited municipal...
Kids in the Kitchen: Make Dinner & Teach Math, Reading, and Science at the...
I have distinct memories of whenever my mother baked or cooked during my childhood always having a chair pulled over to the end of our kitchen counter. Atop my wooden perch, I was strategically...
There’s an App for…Your Toddler: Some Favorite Kid-Friendly Apps
Stuck on a long flight with a restless toddler?...There's an app for that!
Waiting in a never-ending line and you forgot to stock the diaper bag with the essentials (you know, paper, crayons, stickers)?...There's an app...