Little Miss Mocha

sweet cravings, salty language and chocolate

Dreaming of Paris

jen | September 17, 2009

Lately, I have been dreaming of Paris.   It’s not your typical “I need to escape my reality” type dreaming.  I dream of a happier life and a wish come true.  A softer reality finally come to fruition…for someone else.  And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Now don’t get me wrong.  If my life [...]

09.11.01

jenadmin | September 11, 2009

Midnight.  Another anniversary of 09/11 over.  What could I possibly say that would add anything to today’s conversation?  Of course I remember it.  Of course I was impacted by it.  Who of us will ever forget the images we saw on television, the words heard over and over on our chosen television or radio stations.  [...]

The hubby, the cabbie and the shimmy

jen | September 11, 2009

If you’re joining me for the first time, I would strongly advise scrolling down and reading the previous post (one, because then you’ll know why I’m talking about cab drivers, and two, because it has a bunch of f-bombs in it.  Oh, yes it does.)  For those of you who enjoyed the story of my son exploring some [...]

Mommy, I want to talk about the word F—

jen | September 9, 2009

The funny thing is that I didn’t go spontaneously deaf, which is what I had thought might happen if I ever I heard my young son say this word aloud.  Maybe it was because this wasn’t the first time. Rewind a few days.  My husband, four year old son and I are driving downtown in [...]

Must read book for moms!

jen | September 9, 2009

Catherine Newman’s book Waiting for Birdy has become one of my all time favourite books.  Newman used to write for a magazine I liked called Wonder Time.  I stumbled across this book in the parenting section of my bookstore one day, recognized her name and bought it.  I adore it.  It’s been in my possession for just over a year, and in [...]

The Happiest Baby on the Planet

jen | September 7, 2009

My sweet baby girl, you are smiling, laughing, cooing and squealing your way through life.  At only nine months old, you haven’t seen much, but you are tickled by it all.  I joke that you must dream of unicorns and rainbows, because I can put you to bed giggling and you will go to sleep [...]

Golden Boy

jen | September 7, 2009

That’s what your grandma calls you.  And there are times when the light hits your hair just right and I wonder if perhaps the light is coming from inside you.  For you are certainly our golden boy; you are the one who brought the sunlight in.  How could we have known, back when you were [...]

In the middle of chaos, there was quiet. And chocolate.

jen | September 5, 2009

Reading and writing have always been an escape for me – I do both for fun, mostly unofficially.  I have bookmarks in about ten books in my living room and my coffee table is covered with stacks of magazines that I know I will end up hoarding.  When I need to get away and find some [...]