What about your children makes you laugh?
My son has co-opted my 2-year-old daughter's dance style. Watching them dance brings back memories of Elaine in that Seinfeld episode.
What is your favorite family ritual?
Sunday-night dinners. We go shopping together for food (at the greenmarket in the summer) and then have a three-course dinner every Sunday.
What was your most frazzled mom moment?
When I left Rosey (at 2 years old) at a restaurant in South Carolina—we got halfway to the car before we realized it.
What parenting issue do you and your partner disagree most about?
Who is going to take our son to the soccer game at 8:00 a.m.
What is your parenting role: good cop or bad cop?
Kinda okay cop.
What do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about?
Global warming ... I want the world to be here for our children.
What do you wish you had done before you had children?
Slept.
What is a typical Saturday morning in your house like?
An utter kerfluffle, complete mayhem ... anyone want to come over?
What was your mom most right about?
A kneejerk is just a jerk in the end.
What's your...
...guiltiest pleasure?
I hide Häagen-Dazs chocolate chocolate chip ice cream in the freezer drawer and eat it once the kids have gone to bed.
...ideal getaway?
A chick flick. You don't have to board a plane and don't feel guilty for leaving town without the kids, all while you stuff your face with a tub of buttered popcorn.
...favorite clothing item?
Two-inch peep-toe wedges—I commute by bike. Not only do they look great with most looks, but they are the best to bike in.
...current reading material?
Thomas Freidman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded.
What's your preference...
...chocolate or cheese?
Hands down, chocolate!
...cook at home or eat takeout?
Cook at home.
...coddle your tot or let him cry it out?
Cry it out.
