KELLY MOORHOUSE

Kids say the funniest things

12th November 2009 | 4 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

Nothing entertains me quite as much as the things Ruby comes out with.

We were walking in Central Park the other day when we saw a man dancing in the middle of the road. No music or anything - just rocking out to whatever track was playing inside his head. To be honest, I didn't even look twice. You get a lot of that sort of thing out here and even...

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Kicking and Screaming

28th October 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

There are few things that monopolise one's attention more than a toddler tantrum in full flow. Ruby has had hissyfits before, and what could pass as strops, but I was in no way prepared for the screaming, thrashing, earsplitting tantrums that have issued forth from my little angel in the past couple of weeks. We have at least one major-league tantrum every day, plus three or four mini ones, and...

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Who will be ‘Celebrity Mum Of The Year 2009…

19th October 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this

I may just not be very tuned into this sort of thing, possibly because I don't read celebrity magazines and so don't know the ins and outs of these women's lives, but, reading the shortlist for the 2009 Celebrity Mum of the Year, I did struggle to figure out what some of the finalists had done to make their way into the final fifteen, other than simply meeting the criteria...

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Kayaks and donkeys and swings, oh my!

14th October 2009 | 3 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

I have been so impressed with Ruby since I've been in the States. A few really horrendous, whiningly jet-lagged days aside, she has been a delight, and she really does get attention everywhere she goes. She smiles an angelic smile on that cherubic face with its white-blonde halo, and she wraps the toughest men and the hardest women around her little finger. She's had a lot of adjustments to make...

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John Forté for Music Unites

7th October 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

Last night I was lucky enough to get a very privileged glimpse of the truly exclusive side of Manhattan. My friends were shooting an event for Music Unites, an organisation dedicated to supporting both established and emerging musical talent, and using the power of music to break down barriers and bring its uniting force to deprived communities. Not my usual subject, I know, but please indulge me while I bask...

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There’s a shower in my kitchen.

5th October 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

I thought that would get your attention. Ordinarily, in writing a sentence like that it would be a safe to assume that I was either employing some level of poetic license, or else just dreaming up obscure metaphors. But, I kid you not, there is a shower in my kitchen.

Whoever designed my apartment had either never lived indoors, and as such had no idea that you do not put showers...

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Leaving on a jet plane

28th September 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

My apologies for my silence over the last couple of weeks. Things have been slightly manic, to say the least. I've been packing up my life to move to New York for six months, tying up all the loose ends and trying to see all my friends here before I go. At the last minute I found an apartment. My best friend went to view it for me the morning...

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Little Miss Independent

11th September 2009 | 4 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

Anyone who has a toddler will know that a predominant word in a child's early vocabulary is "No!" It's pretty standard, and there are ways around it: You offer alternatives, rather than questions that invite a yes or no answer; you distract; you pick your battles; you employ tactical bribery; you have a gin and tonic. The thing with children, though, is that as soon as you have developed a...

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Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

9th September 2009 | 5 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

I have clocked up a lot of hours at my computer over the last few weeks sifting through Craig's list for apartment listings. It's a gruelling job. There are literally thousands of apartments, but the number that I can actually afford is significantly smaller, and the ones of those that look as though they might actually be suitable is smaller still. Half the issue is that I need a bedroom....

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