The Family

Let's start with the basics. The family I nanny for lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side, hence the blog title. Their apartment building has an elevator, which is fortunate because some days I really don't feel like carrying the stroller up the stairs. They are Orthodox Jewish vegans, which means they keep Kosher but it's not terribly difficult to do so because meat isn't an issue. Milk is, but only because Little Guy eats yogurt and drinks milk, like every toddler should.
Dad is N. I'm still not clear on where he works or what he does, but it's a 9-5 thing. He already has a BA and a BS from the same school but is back there taking a class or two per semester.
Mom is K. She's a graduate student in the second year of a five-year program, which she does in conjunction with an almost full-time field-related internship. She's not much older than me, so we get along well. Both she and N are great people, so they're not hard to work for.
And then there's Little Guy, or LG. He's 17 months old and has more personality in his 24lb body than I've seen in a lot of adults. He likes to push boundaries and break rules just to see what I'll do. He uses baby sign language, so having to learn that relatively quickly was a welcome challenge. He's quite the character, and I feel like one of the phrases I use most frequently with him is "Dude, WHAT are you doing?" He likes cars, trucks and playing with balls and stuffed animals. He's also a REALLY big fan of Cheerios; if I would let him eat nothing but Cheerios for every meal, he would. And he'd be completely happy with it.