Bio: Parents and authors Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen are best known for their roles on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City and Bethenny’s Getting Married and their book Little Kids Big City. Alex hails from DC, Texas & Kansas & Simon Australia, by way of the UK & France. The proud Brooklyn residents have spent many hours reading to their two boys, François and Johan, and are delighted to join the Speakaboos family.