Oh BabyD, my wonderous, mischevious, sweet smiling little soul. Happy fourth Birthday! You are a spritely little love with just the right combination of salty, spicy and sweet. With you I have felt an incredible range of motherhood emotions: fall on the floor laughter, an awe that only parents can own, anger that makes…
BigBoy’s elementary school had a fundraiser in order to add more books to their library. For two weeks, kids brought money into their classroom and added coins to a big jar. The classroom that raised the most money won an alien-themed party that ran along side the Scholastic Book Fair message, “Reading is Out of…
‘Tis the season for Back to School (for those of us with school-aged children). Cheers parents! But I’m here to issue you a warning. Consider this my pep talk for the school year, mamas. So pull up a chair, I’ll open this bottle of wine. Let’s talk. This year there will be ample opportunities for…
Oh my goodness gracious, BigBoy & our friend, Z, had a great time at Disneyland’s California Adventure. Happy Wordless Wednesday!!!
This Thankful Thursday, being St. Patrick’s and all, I wanted to write about how lucky I am. Lucky and thankful. We moved to this neighborhood in 2006 from San Francisco. Thanks to our neighbors, Patty & Bruce, we immediately met a bunch of our neighbors, but at the time there weren’t many with kids at…
Usually I don’t write on Wordless Wednesday, but I’m so overtaken with this photo that I’m declaring this a (not so) WW. Last Friday, we were over at Lucky Dame’s house with a bunch of boys in the backyard, adults in the kitchen and all of a sudden I look out back and there’s BigBoy…
You know when you have two children and you always want to distribute things evenly or equitable. BabyD’s 3rd birthday was on Monday. Yes, Valentine’s Day, which I think is a rotten day for a boy to have his birthday (because it’s never just about him but about pink and red hearts everywhere). Anyways, I…
Click the link or picture to learn more about Dot the Diva. I LOVE our little fish tank!
I’m interrupting this regularly scheduled book review for a scene out of a typical family household. I’m writing to admit my guilt, but also to hold tight on principles and I’m wondering where you stand. Tonight, like many nights at a dinner table with a two (almost three year old), BabyD just wasn’t into eating…
