This past Sunday I got to sneak out to breakfast with two of my girlfriends from grad school. One of them shares the former distinguished title of “that pregnant girl walking around a Jesuit college campus”… fun times. So my friend recounted her recent and traumatizing run-in with elementary school…
A few months back I wrote about one of my favorite new books, The Chicken Problem. Low and behold, we found it debuted in October of 2013 as a PBS cartoon called Peg + Cat that is completely true to the original. My Christmas project has actually put me on…
I’m really quite disappointed in myself. I still remember watching my very first Olympic figure skating in 1984. Thirty years later and I still cannot tell the difference between a double toe loop, a double axle or a Salchow. Until just now, I thought it was a Sow-Cow. I blame…
Coincidentally, it seems we have an affinity for Super Bowl weekend when it comes to the BIG GAME. The BIG GAME for an almost 3-year-old exclusively revolves around one and only one subject: The Super Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl. The Sugar Bowl if you will. Yes, I know I’m crossing…
Back before we had kids, we’d go to Valley Fair mall and I’d see giddy packs of munchkins in this place called Build-a-Bear Workshop. And then I’d see them chowing down on pizza at California Pizza Kitchen. I can’t explain exactly why, but it looked awesome. Something about picking out…
Last week we honored the letter “g” in Jacob’s class. Of course it was our favorite week because Jakey’s favorite color is green, and they asked Grandma and Granddad to come read a book, and JJ has new “glow-up” shoes that flash green every time he moves. Plus he was…
I know yesterday was a sad, sad day for the Bay Area. Fortunately or unfortunately, the existence of two preschoolers in your home means that you generally do not watch hours of televised sports… unless you want to incite additional leaping and tackling and new and exciting methods of head…
As soon as Christmas is over, it’s time to start thinking about the boys’ birthday party. Endless opportunities to spend money… yippee! This year I gave them two choices: an indoor pool party where we have swimming lessons, or a kid kitchen where you can make pizza and cupcakes. Jacob…
It seems there are three books in the Miss Nelson series by Harry Allard and James Marshall. I was going to share my thoughts on the sequel to Miss Nelson is Missing… however it appears Miss Nelson Has a Field Day is now Missing. So we’re going to skip forward…
Just before the holiday I was doing some last minute shopping at one of my favorite stores, Paper Source. Their motto is Do something creative every day. I wish that was my motto… but sometimes I just want to watch TV. During this shopping trip, I knew the book elf…