How I survived Disneyland with an infant and 3 year old Growing up, my Dad took us to Disney World in Florida every other year. They are some of my most cherished childhood memories and I’ve always wanted that for my children too. We’ve been a couple times since Big Nugget was born, usually in … Read more
A preschooler’s right of passage. Sure I’ve heard of Hand Foot Mouth Disease but naively, I didn’t think any of us would get it. No one at school had it. Didn’t hear of anyone at our dance studio with it either. So when our oldest had a fever one Sunday morning, I didn’t even think … Read more
I’m a child of the 80’s and I used to love to watch Johnny Carson, especially on the nights when Joan Embry from the San Diego Zoo would come on (this is a great montage). It always seemed like a magical place to me. Once I moved to San Diego and got a chance to … Read more
When we moved into this house two years ago, we made a list of projects that we wanted to tackle that were necessary – flooring, window replacement, bringing the stair rail up to code, etc, etc. The dining room was nowhere on that list. At least until our master bathroom developed a hidden slow leak … Read more
Preschool drop off, I don’t know who was more nervous. However, I just left Big Nugget at preschool and I was so proud (and a little shocked) at how well she did. Frankly, she was so excited to see her teacher and play in her classroom that she barely cared that her dad and I … Read more