Time to start crossing some bucket list items off our list! Starting with pumpkins of course. Los Angeles has been MELTING with an insanely stifling heat wave – can we say 114 degrees?!?! I mean, the sunshine is…
Lindsey
As you all know, we started preschool…and we are in the afternoon program. At first I was super bummed about being in the afternoon, but then realized it was actually pretty awesome. You can read about why afternoon preschool…
Ok, so if you live in a normal town, and you send your kid to “the” preschool nearby, this whole preschool nonsense will make no sense to you. But if you live in NY, LA, San Fran or another…
It’s fall!! Ok. Fine. It’s fall elsewhere in the world. Here it’s a stifling 90 degrees in mid-September. Instead of the crisp cool breeze of fall, there is a hot breeze that feels like you are standing too close…
I was at preschool drop off yesterday and decided to hang around a little bit. Even though my strongly independent little man cut the cord with me a week ago, I wanted to meet some of the new families…
Today is my birthday. I turn 34 (I think…I stopped counting a long time ago and my math skills are a little suspect.) I have accepted that I am officially old, or at least too old to be cool…
I have a confession. I don’t love being pregnant. There are some women that LOVE being preggers. They love their growing bellies and softening bodies. They love feeling womanly and whatever. I hear almost daily about how they envy…
Last week we started preschool. Our preschool does gradual start dates, so only a couple of kids start at a time…which I love. It’s far less stressful for EVERYONE (parents, kids and teachers) to slowly grow the class instead…
In looking for “school” themed books, I realized (as usual) there are some that create fears and insecurities that didn’t exist before reading about them. Some that ‘teach’ bad behavior like bullying and name calling. And some that are…
I get a lot of my screen-free, low-key, old school (i.e. lazy path of least resistance) parenting inspiration from my own childhood. So after a couple of days running ourselves ragged soaking up the last bits of summer before we start…