Sometimes a girl just has a bad day. Today was one of those bad days for my sweet girl – she came home from school exhausted only to discover that our dog had eaten her new favorite headband. The one with the purple jewels on it! So she did what any tired kindergartener would do [...]

Our friends over at OC Mom Blog are always doing great things, so when they invited us to a special breakfast last week I knew it was going to be epic (and I was right!). It was held at Bruxie Gourmet Waffle Sandwiches right here in Orange County – which I have now determined is [...]

  Last week was Audrey Grace’s 6th Birthday and also her 6th birthday party. This year we pulled out all of the stops and went with a full-on Cowgirl theme. We had the party at Zoomars Petting Zoo here in San Juan Capistrano and all of the kids had a blast because our plan of [...]

You may recall that we lost our family dog, Lilly, at 14 years of age last September. Lilly had diabetes and for the second half of her life received insulin shots from us twice daily, ate a super-special diet, and was just generally loved and pampered by us. In the last year of her life [...]

When you think of decorating pumpkins for Halloween, I bet most of you think of carving. Maybe some of you think of painting, but I’m guessing that 99% of you DON’T think of Duct Tape. But Duck Brand duct tape is setting out to change your view of Halloween – and pumpkin decorating, with their [...]

Did you know there is a difference between Spiderman and The Amazing Spiderman? Well, I didn’t either, but ever since the last Spiderman movie came out our son has insisted that all of his current Spiderman costumes are. just. not. the. SAME.

As a former high school French teacher, Back To School time makes me almost giddy. There was always magic in the days leading up to the start of school – preparing my classroom, buying new supplies, and wondering what the year would bring. My two kids are no where near high school age, but this [...]