• family

    our first student-led conference

    On Tuesday, I rushed over to pick Miss L up from her after-school program by 2:00pm (yes… 2pm… welcome to school life that is so-not-friendly to the working parent schedule) and then we hurried over to her elementary school campus…

  • disney

    #DisneySMMC On The Road Portland event

      At the beginning of June, I was lucky enough to be one of the select few “moms” invited to attend the first #DisneySMMC #OnTheRoad event in Portland. I had signed up on an online interest form long before the event,…

  • disney,  family

    it’s finally time to go inside out

    To say that our family has been waiting forever for INSIDE OUT to come out would be an understatement. We got our first preview of Inside Out at the D23 Expo in 2013 and we were all in stitches laughing…

  • yummy

    Miss L’s kale salad

    Miss L has been hooked on kale for a long time. She was born right around the time that the kale chip “fad” emerged, so she was subject to my kitchen experiments to try and transform an incredibly dense leafy…

  • lifestyle

    pre-ballet

    Miss L’s final “pre-ballet” class of the year is tonight. Enrolling your child in activities like dance are a modern ritual. And seeing them grow and learn and enjoy it more with each passing day is a real treasure. You…