This is a picture of me and Kyle escaping the heat of the valley in summer 2006. We're in Santa Monica - you can see the pier in the background. I unearthed this photo when I was poking around in my archives for pictures of the beach to put in my first post for Uptake - the new … [Read more...]

Some pictures from the week surrounding Thanksgiving. Not many because of the events that took place immediately thereafter.Kyle participated in a study about preschoolers' television watching patterns. There was no box for "watches TV all the time" on the paper survey, so they … [Read more...]

From Monday, December 1:As I write this, my mother is vomiting in the guest bathroom.This remarkable event caps the last 48 hours of sick bay status at the House of Prince. What was meant to be a frolicking sunny weekend turned into a cacophony of trips to the bathroom, washing … [Read more...]

As most of you know, I can be bought. For a car seat, a trip to SeaWorld, or a new labeler, I will blog my little fingers off. At the Los Angeles Moms Blog Launch Party last month, I got the most overwhelming bag of free goodies I've ever seen, so much so that I still haven't … [Read more...]

Almost every day, a mom posts a story about how she screwed up. Usually the story is self-deprecating, funny, relatable, and the whole reason we love blogs. But what about those stories that are so scary, such narrow misses, that the mother collapses in tears and her heart … [Read more...]