I can’t believe Halloween is a mere TWO days away!!! We just returned from a trip to Disneyland to partake in all the Halloween fun they offer at the park, which included the perfect photo shoot setting for my daughter’s costume this year! And as soon as we got back, it was holiday celebration time at my daughter’s school, including our… View Post
Can you believe Halloween is a mere TWO weeks away?! While my daughter’s costume is pretty much done, we still have a lot of holiday preparations coming up, including this year’s Trunk or Treat event {did you check out last year’s Charlie Brown theme?} and cupcakes for her classroom celebration. Her teacher usually sends an e‑mail for parents to sign… View Post
This post is sponsored by KitchenAid, but as always, all ideas and opinions are my own! Though lemonade stands are the classic Summertime experience for children of all ages, it seems that the entire motif just exploded in the party scene recently. From actual stands to fundraising events and even birthday party themes, it seems that life has been handing out a… View Post
This post is sponsored by World Market, but as always, all ideas and opinions are my own! As soon as my family and I watched the previews for the upcoming FOX animated movie The Book of Life a few months back, the gorgeous colors, graphics and story line had us immediately hooked! Here’s a quick synopsis of the film, out in theaters on… View Post
Music is such an essential part of people’s lives, don’t you agree?! Not a minute goes by where I don’t have a song in my head. I wake up every morning with a melody playing, whether it’s a current popular song I’ve been hearing on the radio or a memory of one of my favorites or, sometimes annoyingly, a song from… View Post
When we lived in Southern California, we would always take car trips up north to visit our families, which meant an inevitable nose-pinching pass through the “stinky cows”, as my daughter used to call them. And then we would joke that it smelled like Daddy! 😉 Now that we live in the desert, we don’t get to visit the stinky… View Post
My daughter, Anabelle, lost her first tooth a couple of years ago when she was five and so began our relationship with the magical Tooth Fairy! There are a variety of traditions that families follow for their tooth transactions and it’s worth thinking about early on so that items can be made/ordered that will make the Tooth Fairy’s first visit… View Post
Have your kiddos headed back to school yet? My daughter starts school on Monday and we just attended her school function where she found out who her new teacher will be and who’s in her class! It’s always a nerve-wracking time in a kid’s life… wondering what the teacher is going to be like and if his/her friends will be… View Post
A few weeks ago, we threw an Endless Summer surf party for my daughter, Anabelle, to celebrate her 7th birthday. On a 108º Vegas Summer day, there was no question a pool party was in order! Not only was the need to cool off in the water a must, but offering cold, refreshing drinks to our guests was absolutely essential.… View Post
