• Go, Go, Go, STOP.

    Oh, friends.  What a wonderful problem I am having right now.  ClassMax is doing so incredibly well.  So much better, so much earlier than we expected.  Which is AMAZING and we are so…

  • Happy 8th Birthday, Bean!

    Yesterday Bean Man turned 8 years old.  He was lucky this year and his birthday happened to fall on the first day of summer vacation, which was a coincidence that definitely needed to…

  • The Festival of Gracie

    The term “birthday” is so misleading. “Birthday” (singluar) would seem to imply that the celebration lasts a single day. Our family is either doing them so right or totally wrong because birthday celebrations…

  • When Children Change Your Lives

    Recently, I saw a preview for the Dreamworks movie “Delivery Man,” starring Vince Vaughn.  It looked like something right up my alley.  The perfect comedy of errors which leads to self-reflection and improved…

  • Fairy Sisters

    Two of my favorite things have come together in this review: my sister and Disney. Really. Life doesn’t get much better than that. A few weeks ago, Disney sent me a special sneak…

  • Cars 2 Weekend

    This past weekend, we took the fam to Downtown Disney for a promotional event for the upcoming Cars 2 movie. Bean is a professional Cars fan. He has the t-shirt, the PJs, the…

  • A Spontaneous Adventure

    Last Thursday, Bean and I were out running a few errands.  We left the house around 9:00am and my plan was to be back in time for lunch.  As I was getting ready…