It's the first weekend in May! This comic sums up how I feel about that. On Thursday, my husband and I saw The Color Purple at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco, and it was a really wonderful show....
One of my favorite mentors once told me the secret to raising happy and healthy children is to know them well and genuinely think they are special for who they are.
This sounded really easy, because luckily my kids...
My son Fritz doesn’t worry about much. He’s an easygoing four-year-old boy. Except when he gets mad or sad and then he cries, or hits someone, before quickly reverting back to his jolly self. He doesn’t think too much...
Every year, when the kids go back to school, teachers have them draw, write and discuss what they did on their summer vacations. Since no one seems too interested in asking the mommas how their summer went, I thought...
I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the long weekend! This time of year seems to always come with a bunch of commitments, and it's going to be nice to have an extra day to squeeze in...
I remember it as if it was yesterday – it all began one summer in the mid-90’s. The sun was blazing and the radio was blaring in my cousin’s car on a fine L.A. morning. We were on our...
Before Lorrie started writing here at Mid-Peninsula Moms Blog, her articles appeared on our sister site, San Francisco Moms Blog. If you are not automatically directed to her archives, click here!
The chase was intensifying. Two kindergarten boys (my son and a friend from school) were in pursuit of my four-year-old daughter with plastic lightsabers, while she sported a combination of Star Wars/Knight/Pirate attire and sprinted around our backyard.
Suddenly, a...
I'm writing this on Thursday night, but I keep thinking it's only Wednesday, and I continue to be happily surprised that Friday will be here by the time you read this! Since I stay home with the kids and...
This weekend we're taking the kids to see Paw Patrol Live! at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. The kids have never been to a show like this, and, frankly, neither have I, so we're all curious as to...
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