May 6–10 is Teacher Appreciation Week. Do you have anything planned to give or do for your child’s teacher? Are you just doing their homeroom teacher? What about specials teachers? Having taught elementary school, been an elementary principal and...
This post is in partnership with Revolution Foods.
Last August, I wrote about the healthy eating strategies I planned to execute for my family to kick off the new school year. Now that the year is winding down, I...
This post is in partnership with Compass High School.
I recently had the chance to visit Compass High School, an 8th–12th grade private college preparatory school for students with learning differences. As a former educator and school site administrator myself, I am...
While awaiting your firstborn, you may have visions of folding laundry or reading a book as your little one coos to himself a few feet away.
Then reality hits and between feeding, changing, and doing strange acrobatics you’d never have...
I have a lot of friends who believe that social media is a waste of time. I often agree with them. There are times I get sucked into reading about non-sense when I could be doing something more productive....
I recently opened an e-invitation for a preschool friend's birthday party and breathed a sigh of relief. It was addressed to The Lang Family, not just one of my kids, and the starting headcount option on the RSVP was four....
I was lucky that my oldest daughter was always a pretty good eater. She knew what she liked and would eat those foods with gusto, but she had a pretty good range. Like all of us, she got into...
We recently spent a long weekend with my in-laws, who are the best storytellers I have ever met. They provide exquisite detail and plot twists that make even a trip to the grocery store sound enthralling. We pass many...
My toddler son doesn’t have a bedtime. I try to get him to bed at a certain time, but I am not strict about it, and I will tell you why.
First, and foremost it is not worth the fight...
In a former life, I was an enterprise software saleswoman for a startup in Silicon Valley (yes, the HBO show is largely accurate!). It was and still is a darling of a company—loved by investors, customers and employees. I...
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Pumpkin Patch, U-Pick, Maze Guide – San Francisco Bay Area
Embrace the Autumn Breeze and Enjoy the Patches!
To make things easier for you, we have put together our top picks of
this year's pumpkin patches,...
