It's FIFA World Cup season!  The opening match (Brazil vs. Croatia) is schedule for June 12, and I'm so excited.  For the next 6-...

(*Note:  One of the things I love blogging about the most is travel. Whenever I come home from a vacation, I'm always full of grand pl...

This past weekend the boys went on their first-ever overnight soccer tournament, the NorCal State Cup for U9 boys in Davis, CA.  Davis is...

When we moved 3Po and Jammy into their own room , we told them they could set it up and decorate it however they wanted.  Unlike The Pea,...

What is it with men's briefs? Here's a photo of a pair of Calvin Klein boxer briefs for little boys (I bought a pack for 3Po and Ja...

This photo was taken by Alfie while I was away at BlogHer and he took the kids to Infineon Raceway to watch some drag racing. Those driver...

Today the boys dug out their pop-up play tents and connecting tunnel from the black hole that is our garage. They set the things up and dec...

A couple of weeks ago, 3Po and Jammy went for a playdate at a friend's house; when I picked them up, they had found a new obsession: Ba...

Jammy has lost his first tooth. He's loving his new look, and the extra cash that came with it. I still can't quite believe it. H...

It's time to start acting on my 2009 blogging resolutions . So this I'm committing to put up a photo every Monday morning -- today I...

We were reading stories from greek mythology the other day, and the boys were mystified by the behavior of Hera, wife of Zeus and goddess of...

One of the few household chores that Alfie does not offer to help me with is cooking dinner. I don't mind; I like cooking and he doesn...

The other night, Jammy turned to me, pointed to his testicles (I was giving him a shower) and said, "Mama, I don't understand what ...

I like it when we bike to the park together. I like it when the kids splash through puddles. I even like it when Alfie finds a gigantic pu...

The English are mad about football, simply mad about it. Rugby and cricket are blips on the radar screen compared to their football obsessi...

One morning, 3Po wanted some oatmeal for breakfast, but to his dismay found none in our cereal cupboard. Alfie wanted oatmeal as well, so h...

Many months ago I featured my first guest blogger: my son Jammy, with an action-packed Power Ranger story . Not to be outdone, his brother ...

What a great way to close out the schoolyear -- being treated to a Kung Fu Panda Party courtesy of the Silicon Valley Moms Blog , Dreamworks...

3Po and CleanBoy finished off their spring tap/ballet class with a special tap performance set to " Take a Little One Step " ...

Now that we have our new digital SLR camera, we've become less concerned about the well-being of our old point-and-shoot camera. So this...