Every Halloween I like to blog about the costumes we're wearing and how we made them. I usually feature each member of the family, but t...

As a child, I always wanted to visit Willy Wonka's factory; today, I finally got the chance. I first heard about the Museum of Ice Cr...

We used to make a big deal out of Easter when the kids were small. Every year, we would attend multiple egg hunts -- community egg hunts, eg...

Easter is just 1 week away! Now that the kids are teenagers, we no longer attend Easter Egg hunts, but we still like to keep the celebrat...

Part of my job as social media manager for a diabetes nonprofit is to attend and recap educational events featuring medical professionals or...

  Parades are one of the most popular attractions at the Disneyland Resort. Every day, people line the sidewalks of Disneyland Park'...

Halloween is my favorite holiday, and part of the fun is gathering insane amounts of candy that I would never let the kids have any other...

One of my clients is a nonprofit organization for the type 1 diabetes community, so when word got out late last year that American Girl wa...

The start of a perfect smile 3Po and Jammy have begun a rite of passage affecting teens and tweens all over the world. No, I'm not ...

My cousin Angie has spent the last 6 or 7 years getting her PhD at the University of Santa Cruz. During that time, she worked as a docen...

To the parents of the opposing team, My sons' soccer team played your sons' soccer team today. It's a game that you might n...

Art can do many things for many different people. It can inspire. It can educate. It can spur people to action. It can calm them down. It...

One of the reasons I love living in Palo Alto is that we're living in a place that values innovation and change. Traffic lights and p...

Today I took the kids to the Children's Creativity Museum for a blog event. It has been a couple of years since we last visited, so I...

Yesterday we said goodbye to the end of an era.  The Pea has graduated from middle school; next year she'll be starting high school....

In less than three months, my oldest will be graduating from middle school, and my youngest will be graduating from grade school.  It...

Costumes? Check. Trick or treat bag? Check.  House keys? Check.  Phone? Check.  You may think you're all ready to go out trick or tre...

I don't mind spending on Halloween costumes -- it's my favorite holiday, after all -- I try to encourage the kids to alternate be...

I've just realized that this blog is over 8 years old and has absolutely no mention of the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival.  This is a...

We've halfway to Halloween night, but around here the spooky fun begins long before October 31. There are just way too many Halloween ...