Winter in Reno this year has sucked. While the rest of the country’s been getting pummeled, we’re dry as a bone (see, there’s just no pleasing anyone, is there). Anyway, as a result, not only is our water situation grave, but our winter super happy play land experiences have been what you might call “limited.” [...]

My good friend, Ginger, who blogs over at Spicey Mom, wrote this on her Facebook page the other day. A hundred bucks says this is how those If you Give a Mouse a Cookie people came up with the idea. Because I don't know about you guys, but this happens to me at least five times [...]

I love that my first post of 2013 is news that I think all of you are going to be happy to hear, even if you had nothing to do with this giveaway. Last night, after midnight, I had Elfie pull a number out of a bucket to choose a winner for the Find Me [...]

I'm been wanting to show this to you guys, but after the events in Newtown, well, I don't think anyone's life has stayed on schedule. So this is basically a Where's Waldo book that you can personalize. You send in a photo, and then your child gets to find himself/herself among other children's faces on [...]

So I'm coming down from watching the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Newt (the 9-year-old) and I should definitely get an invite in 2016 because we can yell like nobody's business. We get that from my mother -- you should've heard her during football games... Just a few weeks ago, my husband, Tenzin, [...]

We’re reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians to kids right now. Actually, my husband, Tenzin, is reading it to all of us every night before bed. We’ve always been able to use the threat of “no books” as a punishment with our kids, but Percy is so much fun that my son actually passed up [...]

Tenzin and I have been together since 1994, so I haven't been in the dating scene for more than 15 years. As such, I mercifully missed the advent of internet dating and never had to post a profile on Match.com, worry about being googled before a date, or get my hopes dashed after exchanging witty [...]

Last night, I slept well for the first time in five days. I've had insomnia, which is exacerbated by Elfie, who crawls into bed with me and then proceeds to talk in her sleep, throw punches, pull our covers on and off, lie on top of me, and have yelling nightmares about people eating her [...]

I try really hard to be a minimalist. Try. If you saw my house, you probably wouldn't assume that this is one of my greater aspirations. Granted, I don't have shelves filled with 20-year-old Precious Moments collections or newspaper piles from eight months ago, but I have my issues. I'd blame it all on Tenzin [...]