Category: Kids

When we moved to L.A. ten years ago, we were thinking about starting a family, and we wanted to be close to family.  This was a smart move on our part – my mom is …

It’s January, and I can’t be the only person looking for inspiration.  Winter is magical in the Christmas season, with lights and sugar and warming cocktails and family gatherings and presents!  And then you hit …

I love having a Christmas season that’s full of magic for my kids. We decorate the tree, bake cookies, wrap packages, throw parties. But the sense of festivity and abundance can go overboard. I was …

Look, I want to level with you here. We all know about screen time and kids and TV and blah blah blah, but the truth of the matter is that TV is indispensable to working …

  Halloween is in just two short weeks, which means you may be looking for Halloween costume ideas.  Or you may have children like mine, who start planning next year’s Halloween costume on November 1. …

The Nuni, lucky child that she is, gets read to every night before bed.  We started with board books, then moved on to picture books. Right around the time she was three, I decided that …

The plus side of this exercise is that I was able to rediscover some of my favorite books from her babyhood, that were read over and over again and beloved by both mother and child. …