This year, for Christmas, our little L.A. Toddler received 14 new outfits. 14! In my world, 14 new outfits would practically be a complete new wardrobe. I bought her clothes. Grandma brought some clothing presents for her visit. Even my dad sent her some clothes to open on Christmas day — and that’s unlike him. […]

For Christmas this year, we let L.A. Toddler tell us what she wanted. We got some great hints while we hauled her through the toy aisle in Target. And, to her credit, she remembered all the toys she wanted. We got to hear about how much she wanted the Hide and Seek Care Bear, Dinosaurs, […]

36 Degrees — I get in the car this morning and the temperature readout says “36 degrees outside - delay“

I drive for a few minutes and suddenly the car’s whole readout display starts blinking ‘delay, delay, delay’, then it starts timing down from two minutes - at which point it pops out 36 degrees… again.

This […]

Just to add to my regular holiday guilt, I’ve been worried about who to give gifts to this holiday season. Because we live in Los Angeles, we’re lost in a giant crowd of humanity. People put up big fences all over the city, neighbors rarely talk to one another, and everyone seems to have a […]

I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I just have no patience for anything lately. I guess it’s just holiday stress. I take on too many things and spread myself too thin. In fact, I’ve been bad about keeping up with my blogging…
The worst part is that when I get stressed I tend to take […]

Every day, L.A. Toddler and I drive to her daycare. And every night we drive home. We usually spend quite a long time in the car together. She’s got several CDs of kids music to listen to and I’ve heard them over and over and… over and over. Luckily, the holidays have come up and […]