I have taken Stevie to the Ventura County Fair every summer since he was born. It’s honestly never been that much fun. I force it on him for tradition’s sake. BUT, I am getting a little wiser in my old age and went with friends this time! It made all the difference. Stevie had someone…
Stevie has sort of a reputation with museums. They sound so good and fun in theory, but usually end up in an embarrassing disaster. By the time Stevie was 5, we’d been to almost every museum in Los Angeles (and dragged out of almost every museum in Los Angeles). And it was about that same…
Sometimes having a hip Tati who knows about the cool spots in LA really comes in handy! Yesterday I put on my cool mom pants and we hauled the kid to the Museum of Ice Cream. Yes, you read that right. Museum. Of. Ice. Cream. Who wouldn’t want to see that? And I knew it would…
I can’t believe it’s been 3 months since my cousins from Finland came to visit! When I take an unplanned blogging hiatus, I really go for it, eh. But yes! They came and went and even got married since we saw them last! And I had purple hair for like a minute. My mom came…
Several months back, Groupon had a phenomenal deal on a yearly membership to the Natural History Museum. You know it had to be good, because I bought the family pass — knowing full well that my child doesn’t like museums! But that’s just who I am. Wasting money as I hope for the best. This…
**Note: If you skip ahead to the pictures, you can just pretend we had an awesome day! I want to start this by saying that my husband strongly discouraged me from going to the fair this year. He was mostly worried about exposure to too many things right before his eye surgery. But I’ve taken…
Here’s the deal, guys. I’m not like into art. I don’t even know what this particular art installation is called. The worst. But here’s the thing: I like seeing new, unique things. I like participating in whatever thing is all the rage (to an extent). And, most importantly, at the top of my list, is…
Today…? Today, I think I should find a way to decompress. My inner introvert is screaming for some alone time. This last week, I was aiming for mother-slash-aunt of the year, and (besides one unnecessary outburst after calmly asking Stevie to go get his underwear 45 times and he still hadn’t done it) I feel like I came pretty close…
We know some pretty awesome people. And one of these awesome people hooked us up with free Legoland tickets. She had received them through work and knew she’d never use them, so she passed them along to Stevie (and me), lucky ducks! Now, if you are new to the blog, you may not already know…
When one of my prettiest friends asked if we’d be down for ziplining, I answered YES! very quickly, mostly because I wanted to hang out with her and her husband. The night before we went, Paul said with big eyes “Have you seen the ziplining videos??? They are going really fast!! I don’t know if…