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  • Kids React: Rotary Phones

    Kids React: Rotary Phones

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    My kid is barely a year and a half and she is already obsessed with technology. But holy crap, I can’t even imagine what technology will be like when she’s our age.

  • Thank You for Making Me Your Papa

    Thank You for Making Me Your Papa

    September 22, 2013, was a pretty special day. It was the day Mama and I officially became Mama and Papa, and while we both have a ton to thank Isabel for, with Father’s Day around the corner, I am going take the mic for a bit.

  • 9 Ways Toddlers Waste Water

    9 Ways Toddlers Waste Water

    It’s a well known fact that we Californians are suffering terribly because of the drought. But, if the powers-that-be really really want to conserve water, they’d do one thing – figure out a way to explain to toddlers the perils of wasting water.

  • Time Hack: Mother’s Day Shopping

    Time Hack: Mother’s Day Shopping

    Leaving the house with a toddler is always an adventure. Sometimes we get the angelic toddler who willingly sits in the shopping cart or stroller for the duration of the trip eating gummies and raisins; other times we get the whiny, finicky, “I want to be carried” toddler, who can’t be pleased (in her defense, this…

  • Mama Speaks #25

    Mama Speaks #25

    I never thought that after six years of higher education, I would have so little control over my own life. First UC Berkeley. Then UCLA. Now, The Institute of Obeying your Toddler. Let’s face it, before having a toddler, we (at least I know I did) had grand thoughts that our kids would never control us. We…

  • I Went Metro

    I Went Metro

    Ask most LA residents if they’ve ever taken the Metro, and you’ll probably get a blank stare, “We have a Metro? A subway?” Yep, and I’ve spent the last 2.5+ years riding it, every day. And man, have I seen some things (and wished I hadn’t seen others).

  • The Teachers In My Life

    The Teachers In My Life

    It makes me proud to see my kid have what seems to be an early thirst for education. I can can thank the strong women educators in her life for that – mama, Grandma, and Ita.