The other day, I stopped a very angry Julio from pinching Ruben by asking him to draw a picture of what he was feeling.  He looked at the pa...

Many years ago, I gave a presentation about a children's book to a class of second graders in northern California.  At the end of my tal...

My kids almost never say, "I'm bored."  I think the reason may be that if they do, I always look at them like they just said t...

This particular toddler phase is a lot easier for me the third time around.  I'm a little better at knowing when to he...

What's making you laugh, these days?

We made some magic wands for our little wizards! Some old apple sticks that we gleaned from an orchard last fall had all the right ma...

Yesterday, my baby turned TWO! We had a very simple celebration with just the immediate family, and it was so relaxed and fun.  While P...