Our mother’s day tradition was delayed because we were in Nashville for that weekend in May (did I ever blog about that?) but we fit it in a couple of weeks later. In truth, it was a joint father’s day and mother’s day celebration because Kyle will be out of town next week, so we combined our special holidays into one big awesome day of fun. Firs thing after waking was hop in the car and drive to Mill Valley for brunch. I did some yelp work and decided on Lighthouse Cafe, which was a diner style… Read more >

We have recently come to the realization that we need special one on one time within our family unit.  In all the permutations. He requested a picnic date with me, so even though it had rained that morning and the grass was still wet we picnicked it up.  We had just gone to his friend’s dance recital (OMG THE CUTENESS!) so he was non-stop chatter about the ballerinas and music and now I’m pretty sure he wants to start classes soon.  Anyway, I packed up food for him so after the dance show we hung out… Read more >

Dragons love tacos.  That’s fact, per Adam Rubin.  And P is 100% on board with it. Tacos are basically a weekly staple (at least when we are home and meal planning, which is finally returning). This week’s tacos were made with tofu because it’s something the whole family loves and I always have it on hand. Another ingredient worth noting, is the spice blend I used. I just got this in the mail from Casa de Sante, a new company that I wanted to support. They have a few spice blends (BBQ, Indian, Italian, Mexican)… Read more >

Lots of good things happening with my family right now – my sisters are killing it in the adult-ing category of life.  I’m just plugging away at mom stuff, but the long weekend was nice for visiting with everyone in the East Bay. P and I made a cake. It was his idea…and because he is the clever thoughtful boy that he is, he decided that we should “mark it with a ‘G’ for grandma”. It was her birthday, after all. This was his first time eating candy.  I’ve blogged about Gimbal’s before (they are allergy free… Read more >