does your 3 year old ski?

Lil G 2012

i love to ski.  my husband loves to snowboard. we’ve got two boys and i’ve been chompin’ at the bit to get them on the slopes. last year, when i was pregnant with Big A, it snowed 20′ in mammoth. you read that right. 20 FEET! unfortunately, my two swollen feet and I were laid [...]

Chinese + Spanish charter school. are we nuts to pass this up?

Seashore Academy charter school - Corona del Mar, CA.  Chinese and Spanish immersion program.

i’m 1/2 Chinese.  my husband lived in Argentina for several years. with 1.4 billion Mandarin speaking people in the world, and about 1/2 billion spanish speakers in the world, it’s a no-brainer that our kids should learn these languages. i spoke three languages growing up.  Mandarin, Taiwanese and English.  when we moved back to the [...]

a custom dining room built-in for my neighbor

built-in dining room hidden desk

several months ago, i was at a friend’s house.  she mentioned that she wanted to do a built-in in her dining room. one where the kids could do homework.  stash papers.  and maybe the adults could even stash a kegerator.  and all of it would be hidden if a real dinner were to be served [...]

Mamma needs to luxuriate

how luxurious does this look? of course, the two seasons i was pregnant, there was EPIC snowfall.  now that i’m ready to hit the slopes again…not so much. But Vista Verde still looks INCREDIBLE!!!  An all-inclusive luxury dude ranch just north of Steamboat, Colorado. Delicious! And my buddy Deanna is getting married there in March. [...]