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There has been mucho potty (training) progress in my home over the past few weeks. I can confidently send my 3 year old to school or take him out for the day without having to worry about accidents or bringing pull-ups for just in case. I’m not quite sure how it came together really…I had to be tough on him as far as diligently asking him to go and sometimes even physically taking him to go, but 9 times out of 10 these days he is taking the initiative to go himself. And — after a few weeks of seeing him stay pretty dry...

Now that we’ve hit the midway point of August and summer is seemingly coming to a close, I’ve started to think about all the fun things I’ve got to do and experience with my boys this year. The fun is by no means close to being over, because here in California the heat is just kicking in, right?? We’ve got Indian Summers on the way… But yeah, one of the highlights has been our movie night under the stars. The event we went to was put on by the Parks and Rec Dept. of the city we live in and they held it in...

The past week or so I’ve seen many friends and fellow bloggers posting about back to school and everything that comes with it and while my boys aren’t “school age,” they are pre-school age and currently, my attempt at putting them in school part time is a STRUGGLE! At ages 2 and 3, it’s really optional if a family wants to put their child(ren) in that setting. Several factors can affect whether or not the kids get sent to “school,” like can they afford to put them in a preschool/daycare program?...

Last month my boys turned 2 and 3 respectively, and we threw a birthday bash for them at the park with an all MINIONS theme! It was pretty perfect timing since the new Minions movie had just made its debut and my boys of course love the little yellow critters. I found a great FREE template online to create the party invitation and asked my graphic designer sister to tweak it for the personalization and set out to do the rest of the party planning. The one thing that was nice about picking a theme that coincided with not only popular characters,...

The New York Times wrote about it and so did my fellow Mommy Blogger Mommy in Sports…and while I didn’t have hair and makeup stylists arriving to my hospital room for pre and post “delivery” shots, my appearance was definitely on my mind. In my opinion, to each her own…it’s a huge moment in life and whether your baby’s arrival goes to plan or throws you a curve ball, I say if a women wants to be done up, good for her and if not…it’s all good too! In my case, I come with a broadcast...

It’s been a little more than a month since I last posted on the blog…and for good reason, well, I have a good excuse anyway…we moved across the country! Moving is stressful and tedious and well, annoying…and doing it with kids pretty much amplifies the challenges. In my case, we went from Virginia to California and for the most part I did all the prep, packing and “coordinating.” And then since we’ve made it to our destination, it’s another process to settle in. At any rate, I’ve...

I’ve been planning a joint birthday party for my boys and then I started thinking about who do I invite, etc… This time around we’ve opted to have it at the park, so we have a little more room to invite more people. But then the questions becomes who do you invite? Of course my immediate family and good friends, some cousins, etc… This celebration will also be a homecoming of sorts because we are moving to my “hometown” Bay Area and this will be the first birthday my boys celebrate it there. So I turned...

One of the not so fond memories I have from being the Mom of a newborn, the second time around, is that my poor little baby had to deal with “thrush.” What is that you may ask… According to KidsHealth: “Oral thrush is a very common infection in infants that causes irritation in and around a baby’s mouth. It is caused by the overgrowth of a yeast (a type of fungus) called Candida albicans.” I remember when I first noticed that my baby son had something that didn’t look quite right going on in his...

One of my favorite things about the toddler stage of development is language development. Here they are, these little sponges that have been listening to me yap and yap, talk up a storm with myself as I try to communicate with them…so when they finally start using words, figuring out meanings, pronunciations and even putting them in phrases and sentences, it’s an exciting time! Not too long ago I purchased magnetic letters for the refrigerator because it just seemed like a “family” thing to do, but I also figured...

I’ve had this topic on my mind a lot lately…the way society likes to “label” and designate people into categories based on race, culture, ethnicity, etc… One of the common terms we hear a lot is “biracial.” By definition, it means: having a biological mother from one racial group and a biological father from another. Okay, so in my case, my children could technically be called “biracial,” but I am not going to put that label on them. From an ethnic standpoint I am Filipino (for the...