Author Archives: cvc

Love my girls…and running with them!

2018 felt like a milestone year. This was the year I sharply felt the inevitability of the kids growing up. I remember the day when Chloe became self-conscious of wanting to sit on my lap during meals. It was early … Continue reading →

It was bedtime and Chloe was giving me one of her infamous scowls when the frown just popped her tooth out on the blanket! Got her to smile unwittingly… But I only caught the usual “camera face” photo….

Precious family time. Making sweater ornaments for Auntie Christina. More family time snapshots…

Heading to breakfast LA style! After a most unsatisfactory breakfast at what used to be an old vegan mainstay, Le Pan Quotidien. We were disappointed to discover that they no longer serve their delicious tofu scramble…anf, to add insult to … Continue reading →

I read about the El Capitan Theater in a guide on what to do with kids in LA. It sounded like maybe, just maybe, they’d see a surprising celebrity guest or something, but, nah, all we got was a movie … Continue reading →

I mean, look at that perrrrfect background!

Now this one had her 9th birthday celebration at Exit Santa Cruz (a terrible rip-off, don’t do the Glow party!) followed by a sleepover at our house. She invited a pile of people…and so…we decided it was possible our house … Continue reading →

This year, Dylan’s class went on their retreat after the start of the school year (as opposed to right before the beginning of the school year). [I feel like I should have Dylan contribute his own entries on his experiences….]I … Continue reading →

Well, the day had to come when Chloe would choose her own chair over my lap at the dinner table. I knew this day would come and, even though I knew it would make it easier to actually successfully deliver … Continue reading →