Girl’s Life

Sometimes you just gotta have cake . . . or, as was the case yesterday, big fat chocolate cupcakes!

We had an adorable celebration with Sophia and her little friends at her daycare yesterday in honor of her second birthday. It was fun to see her in her element, showing off all her newly-learned songs […]

This morning I laid Sophia gently down on the changing table to get her ready for the day.
“Good morning, sweetie!” I said. “How are you today?”
“I’m pretty!” she replied with her usual thick dose of charm.
Why, yes. Yes, you are. Hmm . . . I wonder how many times I say that to her a […]

Sophia was watching a little PBS this morning as I was packing up our bag for the beach. I left the family room for a few minutes while I gathered up a couple things we needed for the day around the house. She was watching the channel live, which is pretty unusual in our house […]

I’d like to say that I remember those days of peaceful quiet when Sophia was just a little baby. But you know, she was never one of those quiet babies. (And not in a bad way. More like a just-want-to-yammer-and-squeal-and- tell-you-about-it kind of way.) This is why I’m not surprised that she is […]

The talented Kate Rosenthal of Stubby Pencil Studio fame is still at it, creating adorable, ‘do-it-themselves’ stationary for children.
You might remember back in March when I first started raving about the creative note cards from the Stubby Pencil Studio line Color n’ Kids. They are the perfect solution for this working mom who wants […]

Chris and I hit the town for our anniversary this weekend. Sophia stayed with her grandparents while we headed to Hollywood for an amazing dinner and an awesome show at the Pantages Theater. It was great . . . and long overdue.
As we lingered over a delicious dinner, we sat sipping our wine and […]

What can I say? The girl loves water. She’s also pretty gullible when we tell her to put the hose over her head while daddy’s standing next to the faucet. She obviously doesn’t have any older brothers.

And I’m telling you, I wish I could bottle up and sell the little girl squeals we heard that […]

Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to my husband, who is a fabulous daddy to a little girl who loves him a lot.
And, of course, a Happy Father’s Day to my own dad (and happy birthday and happy anniversary)! Hope it is a restful and happy day for you both.
The above photos and mosaic by me. […]