built for cuteness: modern hand lettering, kids parties and miscellanea
Like many of you, I’m at home and trying to make this quarantine a meaningful and educational time for the kids. Some days we stick to the schedule, and some days… I nap. (And by the way, we are now on our third schedule because once we figure out what kind of works for us, […]
Traveling with kids is a game changer. These little people need LOTS of stuff. And anytime we go anywhere, somehow the burden of packing (and planning!) falls on my shoulders. Because I’m Type A and love to make lists, of course I created a master packing list for families. In the chaos of travel preparations, […]
Of all the movies I’ve seen in my life, there is no one movie I’ve seen more than Frozen (and usually in Korean, at that.) Fellow parents, I’m sure I’m not alone in this! My daughter was crazy for Frozen. Naturally, her third birthday had to be a Frozen party. In honor of Frozen 2 […]
When I was a kid, I’d often attend sleep-away camps for part of every summer. (Nerd camps, not the toast-marshmallows-over-the-campfire-in-the-woods kind of camps.) Regardless, the point is, I’d make new friends and for most of them, never see them again. But we’d write letters. We became penpals. Remember having those? I wanted to share that […]
My husband often says, we may have made a lot of mistakes parenting, but the one thing we did right was teaching our kids a second language. It’s no secret that knowing a second language is beneficial to the child, and so easy for them to pick up when they’re young. But our first language […]
I love traveling – but it can be a double edged sword. After returning from a recent family trip, I can say the highs were high, and the lows were low. But I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It lets us explore new places, and experience new things while spending time together as a family. […]
My second grader has an entrepreneurial streak. I want to encourage her to develop her ideas, and to think like a business owner. Even if her idea doesn’t come into fruition, who’s to say the next (or thousand) ideas later won’t be a success? Everyone has to start somewhere, right? And so, The Business Planning […]
Birthday Girl requested a Trolls birthday party theme; we decided to try Trolls-lite. My girl was turning 5, and she loved the new Trolls movie at the time. I struggled with this request a little, because Trolls was not (and still isn’t) particularly the aesthetic I personally gravitate towards. But who was I to say […]
When Baby was about 18 months old, I went on a mission to find the best compact stroller available. I spent countless hours online, researching ALL the strollers. I made spreadsheets, read reviews. And I came away dejected, convinced that the perfect stroller, one that hit all my criteria, simply didn’t exist. Turns out, it […]
At one year old, baby doesn’t have a strong opinion on birthday theme, so I went with a Rooster, since he was born in 2017, Year of the Rooster. I used the same logic for his older sister’s first birthday, but she was born in 2012, Year of the Dragon. This is arguably a wee […]