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The Very First Time
By: Brandy Black This past weekend we went to South Pasadena High School for the 4th of July. This marked the first time that Sophia would see fireworks. I began preparing her for this monumental night on Friday morning by making her a red, white and blue breakfast with accompanying drawings of fireworks and the American […]
Toddler Sleepover
By: Brandy Black Sophia and Penny (almost 2) have been friends for over a year now and tonight Penny came over for a sleepover without her parents for the first time. These little moments are the sweet parts of parenthood that nobody tells you about. The joy you get from watching your child become friends […]
Orange Stars
Hello?
By: Brandy Black Susan, Sophia and I went out to lunch at a little Thai food place in Beachwood Canyon. We were among only one other table of people in the restaurant, which was a relief with a two year-old. Sophia looks over at the table across the restaurant and says “Hi!” and they didn’t reply […]
My Juliet
Butterfly Emerges
By: Brandy Black A couple weeks ago Susan and Sophia came home from the children’s museum in Pasadena “Kidspace” with a caterpillar. It was in a tiny container with food on the bottom. Sophia ran around the house yelling “caterpillar, caterpillar” while Susan handed me the directions and explained that we were going to take […]