Summer is on the horizon which means that water play is, too. From beaches to backyard swimming pools, kids of all ages will be getting wet — as they should. My greatest childhood memories revolve around boogie boarding a...
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Believe it or not, quite a few of you have asked me about flying with kids on Cathay Pacific in business class. Because we lived in Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific was our primary airline for five years. We continue to fly it to this...
Every household with kids probably has a few broken crayons lying around. Rather than toss them, why not recycle them into new crayons for even more kids crafts? Martha Stewart has a great tutorial regarding how to melt crayons...
It’s hard to teach a kid how to tie shoes when most seem to have VELCRO or slip-on ability this days. Nordstrom actually has shoe tying classes about once a month. Great idea, but I keep forgetting to go. Plus, who wants ...
When 529 college savings plans first became available, I was a financial consultant at one of the world’s most prestigious firms. The plans were an arrow to add to the quiver, so to speak, but nothing I felt passionate ab...
I couldn’t believe it. She grew up flying transpacific, 25 hours door-to-door, from the time she was one month old. The kid grew up on airplanes. All of a sudden at age 5, she started getting air sickness. I thought it wa...
These Chinese New Year kids crafts are so easy to make that we didn’t even have enough time to take pictures of the process. All you need to do is save empty egg cartons, toilet paper rolls or even paper towel rolls. Then...
The holidays are over and school-aged kids are back into their normal routine. My kindergartener is an only child and still gets fidgety during weekends when we’re just relaxing at home. I keep a perpetual stockpile of ki...
Since my daughter was born in Hong Kong, she considers herself Chinese so Lunar New Year is a big deal in our house. She’s 5 years old and beginning to understand the zodiac order along and meaning of certain traditions. ...
It’s the last week before winter break, and my school-loving kindergartener would like to hand out something small to her classmates on Friday. As I type this, she’s whipping up a few dozen reindeer candy canes. The...
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