“Mom, is Micah average?”
I’m sure all you parents out there can relate. The “what, why, who” questions started a few years ago, but now they’ve progressed to word definitions. So when PJ asked me if her baby sister was average, I didn’t know what to say. I sort of floundered and then responded, “I guess so.” Which was […]
My Daughter can’t Roll her Rrrr’s…
Last night, my daughter, PJ, a first grader, was watching Hi5 with her little sister and they were singing a song with some Spanish words and accents. Well, since I’m Mexican, you’d assume I would speak Spanish and therefore, so would my children, right? Well, not so fast. See, I grew up in Utah and […]
Oceanside, the true “melting pot”
So, the girls and I were in Oceanside today. In So Cal, we refer to Oceanside as O’side. It’s a beach city just north of San Diego, very close to Camp Pendleton Marine base, and has long been know as a city full of gangs and crime. Well, a lot of that has changed! OK, […]