Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters

Doll/Fashion Design Kit – 8 Year Old Gift

Each year my children go to dozens of birthday parties and as a mom of two children who play very differently and live in a house with more clutter than I’d like, buying a child’s birthday gift is no simple task. To simplify choosing the right gift I have a little three step process of…

Fashion Show Fun – Jack Wills at Corbu Spa

This was a great night out with a sneak peek at some of Corbu Spa‘s products and services (even though we’ve already been in for facials, and haircuts). I learn something new every time! Corbu Spa has lotions and luxuries that are made in house that we sampled with a relaxing hand massage. Dan and…

Where the heck am I? Dating, Parenthood and the Runway

It is not unusual, but you know you’ve hit rock bottom in the dating scene (the parental dating scene that is) when you’ve hired a sitter, put on some 1/2 way decent clothes and you’re stomping down the long runway…I mean aisles…together in the grocery store. Perhaps even worse (under guise of saving time so…

On Ramping, Off Ramping: Just give me ramps

As a parent of school-aged children and a stay at home parent (occasional work at home parent), I have seen this little word that buzzes by me periodically “on-ramping”. I love to write and I have a close relationship with my OED and Roget‘s but I am not a huge fan of made up words…

Treat with Benefits: Nutella

My first introduction to Nutella was when I was in elementary school in Canada. We had friends who were from Paraguay and one of their kids was in my brothers class. I don’t know how it came up, but my brother said that chocolate was a good lunch. My mom made us the home-made whole…

Pretty Pretty Unsure Princess

If you mention the Disney princesses I get a little knot in my stomach for several reasons. I’m just not a huge Disney fan, my kids are way too scared of the most “babyish” television shows to even consider watching a Disney movie, and I am not a fan of the mass princess marketing on…

Classes We’re Taking

Parents are always asking one another about dance classes, music classes, and other activities. There are tons of resources out there, but sometimes they just become a little too overwhelming. Here is what we’re taking and I’ll include what we took when the kids were younger so that everyone can find something! Hope this helps….

Conversations: On Love and Nipples

Part I: Love: If you’re going to dis me dis me like this. This evening there was plenty of excitement when daddy was home early to come with us to pick Henry up from daycare. Then off he went to do some spring skiing with colleagues from work and off we went to have an…

First Full Week of Spring

Play Spring is in the air and so is music. Inspire your little virtuoso with an outing to the Symphony Hall for a family concert with the talented Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. There’s nothing like children to inspire children. Children are free and adult tickets are $20. (Saturday March 27th at 11:00) Majestic Yoga, a cute…

Spring has Sprung Restaurant Style

Not only are crocuses popping up here and there, but in Boston and environs some fabulous sounding restaurants have popped up here and there. Flour Bakery (you know the one near the children’s museum) is working hard to open their third location down by Central Bottle Wine and Provisions in Cambridge, Bergamot has opened in…

Redefining the Glitterati

I know, I know, the time change is only one hour, but there’s something about it that throws us all off. We try to start dinner early but stay up a bit later and do some extra active night time activities to get the kids asleep on time, but somehow one is passed out early…

Valentine’s day with the Kids

I have never been a fan of Valentine’s day…well, I did always look forward to those little red hot Valetine’s heart candies. The ones that make your tongue tingle and scream “CINAMMON” in your mouth. Then there was the year abroad in college in the UK when I discovered they had candy hearts with mean…