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Rainbow Convection!

I test baked Lulu's birthday cake this past weekend, for her upcoming big Woodland Fairy and Elf birthday party. I used closet-master baker Gesine's vanilla cake recipe for the foundation and famous pastry chef Gaston Lenotre's French buttercream recipe for the icing (I added raspberry to the latter).

My volunteer cake tasters told me it was yummylicious and since there was not a scrap of cake left on any plate, I believe them. I'm excited to add two more layers of color and cake decorations for the final cake. Baking instructions coming soon, too.

Two Year Old's First Solo Wave!

A milestone I hope to help Lulu achieve someday... few things beat unbridled joy! What a great day for this papa and his adorable son!

LA - Target Free Holiday Mondays: Memorial Day (05.28.12)

Target Free Holiday Mondays: Memorial Day
Monday, May 28, 2012 | 12 pm

Visitors of all ages are invited to a free day at the museum*, with live music by George Kahn "Jazz and Blues Revue" on the plaza at 12:30 and 2:45 pm. Free bilingual tours, programs, and other activities occur throughout the day.

LACMA | Free, general admission ticket required; *does not include admission to In Wonderand | Tickets: 323 857-6010 or purchase online.

To ensure a safe and pleasant visitor experience, tickets to the Boone Children's Gallery on Target Free Holiday Monday will be timed and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Pick up your free, timed ticket in the Boone Children's Gallery on the day of the event. Timed tickets allow for a thirty-minute visit.

Happy 2012 Mother's Day!

We spent Mother's Day making funny faces in the forest (in the wonderful and breezy Escondido Canyon Park). Hope your day was great too!

RELATED: Happy Mother's Day (2010) and A Love Letter to My Mom (2011)

Mango Mama

The mango does not fall far from the tree. Lulu is crazy about mangoes. Just like her mama!

RELATED: Mang, I Love Mangoes! and Goes Down Smoothie

Wild Thing in the Wind

A wonderful windy day for flying kites and capturing stills of my Wild Thing!

Little Goody Two-Shoes

Although Lulu's been wearing two different shoes for a little while now, she's been receiving lots of comments on them from strangers recently. Maybe it's because of the way she moves in her Natives. Or her now very noticeable presence in the room (she's a spunky gal). Whatever the case, I'm proud of my girl's choice to express herself outside of the lines, so early on.

Paper-Hat Princess

Lulu draped herself with a napkin and call herself a Princess. I couldn't argue, she looked lovely.

LA - National Train Day (05.12.12)

Union Station 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Get Directions | Trip Planner | Program Guide

When: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Saturday, May 12

General Admission: Free

Now in its 5^th year, National Train Day is back to celebrate train travel and the ways trains touch the lives of people with events across America. This year, festivities will highlight the unique perspective passengers enjoy as they take in the vastness and beauty of the American landscape, from cities big and small, to country vistas and everything in between, when traveling by rail.

As part of National Train Day, each major market event features live entertainment, interactive and educational exhibits, kids’ activities, model train displays and tours of Amtrak equipment, freight and commuter trains, and notable private railroad cars. Special thanks to LA County Metro Transit Authority.