
Monday Lunch Post: Lego! [UPDATED]

The Boy is a Lego fanatic. But most of his fascination is with the little minifigures and the endless possibilities for building characters. more…
End of the Week Lunch Post: The Ancient Map…Before and After

We are a traveling family, a map-loving family. more…
Lunch Post: Year of the Rabbit?

This has been a bit of a crazy week, with lost lunch boxes and late nights, so here, finally, is the update for the Chinese New Year post from earlier in the week. more…
Lunch Post: What she’s forced to wear…[UPDATED]

Freelancing can be a challenging way to make a living, but at least I never have to wear a tie.
Lunch Post: The Haunted Toilet [UPDATED!]

Sometimes these lunch posts send me into deep reveries about parenting or design or something. But today is just a haunted toilet. Seven-year-olds are into ghosts. And toilets are funny.
Reverse Lunch Post: Stinky Monkey

One of the most wonderful phrases in the world, to a kid, is “snow day.” more…
Lunch Post: The empty seat on the subway [UPDATED]

On his third day of life, our little guy, a month early and ramen-noodle-yellow with jaundice, was coccooned in a sling and carried on the subway to the doctor.
Lunch Post Wednesday: Frankenstein’s monster returns [updated]

We haven’t heard from Frankenstein’s monster for a long while. Today he returns…and something’s happened.
