Kimberly Michelle - a career mom trying to make every day extraordinary

family

staring at windows into water

I love staring at windows into underwater worlds. I know it’s not for everyone, but I’m just constantly mesmerized by the movement of water and everything around it. And I…

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yummy

profiteroles for cream puff day!

When the fancy chefs talk about profiteroles, they’re really just trying to act fancy and call what we know as ‘cream puffs’ by their formal name. But whatever you call…

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family

the first egg hunt

Last year, Miss L wasn’t walking at 14 months, so there was no Easter egg hunt for us. But this year was a whole different story. She learned to love…

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lovely

wild about the mustard flowers

There was something extra magical about this year’s mustard flower blooms in Northern California.
homey

Back to Hogwarts on September 1st

While the kiddo’s away, you’ve got to mess with her stuff, right? This time it’s a Harry Potter redo of her room, which we hadn’t touched since before she was born. A post shared by Chris M (@thewrongmonkey) on Aug…
travel

summer in the UK: Castles and Crypts

This summer, after months of planning, and more than a couple of years of hoping we’d get across the pond sooner than later, we were finally off on a 2-week family trip to England! Day 4: Tower of London &…
travel

Summer in the UK: A Day at Wimbledon

Wimbledon was a "MUST DO" activity for our UK trip and it absolutely lived up to all of the hype! Read about our full day from the Queue to Court 2!
travel

Summer in the UK: London Shakespeare and Mummies

Our trip to England was off to a fast-paced start with a visit to Shakespeare's Globe within hours of arrival! Then the next day it was off to the British Museum!