Trivial Pursuit For The Wii: Perfect For Moms’ Night

Last night I gathered with a bunch of Mom Blogger friends* (in attendance: April, Jessica, Elise, me, Jennifer (in photo), and Bernadette, Laura, Yvonne and Kim (not pictured)) and we played Trivial Pursuit, a fun board game in the old days, and now a fun virtual game created by Electronic Arts, who also provided the game [...]

Our Family Trip To Disneyland

I won a trip to Disneyland for me and my family on Kathy Sena’s ParentTalkToday blog and it was an amazingly fun day! Here’s a picture of Kathy and me with Disney’s newest Princess, Tiana. Disneyland at the holidays is a sight to see: everything is decorated so beautifully. I highly recommend it. We spent the day [...]

Night At The Museum 2 DVD Drops December 1st

I’m excited to see it finally because I really enjoyed the first Night at the Museum, and because I missed this one when it came out in theaters last May (please see earlier post about 25th college reunion).  The nice folks at 20th Century Fox who are putting out the dvd invited me to the [...]

Veteran’s Day

My kids and I are enjoying a day off from school, and I want to acknowledge my late father, Dr. E. H. (Dick) Auerswald, and his service to our country in the army in World War 2. I like to keep his dog tags around, even though I’m not much for militaristic decor. There’s just [...]

Gorgeous Family Portraits Can Be Yours!

This weekend my family is getting our picture taken by this amazing photographer, Nicolas Sage, and your family can, too! (Provided you live in the Los Angeles region or can get here quickly). And as an added bonus, the sessions over the next 2 weekends benefit 2 local schools: VPDP preschool and Ocean Charter Elementary [...]