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Hello, I’m Natalie Wallis, Marina’s 10-year old daughter. I am part of a FLL team with my brother, called The Masterminds. This is my second year participating in FLL, and my brother, Jacob’s, third. Last year the season was all … Continue reading →

Today was a fun surprise kind of day! We scheduled an ortho appointment because one of Jacob’s baby teeth came out yesterday. That tooth was one of the key teeth on which his retainer clamped onto. Now what? We went … Continue reading →

Today’s basketball loss was hard. Jacob’s team had made it to the QuarterFinals in the RBYB League. Tonight’s game was against the Thunders. Our team, the Kings, had won them earlier in the season. Could they win again? Oh how we hoped! And yet … Continue reading →

Davy running to Jacob. Greeting Jacob with a MASSIVE waist hug. Hellos. Smiles. Happiness to be with friends once again. Presentations in the Nature Center. Ella-Jayne- Giant Blue Butterfly Asher- Monster Beetle Caedmon’s very, very, very 1st presentation ever. He’s … Continue reading →

Wow. What a game. Intense beyond intense. Sooooooooooo incredibly proud of this team of boys. They didn’t win the semifinals. But man they sure came close. When the game first started the Clippers team (ranked #2) scored a few shots … Continue reading →

Today was a great first day of basketball season! Jacob had his very first game playing in the Redondo Beach Youth Basketball League. Game 1: win Score: 34 to 26 Natalie had a fabulous hour-long practice with her basketball team and is … Continue reading →

Steve was 100% correct…..Jacob was going to be in car-heaven if we went to this particular auto show. Wow. As we drove northbound on the 101 all of a sudden we heard and saw 4 red Lamborghini sports cars roar … Continue reading →

Yesterday as I was about to drop off Natalie to her enrichment class at school, she burst into tears. What just happened to my happy girl? Just minutes prior all was well. “Mama I’ve been thinking about this and haven’t … Continue reading →

Wow…..it started with the purchase of deodorant this summer…. last week he got glasses…..(which by the way he looks SO handsome with) and yesterday I took him shopping for new basketball shoes. Wowsas! This boy just doesn’t stop growing. As … Continue reading →

Each morning, I’ve learned, that a breakfast of protein is key to the successful start to the day for all of us. A carb-only type of breakfast leaves me hungry a couple hours later, or less. If only given cereal or … Continue reading →