Rebecca Lang
Rebecca is the former Managing Editor for both Mid-Peninsula Moms Blog and San Francisco Moms Blog. She and her husband moved to San Francisco from the East Coast in 2008 and love raising their two children in the city. Rebecca worked for two Fortune 500 companies in a variety of HR roles before surprising everyone, including herself, and leaving her job to stay home with her kids. She's written for a variety of online parenting publications including Scary Mommy, Motherly, and YourTango, but promises that she can talk about non-parenting stuff in real life. Follow her on social media at @rlang165 and on BeckyRebecca.com.
Use This Improv Technique to Get Your Kids to Play Better Together
My five-year-old daughter enjoys directing playtime for herself and her three-year-old brother. My son is usually happy to go along with whatever grand scenario she sets up, but they don't always agree on how to...
Have You Watched Insatiable? (Friday Faves 8.17.18)
This is a week full of anticipation as my husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary yesterday and my daughter starts kindergarten on Monday! I will be very surprised if I cry when...
I’m Not Crafty, But I’m Making a Summertime Scrapbook, Anyway
This year, instead of saying, "Wow! Summer went fast," and leaving those memories in the dust, I'm vowing to take time to reflect on all the things my family did over the last few...
Booking a Boudoir Photo Session? Learn From My Mistakes (Giveaway!)
(This post is in partnership with Mike Lloyd Photography.)
I bought a Groupon for a boudoir photography session back when Groupon was at its peak popularity. I've written a little bit about why I wanted to...
Why Your Definition of a “Good School” Should Influence Where You Live
This post is in partnership with Suburban Jungle.
I started to freak out about the San Francisco kindergarten admissions process last fall. From the moment we thought about raising kids in the city, we knew that getting...
What the Age We Became Mothers Might Say About Us (Friday Faves 8.10.18)
I'm writing this on Thursday night, but I keep thinking it's only Wednesday, and I continue to be happily surprised that Friday will be here by the time you read this! Since I stay...
I Let My Kids Run Up the Slide. Why Don’t You?
I would love if there was some sort of playground orientation that parents could attend to get on the same page about what is acceptable behavior from our children at the park. I wrote down...
The Best Toy to Buy Your Kids and More (Friday Faves, 8.3.18)
While you all have been enjoying gorgeous weather on the Peninsula, I've been stuck under Karl the Fog up in SF for the better part of a week. Ugh. It's meant more time inside...
Your Chance to Get a Custom Handcut Silhouette by Artist Karl Johnson (Giveaway)
(This post is in partnership with Cut Arts.)
I have a distinct memory of a 5th grade "homeroom mom" tracing my silhouette at school one day. Later, my silhouette joined those of my fellow elementary...
Middle Children Are Going Extinct and More in This Week’s Friday Faves (7.27.18)
Last weekend, my best friend from home visited, and I think we talked for four days straight. We haven't spent this much quality time together since high school, and it was more fun than...
