What’s the best stop on the Road to Hana? What was our favorite place? The black sand beach!
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every mom wants to be an all-powerful wizard
by ES Ivy
What’s the best stop on the Road to Hana? What was our favorite place? The black sand beach!
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by ES Ivy
Seeing the rain forest out the windows of a moving car is great.

But it’s not the same as BEING in the rain forest.

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by ES Ivy
It’s almost that time again – time to start on college applications! But how do you choose a college? How do you know which university is right for you?
You need to think beyond name brand colleges that have an admission rate around only 5%!
Here’s a roundup of free articles and resources to get you started on your college search. And when you finish with those, don’t forget the important last step to choosing a college at the bottom of this post!…
by ES Ivy

Happy Halloween! I’ve got a quick and easy Halloween recipe for you for some fun Halloween party food. Great for a kids party!
I don’t know about you, but we need something fast for dinner on Halloween night. And it needs to be something that the kids will eat without a fuss. Here’s a fun recipe for dinner or a Halloween party snack, jack o’lantern quesadillas. (Can you believe that WordPress doesn’t know how to spell quesadilla? There are red underlines all over this post!)…
by ES Ivy
It’s always gratifying when research backs up what you’ve been personally experiencing. And the research comes from Harvard, no less! Last year Harvard released the report, Turning the Tide. Their research shows that college admission practices are damaging our children and are harmful to society. And the press responded favorably, giving them a lot of positive press coverage for the report….
by ES Ivy
East Maui is a lush tropical paradise with waterfalls and black sand beaches! Find out how to make the most of your East Maui tour on the Road to Hana. On the map it will be marked Hana Highway, Hawaii Route 36 and 360. 12 tips to make the most of the Road to Hana!…
by ES Ivy
Sometimes it takes a photo to picture clearly what’s been there all along. (We’re so used to being conscious about gender equality that I had a hard time finding a photo to publish that shows the gender ratio that I saw in a Gifted and Talented (GT) math class photo.)
After hating math for years, our daughter was super excited about her geometry class project, designing tiny houses for a local homeless community. The class took a field trip to the community to kick off this project based learning. Her teacher sent a photo of the GT (gifted and talented) math class on it.
That was when I found out my daughter’s GT math class was 80% boys!
I was shocked to see that in a class of twenty, there were only four girls.
I shouldn’t have been….
by ES Ivy
Homecoming season will be here before you know it! Make your own homecoming mum to make it unique and save money at the same time. I’ve put together a short list of the best homecoming mum tutorial videos I can find!…
by ES Ivy

Max CEO and Co-Founder of Castle working at Rebirth House
Generation Startup is a documentary I just started watching on Netflix. It follows young entrepreneurs and employees of other startups as they try to make new companies successful. In the first ten minutes, several things have already caught my attention. Are low numbers of young entrepreneurs caused by our broken education system?
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by ES Ivy
To really enjoy snorkeling, you need more than fins and a mask! Based on that and experience, here are my recommendations for the best snorkeling gear for beginners….