Summer camp guide for 2012

Parents, you don’t have to listen to your kids complaining that they’re bored during summer break. Use this guide to find the perfect summer camp to keep your children busy all summer.

Themed dress-up party boutique opens in Cypress

Every little girl loves being treated like a princess, and at the recently opened Duchess & Divas Boutique in Cypress, she can get treated like royalty on her birthday — and dress like it, too.

Jamie Lee Curtis to share lessons in self evolution at Ellie Caulkins Opera House

It was just past 8 a.m. in Los Angeles and actress-turned-author Jamie Lee Curtis had already shuttled her teenage son to school before baking her favorite lemon cake. "Now I'm about to go to a business appointment," said Curtis, 53, via telephone last week, "and then I'll come back for the cake and take it to a friend's birthday lunch."

British mothers join US craze for party cakes that reveal baby's sex

It's pink sponge for a girl … and for some, only the doctor knows the truth until the first slice Rarely can a cake have played such a central role at a party. Wrapped in multicoloured icing, the first slice was cut to reveal – in pink sponge – the sex of Michelle Whitney's baby. With all her family and friends gathered around, the pregnant 27-year-old was leading a new trend in the UK that has ...

More Mother's Day letters from our readers

More Mother's Day letters from our readers