Good morning ISP’ers! We received several emails about the finger painted artwork in our “How Loss Became My Best Teacher of Life” post so we decided to use this kindness idea for our summer kids kindness challenge week 5. These are Downey family masterpieces. My children have made these for people for various birthdays, special…
I love that ISP is a creative outlet for me to do so many things – exploring and sharing places I love, celebrating amazing people that inspire me, creative kindness projects I get to experiment on my kids and share with the world, and talking about what cultivates happiness and why kindness in this day…
One of the most rewarding things about starting ISP has been the people I have been blessed to meet and get to know. I say over and over again how since starting this project it has enhanced my life in ways I cannot explain which is probably why I share it with such passion to others.…
As more and more people are finding out about ISP I am receiving so many fun emails from the most amazing people. One last week was from a lady from Word Rocks who gave me this amazing idea in exchange for some smile wands. Fair trade I think. Word Rocks is exactly what you think it…
We LOVE Bari! We had so much fun there last summer trying out their amazing workout from NYC we asked if they would be part of our big Kickstarter fundraiser bringing kindness to life for our youngest philanthropists. They are so amazing they said YES! A 3 class package is up for grabs Tuesday, 11/17,…
I suppose I can attribute this desire from Peanut & Angel for a permanent lemonade stand at my house in large part to the popular kid’s shows, “Peppa Pig” and “Olivia”. These pig cartoons clearly have a huge influence at the homestead. Lucky for us the week my kids started asking to make homemade lemonade…
This is our half-page article in the Orange County Register on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Thank you so much, Suzanne, for making this happen. We were so excited about our article and all the amazing feedback we received today. We are truly blessed. Life never stops at the Esmond household. A husband that makes the…
My kids are obsessed with picking all the flowers we have in our garden. No matter how many times we let them know we shouldn’t pick the flowers they inevitably show up with a smile handing us their latest selection from the backyard. How do you get mad about that? Our solution: plant their own…
So what do you do when you get a text at 11:00pm the day before to co-host a radio show in Hollywood? You cancel all your work the next day, get Daddy to take the kids to dinner and a movie and you get on the 5 freeway. For 2 hours. Or 3, because it…
I have a mind crush. I don’t crush on anyone very often (we have already established the Bono situation) but when I sat dumbfounded at what four friends who felt like being kind around London have accomplished in 6 years I couldn’t help myself. As I sat sipping my morning coffee face to face with…