✦ A small family studio in Southern California

Parenting tools that actually fit the family you have.

We’re a husband-and-wife studio building warm, practical, data-informed tools for the messy-magical years of raising little kids — starting with the Disneyland trips we kept wishing someone had planned for us.

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4 yrs of toddler-tested park days 500k+ wait-time data points Made in SoCal

Anchored in real data

Every recommendation is backed by years of wait-time history, ride reliability, and crowd patterns — not vibes.

Sparked by real families

Built around nap windows, snack meltdowns, stroller logistics, and the joy of a 3-year-old meeting Mickey.

Made for the messy days

Tools that work when it’s 92°, the line is 70 minutes, and someone needs goldfish — not just on paper.

✦ What we’re building

Small tools, big difference on a Tuesday afternoon.

We start every project the same way: a problem our own family hit, a spreadsheet, and a stubborn belief that parents deserve better than another generic checklist.

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Flagship guide

Disneyland Mom Planner

The toddler-first, sanity-first Disneyland playbook we wish we’d had on our first trip. Ride-by-ride strategy, height & nap notes, hidden quiet spots, and the snack stops that save the whole afternoon.

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Day Builder

A mobile-friendly planner that learns as you go. Check off rides, and the rest re-sorts by real wait-time history — no more walking across the park for nothing.

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Illustration of children at a sunset birthday party

Coming soon

Spark Gatherings

Birthdays, playdates, and the everyday celebrations in between — curated kits and printable plans that turn a regular Saturday into a memory.

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✦ Our flagship: Disneyland with little kids

It’s the most magical place on earth — and an absolute logistical puzzle with a 3-year-old.

We’ve been bringing our boys to Disneyland and DCA for years, taking notes the whole time. What rides toddlers actually love. Which lines move. Where to find a quiet bench when someone needs a reset. Which character meets are worth the wait.

The Disneyland Mom Planner pulls all of that — plus four years of public wait-time data — into a single, beautiful guide you can use on the ground, one-handed, while holding a juice box.

Ride-by-ride toddler ratings — height, intensity, nap-friendliness, character payoff.
Crowd-aware day plans — built from real wait-time history, not guesses.
Reset spots & snack maps — quiet corners, low-line treats, stroller-parking sanity.
The “if it all goes sideways” page — because sometimes it does, and that’s okay.

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The Anchor and Spark family — two parents and their two young sons under a tree in Southern California

✦ Hi from Southern California

✦ Our Story

We’re a small family studio. We build the things our own family needs first.

Anchor & Spark started at our kitchen table — somewhere between a half-eaten breakfast and a 6 a.m. spreadsheet about Space Mountain wait times. We’re parents first, builders second: a service desk manager who loves a good system, a partner who keeps the warmth in everything we make, and two little boys who beta-test every single idea (loudly, honestly).

Anchor is the steady part — the data, the planning, the boring-but-important details that make a hard day easier. Spark is the joyful part — the magic, the wonder, the reason we’re doing any of this in the first place. Every tool we ship sits between those two ideas.

— Catherine & family, Southern California