Holidays

Updated February of 2025 You've got the cards, the conversation hearts, and the chocolates. But maybe you'd like just a little bit more for that special someone this year. We've got the Valentine's Day gift ideas you've been eyeing for...

We’ve made your list and Santa’s checking it twice to see who’s been naughty or nice.Who’s getting a bag full of presents and who will get coal? Moms, we’ve spent this year encouraging, supporting, cajoling, bribing, and chastising our...

Before, New Year’s was all about finding a great party, dancing with my friends, drinking a bit too much, and staying out as late as possible (which if I’m being honest was never really that late compared to everyone...

Before you hang the stockings by the chimney with care, you need to fill them with something the kids will enjoy. If you're anything like me, then you want to skip the cheap toys that find their way into...

I'm just not feeling festive this year. At all. Maybe it's because time seems to be running faster than I've ever known before. My kids are getting older, in that middle age between toddler and tween. There is still magic...

There are so many wonderful things that I look forward to with the holiday season. Over the top Christmas decorations, sugar cookie decorating, holiday music stations, and Starbucks seasonal beverages! But I am a fool for gift giving. Holiday...

The end of the year is quickly approaching, and with it comes the onslaught of forced cheer and festive anxiety. Of course, I’m talking about the holidays, those celebratory observances that everyone looks forward to…unless, of course, you’re an...

The end-of-year holidays that start around November are my favorite time of year. Yet, this time of year is also very stressful. In my life before kids, I absorbed the expected requirements of traveling to see family, cooking, cleaning...

On November 11th of each year, we have the greatest opportunity to thank a veteran. Veterans Day honors American veterans of all wars and is a wonderful chance to teach your kids about sacrifice, and more importantly, heroism. While this...

Updated October 2023 Double, double toil and trouble;  Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Tis the season for spooky treats, For my little goblins to eat. Between kindergarten and preschool celebrations, neighborhood "boo-ing" and various other holiday treat exchanges, it seems I'm in constant need...