Holidays + Seasons

It's summertime. Kids everywhere are rejoicing while parents everywhere are going crazy, broke, or (likely) both. I remember childhood summer breaks fondly. My mom worked from our home so she was always around. My older siblings and I spent our days...

The whole world eagerly awaited on New Year’s Eve —Ryan Seacrest counted down to the ball drop in Times Square and pop stars threw tantrums on live TV. The whole world, except, parents of kids 8 and under. We...

Let's Talk Teens and Turkey!  Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and at my house, that means my daughter will be home from college, and my son will have a week off from high school. They'll need to crash,...

Yes, you read the title of the post correctly. On August 8th, it is totally acceptable for you to sneak zucchini onto your neighbor's porch! I'm all about obscure holidays, and this one just might be one of the...

Once thought of as someone who was socially awkward, the term "geek" has become a lot more fashionable in recent years. Now geeks are just considered to be anyone with an enthusiasm for or expert knowledge on a certain...

One of our favorite Christmas books is The Sweet Smell of Christmas, by Patricia Scarry.  In this interactive scratch and sniff book, you'll meet a little bear that is experiencing all the smells of Christmas. Along the way, you...

This Mother's Day, one of our contributing writers, Dr. Marian Muldrow, is sharing her personal journey of finding herself as she became a mother. I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up. I stand on mountain tops...

Before my son was born, I had dreams of a pristine playroom full of wooden toys, books, and materials to spark the imagination. My main reason for this dream was because of my fears of toys overtaking my house...

Gratitude, thankfulness, grateful. These are words that come to mind as Thanksgiving nears. Naturally, I think of myself as a grateful person, but after the latest tragedies that have struck our nation (hurricanes, and shootings, and wildfires, and more), I've...

Holidays can be stressful and challenging. Easter is no exception. There is grocery shopping to be done, house to be cleaned, new clothes shopping and the typical Easter Day preparations. Those preparations include dying eggs, filling plastic eggs with...