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For more than sixteen years, the week after Thanksgiving has traditionally seen my family and I piling down into the basement to search for the box that houses our fake Christmas tree for 90 percent of the year. I...

During the month of November, I always see an emphasis on gratitude and thankfulness. It gets me thinking, what can we as parents do to help our children be more grateful? In our family, we’ve started to take a moment...

Recently, we sent Duluth Moms Blog writer Gina to our local Maurices to shop for holiday goodies for some of her favorite women on her gift giving list. We know you've got a few of them on your list,...

What an incredible year this has been! Duluth Moms Blog is bursting with pride today on the first anniversary of our launch. We started out small and full of passion about what we wanted to do: bring a sense...

There’s no pretty way of saying it: the news is straight up horrific these days. It shouts of heartbreak and brokenness and terror and bullies of every age. I couldn’t count on my set of hands how many times...

Television commercials and Lifetime Channel movies always make the holidays appear to be stress-free. Moms have perfect manicures and make perfect turkeys. Everyone exchanges intricately wrapped and trimmed gifts. Reality looks a little different, right? You think that mani/pedi...

Ready or not, November is here. Which means you have probably already started thinking about the holidays. I know I am already looking forward to hosting Thanksgiving for my family this year. Thinking of all of the yummy food...

Want to hear a silly confession? I began researching preschools for my daughter before she was even born. By the time she was a year old, I had narrowed our choices down to three. But maybe you’re thinking, “That’s...

My dad always used to love to reference our “Fresh Country Air”, but in my eye-rolling-quick-to-assume days of youth, I always thought he was somehow referencing the pungent odor of manure. What IS “Fresh Country Air”? I simply couldn’t...

Duluth Moms Blog writers got together to laugh, chat, chase around kiddos, and pose for photos in some of our favorite fall fashion from