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I’ll start by saying that you can start any of these traditions at any time, but when I was a new mom I really wanted to get Christmas right. I felt a lot of pressure to make sure my...

Every holiday season I say to myself, “We’re just going to keep it simple this year.” But somehow, in the run up to Christmas, life always ends up getting really busy and we have too many events scheduled. I...

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...

I know I’m not special. I know I am not the only one struggling in this weird coronavirus quarantine haze we keep finding ourselves in. I know I am not the only mom of four. I know I’m not...

The holidays are my thing. Come November 1st, I’m the obnoxious lady humming Christmas carols and browsing Target for a fancy new tree skirt as onlookers stare in contempt, nursing their sugar crash hangovers from binge candy eating the night...

We were at a local swimming hole for the first time recently and being the rookie mom that I am, I didn't know that the establishment had loads and loads of water toys for guests to play with. I...

Did you know that October is National Book Month? It's hard to keep up with all the celebrations these days, but you might have known this one if you're an obsessive reader like I am. If you’ve seen some...

Mother’s Day. It’s fast approaching, and while my first inclination is to think about the amazingness of getting a day to “sleep in” (lounge in bed half awake while listening to the 2-year-old call for mama from the opposite...

Recently, my family became a one car household, and it means my daughter and I have time to kill between errands/activities and picking up my husband from work. I have found myself driving around neighborhoods gawking at Christmas lights...

I’ve minimized my sock drawer, twice. I've burned through the stack of books I was planning to reading “someday” and now that I am juggling distance learning and working from home off of nothing more than a hotspot, my...