Tips + Tricks

Making the decision to homeschool is a big deal. It is a huge choice to make for your family and it can feel overwhelming. Unfortunately the decisions don't stop after you've made your choice; there are more steps you'll...

The old-fashioned family road trip is back in style and I am here for it. What’s not to love? You can pack as much as you can fit in your car (including prepped meals and snacks to keep restaurant stops...

Have you heard of Heloise? Like her mother before her, Heloise is an author and columnist specializing in making life easier for the rest of us. I used to enjoy her columns back in the "olden days" when I...

Photography Credit: Picture the Essence PhotographyEarlier this fall, Duluth Moms Blog had a blast helping Marshall School show off their newly remodeled art and music wings for our Moms Night Out. Of course it wouldn't be a DMB event...

With school back in session, moms want two things: to feel like our kids are getting the best education we can give them and... to take a break. We're vigilant about providing as many opportunities for our children as we...

It's that time of year.  School is almost out... or out for some kiddos already! What are we going to do to fill the extra time our children spend at home? As a preschool teacher and a mom, I'm practically...

The junk hunt has something for everyone. There are over a hundred booths filled with

On my first backpack trip, I packed a lot of little things I thought I might need for the journey. I rationalized that it wouldn’t make that much difference if I brought one more thing, “just in case.” It...

Love them or leave them, we’re getting close to Elf on the Shelf season, and I, for one am firmly in the love camp. When my son was 2, I was clued in to Elf on the Shelf and 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...