Happy New Year! It’s time to ring out the old and ring in the new. Are you a New Year’s Eve partier or do you prefer a quiet evening at home to celebrate the change of calendar? Though we occasionally venture out on New Year’s Eve, we’ve developed our own fun family...
Are you a Christmas movie fan? We LOVE Christmas movies at our house. One of our children’s favorite holiday traditions is spending Christmas Eve afternoon at the movie (giving mom a much-needed break and chance to get the last-minute things done). They still...
Halloween is here. For some people Halloween is about carving pumpkins, choosing costumes and visiting haunted houses. But it seems for most Americans, Halloween is all about Halloween candy. There are endless polls about best and worst Halloween candies, and about...
Fall is here and the holiday season is just around the corner. Fairs, festivals, carnivals, parties and other events are already popping up on my calendar. I’m sure yours is no different. They say this is supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year” but it...
We are well into summer now and, if your kids are like mine, they seem to think we’ve run out of fun summer activities. Summer months can be full of fun activities like BBQ’s, pool days, and waiting for the ice cream truck. But in addition to play, summer is...
