After his first Christmas, I realized that I never needed to buy my son gifts.
Not that I didn’t want to or couldn’t, there was...
When Maggie and Jessi met 18 years ago, in 1993, at high school freshman orientation they never knew the path their friendship would take....
As the Holiday season fast approaches I find myself grasping at gift ideas.
Allow me to backtrack a bit first. Last year, and every year...
With the holidays here in full swing, Jason, my husband, and I have had several conversations of new traditions we want to start with...
We had such a fabulous time at our Bloom 2014 event a few weeks ago! It was so fun to see so many new...
The Holidays are getting closer, here are some of our favorite family activities in the area...
Friday, December 12, 2014
Light the Village and Train Hop
Don't...
In addition to Christmas and the Persian New Year, and in an effort to be more multicultural and to help our daughter understand and...
I was lifting her up so that she could put the star on our Christmas tree. For some reason, it was that moment that...
SO? Did you make green bean casserole for Thanksgiving, like I had so heartily suggested in my last post? Well, if not, you still...
Supermom is a Myth.
I missed three parent teacher conferences, two dentist appointments, ignored 7 voicemails and neglected to volunteer to make a meal for...
The holidays are filled with fun, good cheer and many, many treats. While we love the season and cherish the memories, this time of...
Each year my goal is to be done Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving. I've never actually met the goal but it's one I like to...
I don't generally enjoy lists about what it is like to raise boys because they typically reduce boys to penis grabbing, death defying, fart obsessed...
It's funny that such a simple, rather benign thing as an elf doll has become such a phenomenon.
I remember when I first heard about...

















