Tag: holidays
Practical Strategies for Holiday Budgeting and Organizing your Gift List
Every year, when the leaves start to fall, I can’t help but get excited. I love all things fall: apple-picking, carving pumpkins, Halloween, baking...
Six Really Cool Gifts to Look For This Holiday Season
There are a lot of suggestions for holiday gifts hovering around out there on the interwebs.
From the cute and snuggly, to the weird,...
Ten Things I Learned While Taking My Children’s Holiday Photos
Every year, I become excited about dressing my kids in festive clothing and capturing perfect holiday photos for our Christmas card.
You know exactly what I...
Meaningful Gift-Giving: A Strategic Guide
Having children changes how we view the world; we all know this to be true. During the holidays, that cliche holds even more truth....
Learning to Navigate the Holiday Season as an Adult Child of...
My parents divorced when I was six.
My parents lived in different states and splitting the holidays literally meant splitting each day in half....
Charity: Teaching Our Kids to Want to Give During the Holiday...
Every year, my kids’ Christmas lists get just a little bit longer. And that pile of presents under our tree, despite my best intentions,...
Cultural Appropriation at Thanksgiving: My Daughter and Chris Hemsworth
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A few weeks ago, my secret boyfriend, Chris Hemsworth, shared an Instagram photo saying he stands with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who are...
Ode to Abu — When Your Babies Lose a Grandparent
It's that time of year when all of the blogs are spewing out feel-good holiday posts about creating new family traditions, executing the perfect...
Mindfulness and the Holiday Season
I went to a physical recently. I haven't seen my primary care doctor, whom I love, since I became pregnant and gave birth to...
Managing the Holidays with a Broken Family
I can clearly remember Thanksgiving at my grandmother's house when I was growing up.
The table was nearly too long for the dining area, and...
Where to Buy or Cut Your Own Christmas Tree In and...
If your family enjoys the tradition of picking out a real tree for Christmas you know there are a lot of choices out there!
We...
ShopVT 2015 is Here!
Win BIG this Holiday Season
For the third year in a row we have partnered with Try Vermont First and are thrilled to announce the launch of...
Holiday Travel Tips for Your Preschooler
The holidays are fast-approaching, and this could possibly mean more travel time with your preschooler or toddler.
Here is a process that we've used for...
The 40th Annual Family Reunion: 10 tips for survival for your...
A few weeks ago we drove home from a Family Reunion weekend at Lake Honeoye in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. I...