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When I think back on the Christmases of my childhood, I don’t remember much about the presents (well, except for that year I got training bras). What I do remember were all our beloved family traditions. Every year my mom and I would go shopping at the mall on Christmas Eve for fun (crazy, no?). […]
With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s easy to forget to stop and enjoy the magic of the season. I say enough of all that! Allow me to cordially invite you to grab a mug of hot chocolate, gather up the family and get ready to celebrate the magic of the season […]
Yeah, yeah, the holidays are supposed to be magical. We know this because TV and Pinterest tell us so. If you’ve ever attempted to create the perfect holiday experience for your family, the Clark Griswold in you knows how that turned out. Christmas hams get burned, children suffer meltdowns, and husbands buy wives blenders. This […]
Christmas is the one time of year I like (or rather, try) to get crafty. The annual craft fair at my kids’ school is to blame. Tables upon tables of crafty amazingness created by moms just like me. I peruse the tables, convince myself that if they can craft then I can too, and then […]
I told you guys that my 10-year-old still believes in Santa. One of these years he’s going to learn the bitter truth about Santa and when he does, it’s sure to devastate him the way it’s devastated countless generations before him. I learned the truth about Santa at 9-years-old. I noticed that particular Christmas morning […]
I have a 10-year-old son who still very much believes that Santa is the real deal. Still. Up to this point, Boy Wonder’s belief in Santa has been sort of cute, not to mention super convenient. Since this kid is the absolute last person I’d trust with a secret (notorious bean-spiller), his belief in jolly old […]
I can tell from my neighbor’s musical lawn ornaments that Christmas is upon us. Every year on December 1st, our neighbor Bob puts out his giant inflatable caroling snowmen and ornamental reindeer made out of sticks. It’s a weird and wonderfully merry sight that my kids have come to know and love. Bob’s festive lawn […]
Dear Boy Wonder, You’re 10 now and 10 is like, big. Even with my spotty memory, I remember being 10 years old. I knew that I was just a kid according to the world around me, but inside I was so much more. And so are you. You’re more than just a kid who asks […]
Can you believe Thanksgiving is already next week? How did thathappen? One minute I’m breaking New Year’s resolutions and the next it’s Thanksgiving! As we turn our attention toward giving thanks on this season of giving, let us not forget that gratitude comes in many forms. Blessings big and small, deep and superficial all deserve […]
Like you, I’m a busy parent. I have a job, a kid in kindergarten, an older kid in 5th grade, and a DVR to catch up on, so it came as no surprise when the kindergarten curriculum began to kick my ass. I suppose I wasn’t ready for what having two kids in school meant. […]
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