Incorporating family traditions into life’s rhythms
“You are kind and loving.” “You share your bears with me.” “You are so artistic! I love your sense of…
Relationships
A quick guide to creating a Summer Bucket List
“I have two new ideas for our Summer Bucket List,” I told my 9-year-old as soon as she flopped on…
The Secret to Turning Any Family into a Read Aloud Family
We all knowthe importance of reading aloud. Building vocabularies, helping kids read fluently by themselves, bonding, blah, blah, blah. The…
6 Creative Ways to Get Your Kids to Read
I was sitting cross-legged on the floor, waves of heat blasting toward the hair fluttering in my face, when I…
French Cuisine or Rice and Beans, Your Dinner Table is Sacred
Perhaps you can relate to the chaos that is the family dinner table? Kids rush in from play to slurp…
A Pot of Water and 8 More Magical Meal-Time Hacks
I always wanted a big family. But in 2011, I had two kids under two and I was barely surviving….