I read a beautiful blog last week about how a new 31-year-old celebrated her birthday. She used the money that her family would have spent on her birthday gifts and redistributed it in 31 random acts of kindness. I ...

He’s back. It took the boys a little while to find his note and the book out again this season. Ozzy, our Elf on the Shelf, showed up on Black Friday, otherwise known as the “return of Ozzy day”. ...

On our first, official vacation day of Thanksgiving Week, I noticed the full range of noise and emotions and fun and laughter. You know that laughter that ranges from the occasional goofy giggle to full out turn-your-face-red laughter when ...

This might very well be the lamest, most embarrassing post I’ve ever written, much less published. But…I feel I must take one for the team, with the desperate hope that this will be some pathetic inspiration to someone out ...

A few years ago, when we were expecting our now 6yo, Hank and I made the hard decision that we would stay home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. You see, when we traveled to see family during the holidays, we ...

Remember Fun Friday?  Pfft. Wacky Wednesday just kicked it’s bootay. Welcome to my world. It was a world full of mourning, until today, that Halloween was over. And so, we declared every day henceforth to be worthy of dressing ...

Resist the Christmas sweater. Try warm colors for your holiday pictures; they’ll make your pictures beautiful!

There are boys everywhere. Nearly all of my friends have at least one of them, if not more. And many of my friends have only boys. When Hank and I were expecting our youngest, I admit that I felt ...

With it getting a dark so quickly after The ‘Fish is home from school each day, we tend to get little bites of cabin fever during the late fall and winter months. After reading this post by Ashley Ann ...

My father-in-law was in town this last weekend again. What makes this so special is how this affects my boys. All of them, including my husband. They all share a connection much deeper than genetics. They study. They strategize. ...