Valentine’s Day is on the horizon, and one of my family’s favorite ways to celebrate this holiday (and any holiday) is to find holiday-themed picture books to enjoy during the month. Here is a list of some Valentine’s Day books from some of our favorite children’s authors and illustrators. Pin It   10 Delightful Valentine’s [...]

I found the perfect gingerbread kit for my family this year – instead of one big gingerbread house, the kit included FIVE mini houses…one for each one of my kids. They loved having their own little houses to decorate (and I loved not having to listen to the kids fight over who got to do [...]

Hickory Farms has been a part of my holiday traditions for as long as I can remember. My mom and I would always pick up some sausage and cheese from the Hickory Farms kiosk at the mall, or better yet, order a gift basket to enjoy for even longer. One of my favorite things about [...]

Watching old home movies is one of our Sunday evening past times. My kids love (and I mean LOVE) seeing themselves and their siblings “way back when.” I love it too (boy, does it take me back!!) but I admit that I do NOT love connecting the old camcorder to the TV and then rewinding [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! Once a year is simply not often enough to express my gratitude for the abundance that I enjoy. In fact, just yesterday I was talking with a friend who called to check up on me. She has known me well enough (and for long enough) to know just how difficult the last few [...]

Thank you to LiveOn for this sponsored opportunity to blog about storing and sharing my most important memories with those closest to me. Although story ideas were provided, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Last night, my kids sat downstairs, gathered around the television. They laughed. They oohed and ahhed. They giggled some more. [...]

We are a game family. When my husband and I were newly married, pre-kids we played games every night to pass the time. We played games when we got together with friends, we played games after dates….and once we started having kids, we played games after the kids went to bed, to wind down. Nowadays, [...]

How is it possible that Thanksgiving is only 3 weeks away? I have been hosting Thanksgiving dinner since we moved to our current house in 1998, and although it is a LOT of work to prepare a feast like we have every year, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times. I love the feeling of [...]

Last weekend, while I was at Blogalicious, I shared lunch with two wonderfully delightful women from Living Social. As a mom working from home, I love when I can find deals for my family….especially when I don’t have to leave my home to get them. Yesterday, Living Social released some survey results on Halloween trends [...]

It’s that time of year again!! I found pumpkins at Aldi’s for $2.49 (two-forty-nine?!) and so I bought three. Reese has been begging me daily to carve one of them. Apparently she REALLY wanted to carve a pumpkin, because she chose to stay home carving while I took the other kids out for ice cream. [...]