When I saw an idea of the 25 Books of Christmas a few years ago I knew we had to do it. We didn’t have many Christmas traditions yet since my son was still so young. But I wanted...
Technology is a wonderful thing. It allows us to communicate with people all over the world with the touch of a button. It allows us to wish Grandma a Happy Birthday or Uncle Frank a Merry Christmas no matter...
You probably didn’t know this, but today is an important day in this country. It’s National Bake Cookies Day! How could I have made it 36 years without knowing that there was a national day for this?! So, today, I...
Dear Self, You spent months planning the perfect Christmas full of gifts that were handmade, local, or encouraged creativity. Your daughters went to bed Christmas Eve and you carefully arranged their new easel with a handwritten note from Santa himself, children’s museum...
This might be my last “magical” Christmas. What I mean is, my daughter is 8. She believes in the magic. The glorious, maddening, exhausting magic of Santa and reindeers and that annoying little “Elf on the Shelf.” She has the...

Have a Very Merry Birthday

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It’s that time of year again...the time when the weather begins to depress you, but the multiple holidays in a row boost your morale back up to smiling. First there is Thanksgiving, Hanukah, and Christmas. Right after that is...

Finding the Joy

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With the excitement of the holiday buzz, comes the commercialism. It’s the buy, buy, buy mentality of the season. I think Charlie Brown said it best, "Even my dog has gone commercial!" Don’t get me wrong. I like a...
I didn’t grow up with a large number of holiday traditions, but the ones we had as a family were solid and still hold up today. Our daughter was born a week before Thanksgiving last year, so we were...
As I sit down to write this I am distracted by my giddy excitement for the holidays. I am listening to Christmas music (I recommend the Jack Johnson Holiday station on Pandora), checking my email for the latest holiday promotions,...
Christmas is just around the corner...have you taking your kids to see Santa yet?! Maybe you’re a person who takes their kids multiple times in a season.  Or maybe you’re like me and you put it off until the...

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Winters in Iowa are known to be long and cold and spring tends to be rainy and windy but that doesn’t mean your family...

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