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Need Thanksgiving meal help? We can help!
This Thanksgiving, whether you're feeding dozens or just your immediate family, you just may need some last minute Thanksgiving meal help. We all know that getting Thanksgiving dinner onto the table can be a huge undertaking, especially when you've got kids...
Thanksgiving 911: 4 cooking helplines to save your Turkey Day
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and everything is under control, right? If you just yelled at your screen, "NO!" then read on, mamas. I've got four cooking helplines that will provide you with answers to all of your Thanksgiving cooking questions. Breathe. That's good. Let's...
Make your own family trivia game for Thanksgiving. Beats fighting about politics.
There's something about Thanksgiving that brings out the sentimental side of our ordinarily feisty family. In part it's the memory of family who's no longer with us, in part it's seeing the next generation start to fill their seats--if still with boosters in the...
Ooh…affordable baby gifts at Nordstrom while you’re busy shopping for yourself
Featured partner If we had to pick a favorite department store, Nordstrom would be right up there. Between the designers, the wide selection, and their amazing customer service (take the time our Editor Kristen accidentally came home with a security tag attached to...
Personalized paper dolls: Coolest gift in the world. Ever.
Little kids can be tougher to buy gifts for than it might seem. Either they want absolutely everything, or they can't think of one thing they want. Which is why I'm flipping out over the personalized paper dolls from Sandy Ford Design. What are they? Basically the...
Reusable gift bags that could fit in Santa’s pockets
I like to keep a stash of gifts on hand to give to those last-minute people I totally forgot to shop for— bottles of Essie nail polish for my kids' room moms, or Starbucks gift cards for the piano teacher—you know, just in case. But it never fails that I have the...
The kinds of gorgeous personalized gifts that make us really love giving personalized gifts.
-Don't miss an amazing $350 giveaway for our readers!- We love being able to knock as many people off our holiday gift list as we can at a single online shop, don't you? That's why we're always featuring shops that have more than a couple of great things. It's also...
Gifts that give back: These ornaments could change the world. For real.
Some of our favorite ornaments this year are more than just pretty baubles for your tree. They just might cure breast cancer, save an endangered species, or transform the life of women living in extreme poverty. Pretty impressive. The shiny green and red heart...
Wild things, you make our heart sing with this gorgeous picture book
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but that's exactly what I did when this fabulous new picture book arrived on my doorstep this week. I could instantly tell we were going to love it. And we did! Everyone in the nameless town where Mr. Tiger Goes...
Good mojo from yarn zombies? We’re in, especially if it includes sock monkeys.
There's an uncomfortable stage in between childhood and adulthood when you might need a good luck charm or security blanket, but you know the other kids are going to make fun of it. We're betting that if your good juju comes in the form of a zipper-chested twin zombie...
The brightest and best Hanukkah printables for this year’s Festival of Lights
With Hanukkah beginning in just a few days, we've rounded up some festive Hanukkah printables to decorate your home, including a few fun items to mark the once-in-a-lifetime merging of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving. Or Thanksgivukkah. But, since Hankukkah lasts longer...
How do I organize Rainbow Loom bands?
If your kids are like mine, they are completely obsessed with making Rainbow Loom bracelets, which means your house is covered in those teeny, tiny rubber bands. Well search no longer! Here, lot of ways to organize Rainbow Loom bands and hopefully keep them on their...
This Mixtape Stamp Activity Kit is even cooler than the mixtapes of our youth
My kids complain because we never use wrapping paper at Christmas. We’ve been using the same reusable fabric for all our gifts since they were born, but I think I’ve found a little something from CMP Fave Yellow Owl Workshop that might make me reconsider. The Mixtape...
How to cook your first Thanksgiving turkey: the no-panic step-by-step tutorial
Whether it's your first time making a Thanksgiving turkey or your fifth, I've found that there's always room for a little (or a lot!) of help. So, this year, I've put together a step-by-step Thankgiving turkey tutorial. Hope it helps. Pick a recipe My first bit of...
How do you explain Thanksgiving to kids? 3 great videos to help
I know I'm not the only parent who wonders how do you explain Thanksgiving to kids, beyond, "well, we eat turkey and stuffing and Uncle Fred always drinks too much of his special juice." (That's hyperbolic by the way; I don't have an Uncle Fred. That you know of.) So...
14 creative gift wrap ideas to make your nice list feel super special this holiday season
The simplest handmade gift can feel like it's worth a million bucks if you've taken the time to wrap it with love. So we've pulled together some stunningly creative gift wrap ideas from the best of the Web to help you make your loved ones feel extra special this...
Mailing a lump of coal is expensive. Send Santa’s Black Letter to your naughty list instead.
With just a little over a month until Christmas, it's a great time to send a letter from Santa. In this case, not so much a typical "you've been good this year" note, but a cheeky warning message to someone who's landed on your naughty list. And we've found just the...
The best lip balms for those cold weather chapped lips (darn them).
Chapped and cracked lips are no fun. First of all, ouch. Secondly? They make your lip gloss and lipstick look terrible. Third of all, they're no fun to kiss. So in the hopes of a smooth-lipped winter, I’ve been slathering on some great lip balms. I found promising...
Game of (very small) Thrones
Winter is coming, but it's going to be much shorter than usual. Or at least the characters will, and not just the Imp. We're seriously freaking out over these amazing custom Lego Minifigs inspired by Game of Thrones. MiniBIGS on Etsy draws and custom pad-prints...
7 tips for making baby’s first holiday a special one: A celebration of motherhood firsts
This post is part of our monthly series with our Baby Shower Gift Guide sponsor, babyGap, celebrating motherhood firsts. And there are lots! We can't really think of a bigger deal than baby's first holiday, which ranks right up there with, well, the birth. But trust...
Baby’s First Hanukkah Gift Ideas. Just the good ones.
Yes, there's always that "Baby's First Hanukkah" bib that you'll use for 8 nights, max. But we dug to help find gift ideas for your baby's first Hanukkah that are just a wee bit cooler than some of the others. Hebrew letter blocks ($34, Uncommon Goods) Uncle Goose...