I've always had my kids involved in vacation planning. In fact, we voted on our first official family road trip from a power point presentation my son did after researching three locations, and they've been involved in some capacity ever…
Each year we share the best Black Friday deals online to help you manage your time, your budget, and get back to family faster. This year is no different, as we share the best Black Friday deals 2021 from big stores and brands along with…
As we get closer to Thanksgiving , charity and giving to others is particuarly top of mind, which is why I was just so happy to discover several subscription boxes for kids that teach those very values. Many of us are talking to our kids…
This is a sponsored message from Night Zookeeper Over the past couple of years, parents have really seen the value of educational apps and websites to help engage our kids in core subjects. If their excitement for reading and writing cou…
This is a sponsored message from FunkAway You may not be familiar with FunkAway but when you learn what it does, you'll be singing its praises. Funkaway is an extreme odor eliminator, beloved by users across the US, from parents to actua…
Oprah's Favorite Things list rarely steers me wrong. Her exclusive-to-Amazon gift finder is how I found the Trufflin' Sriracha and Ranch Gift Set last year, which I bought for myself, then my parents, then re-ordered again for myself bec…
Each year, there are zillions of lists out there of the hot holiday toys and games for the year. And each year, I kind of wonder how they came to that list. (Sorry, I'm picky!) So I thought that this year, I'd put together my own list to…
Kids love playing with real food in the real kitchen, which usually makes...a real mess. To cut down on some of the flour-all-over-the-floor-itis that comes with kids' cooking, I found some of the cutest play food makers on Etsy. Their c…
We've all had the best time looking at the hot winter nail trends of 2021 into 2022, to help get our fingers up to date -- if not our shoe collection . One limb at a time perhaps? When it comes to beauty trends , I love nail polish becau…
With big holiday dinners back on the menu this year, I was thrilled to discover this cool color-your-own Thanksgiving activity tablecloth at Tiny Expressions. It's full of activities for kids -- like word searches, tic-tac-toe, and ample…
November 11 is Veterans Day, and while every day is a good day to honor our brave veterans and give thanks to retired soldiers for their service, it's always good to have a national holiday to inspire us to action. So many of us here com…
This is a sponsored message for Mulberry 'Tis the season for holiday shopping, and that also means holiday savings. At least if you're savvy. That's where Mulberry comes in. Download the free Mulberry browser extension from Chrome , and …
As one of three sisters, I was naturally excited to get my hands on Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Ssters from Around the World , by Aura Lewis. I've been having so much fun revisiting some of my favorite sister stories , while …
Yes there are Black Friday deals at Nordstrom today , and no you did not time travel to the future. When you combine the ubiquitous conversation around supply chain issues with the excitement for a lot of us to get into the holiday spiri…
Diwali. Being the light we share. Guest contributor: Nirasha Kumar Growing up as a minority in South Africa, living under an Apartheid regime, I was forced to live only with people who looked like me, That meant that for me, the spirit o…
Now that more of us know that voting isn’t just something we talk about on Election Day, and certainly not just every four years, I think this new women VOTE puzzle is the most wonderful gift for a civic-minded friend. Officially titled …
Each November, we urge our readers to vote , but this year in particular voting rights organizations are also top of mind for us, since they're working so hard to make sure we can actually vote in the first place. Whether Tuesday's elect…
I want to be cynical, because you know, Barbie , but something moves me about the new Barbie Inspiring Women set of collector's dolls that I stumbled on last night as I browsed the Target site. To think that in my childhood, Barbie was..…
I started browsing all the cool chunky boots for fall 2021 during a rare free moment of downtime this weekend, and wow -- leave it to fashionable footwear to get me excited for fall. (And yes, I know we're a month in but considering I've…
It's not too late to pull together an easy last-minute Halloween costume idea that helps make Halloween awesome.Even if you're doing everything last-minute lately. It's not just about the costumes, by the way; Liz recently shared some in…
As a full-time religious studies professor for the past fifteen years, I’ve lost track of how many fellow parents have asked for recommendations when their kids started asking questions about religion. While evangelical Christians and ot…
For years, I've had tons of fun using plain pajama sets -- like the ones you can find at Primary or Hanna Andersson -- as the base for my kids' Halloween costumes. With some head-to-toe monochromatic pajamas, all I've had to do is add so…
Looking for a fabulous gift for an athletic kid this year? I've got you! Whether your teen can hit a three-point shot from half court, or your grade schooler is still trying to fling the ball high enough to touch the net, the next Lebron…
If you've been missing your "Ew, David!" fix, or Moira's capacious vocabulary (see what I did there?), I give you the ultimate family game night board game: The brand new Schitt's Creek Monopoly game . Let's just say that if you are ever…
