I love Valentine's Day projects, and when my boys were young, would try (hard) to make Valentine's Day crafts with them to hand out to their classmates. But the year I found myself speaking, uh, heatedly, to my 5-year-old about how he wa…
There's always so much chatter about kids being picky, but lots of kids love cooking. And even many, um, selective eaters enjoy a good kitchen project too, you know, if it's making cupcakes and not kale. Understandable. Whether you have …
It’s summer and I feel like celebrating. Maybe it’s because I finally feel like we’re in the swing of things. Or maybe it’s because it’s my birthday weekend. (A big one, too!) It doesn’t really matter, because anytime is a good time to c…
I'm not typically one for food holidays, but a few get me. I just can't be a scrooge about World Nutella Day , National Donut Day or, today, National Ice Cream Day . It would be wrong, especially given the trend of businesses giving away…
I've waited a long time—8 years, to be exact—to have a kid old enough to get excited about a new movie the way that I do. Going to the movies is one of my favorite pastimes and, for once, both me and my kids are eagerly waiting a new rel…
It never ceases to amaze me how much kids love watching cooking shows—even picky eaters. Though baking shows seem to be the most popular with kid viewers (go figure), my kids have, on occasion, watched a cooking show that prepared some h…
Big or small, sometimes a food gift is just what's called for when it comes to a gift for those teachers, coaches, and other school staff who have done so much for our kids over the year. Which doesn't mean you have to go nuts and spend …