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Halloween: How to Plan Your Halloween Activities Around Weatherfamily fun • family fun-traditions
Halloween is just around the corner and whether it will be a scary holiday may depend more on the weather forecast than your costume. If you're planning an evening of outdoor activities, beware of Mother Nature's bag of tricks. Instead of letting the weather forecast scare off your Halloween…
Celebrations: How To Host a Cooking Birthday Party for Kidsmom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
Celebrations—My daughter was turning five and was starting to show some interest in cooking. I thought this would be a great opportunity to have something other than the usual birthday party with a couple activities and cake (well, we'll still have cake, of course!) The inspiration for this was…
Fall Festivities: Fun Ways to Celebrate Halloween With Your Familymom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
Halloween Activities—When I was a kid, Halloween meant all-night sugar highs, handmade costumes, and outdoor neighborhood trick-or-treating … ah, the good ole days! Treats were mainly candy, and the tricks … well, let’s just say, toilet papered trees caused many parents distress! Today’s fall traditions include family-themed costumes,…
Special Moments: Bedtime Routines and Traditionsmom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
Bedtime—While most people are still clinging to the last lazy days of summer, something very different is going on in our home. In the last week of August or so, my five year-old started passing on the pool in favor of going to the fabric and craft store. He…
Breakfast Traditions: OMG Pancakes Cookbook Reviewmom • reviews • family fun • family fun-traditions
Breakfast—As a mother, making traditions with my family is really important. Like most parents, my husband and I try and find ways to connect with our kids. We want them to someday look back on their childhood and remember all the special things we have done together. I had…
Family Fun: 3 Days of End-of-Summer Funfamily fun • family fun-traditions
Summer is coming to a close and I'm sure there are still few to-dos to cross off your list for summer fun. Finish your summer off with a bang and plan a few days to celebrate the end of summer. Here are a few things you can do to…
