Stef

I have a love hate relationship with snow. We started off as good friends but adulthood made me face aspects I dread. Driving on ice. Spending long exhausting minutes bundling …

A giant coloring map of America can be a fun and educational project for kids to undertake on their own or share with friends at a party. It can be …

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MeAndMyTea #CollectiveBias Here, in Minnesota, we’re typically cooped up indoors for half a year. It starts in …

We buy many gifts for kids throughout the year and most of them are not for our own children. The older our kiddos get the more birthday party invitations they …

My kids’ art is mainly scribbles but I still feel bad when I have to throw it away. There was one time when my oldest found one of his artworks …

A little girl goes on a trip to Paris with her family and the first thing she notices is that people there talk another language. She hears bonjour in the park, at …

Hello, readers! I’m Katie from Youth Literature Reviews. I was so delighted when Stef asked me to contribute today’s post. And I was even more delighted when she asked me …

Christmas is a time of joy and …cardboard boxes. About 50% of Americans do their holiday shopping online which translates into tons of deliveries and tons of boxes. Like good citizens that we …

Some people buy new Christmas ornaments every year, others prefer to create them themselves.  I love the store-bought ornaments for the shiny and perfect look but I also want to give …

If you have an energetic little kid, when meal time comes, you know you only have five minutes to work miracles, because this is how long she/he will sit at …

Kids love seeing their names on the things they own. And this made me think of putting together a list of  personalized gifts for kids of all ages from babies …

My parents haven’t hugged my kids in two and a half years. I knew it would come to this but there was no other way around it. I had to say …