Crafts
Annual Family Time Capsule (memorialize the past year)
Start off the new year by remembering some great family times from last year. Here’s how to make an annual family time capsule that’s petite yet complete.
Holidays
DIY Thanksgiving Family Photo Cork Centerpiece
We show you how to make a Thanksgiving table photo centerpiece with recycled wine corks that will wow your guests.
Toddler
Savoring the Simple Summer Moments
A great summer doesn’t have to mean big or epic summer road or beach trips . Sometimes, you can find its essence in small and unexpected places.
Big Kid
Zen and the Art of Molasses Cookies
Through years of challenges, one cookie has steadied me every single holiday season. Is it magic? Maybe. I’m not going to rule it out.
Holidays
Your Toddler’s First “Real” Christmas
A first-time mom is looking for age-appropriate tips to get her toddler excited and involved in her first memorable Christmas.
Big Kid
The Unexpected Views On Our Extended-Family Vacation
With our family scattered all over the country, the extended-family vacation is a rare joy. Seeing my teens through my family’s eyes may be the best part.
Holidays
A Happy Holiday Season for Blended Families
Creating a happy holiday experience for a blended family is totally doable. (I said happy, not perfect.)
Big Kid
Finding The Holiday Spirit With Teenagers
Tidings of comfort and joy can feel like a tall order in a household with children who are no longer truly children… but I think it’s still there if you look.
Big Kid
Need Quality Time With Your Teens? Go Camping!
I never thought I’d grow to love camping, but with a few creature comforts we’ve discovered some of our best family time with the teens, out on the road.
Young Child
Family Experiment: Do Family Meetings Work?
An experiment with family meetings to see if they work.
Young Child
The Last Time
The lasts are hard for me to deal with because when they are happening we don’t know that they are the last. It’s in looking back the event has any importance.
Toddler
A Family Tradition for Thunderstorms
I could spend the next hour reassuring my kids not to be scared or….
Holidays
Start a Christmas Ornament Collection for Your Kids
We started a Christmas ornament collection that the kids will take with them when they grow up. It’s one of our favorite family traditions.
Products & Services
Our Annual Family Photos
Making our annual photo album is a favorite tradition. Key is making sure we schedule a photo shoot so we capture we are all in the pictures, especially Mom.
Family Fun
Draw Your Story: the Illustrated Journal
What if your scrapbook had no photos, but just drawings? Even if you only draw in stick figures, the results will be amazing.
Family Fun
Create Your Family Soundtrack
The songs we play over and over again make family life better and create our own soundtrack for our memories later.
Holidays
Family Traditions: The Thanksgiving Feather Hunt
The Thanksgiving Feather Hunt! Our family’s super fun way to keep the little ones occupied while some of us desperately try to perfect grandma’s gravy recipe.
Holidays
Family Traditions: Our Holiday Card Tree
While decorating for the holidays with the family, I asked my kids about their favorite family tradition. Their answer surprised me.
Holidays
Family Traditions: The “Pink” Christmas Tree
The day I was married I was given a Christmas ornament by my neighbors. A new tradition started when I opened that little crystal charm on a red satin ribbon.
Party & Play
Family Traditions: The Ice Cream Cake
This is the first in a series of posts on Family Traditions. Here Liz Stanley shares the origins of a family birthday tradition.