One year, my son and I wanted to make a special Valentine for my husband.  It was a “lean” year - we didn’t have much money, we had recently moved, and I wasn’t feeling that well that year either (we found out two days later I was pregnant).  What we did have, though, was construction paper, markers and Conversation Heart candies.  Read more…

Its time to get a head start, thinking about that all-important February 14th.  Here’s a terrific quick tip I learned about creating a unique and original Valentine greeting.  Apply lip gloss or lipstick to your child’s lips, then have them kiss a piece of white paper.  Turn it into a Valentine card to give to grandparents, siblings, or just about anyone.  Sign it “Hugs and kisses”!

This time of year always makes me nostalgic for my childhood; building snowmen (okay, one year we got to build snowmen around Christmas - I live in Texas…it is a rarity), getting together with family, doing little things with my mom and dad, making lists, shopping, wrapping gifts, and on and on.  Holidays of any kind tend to do that to us - they bring us back in touch with our past, and we should use that nudge as more than simply a nudge.  Consider it a shove.

If you have children - of any age - there is no better time than the present to create memories and traditions of your own.  Years from now, your children will reflect upon the corniness, the hilarity and most likely the sentimentality of it all and realize that moments such as these are what bind us together. Read more…