Wrapping a Fat Cat for the holidays? Gift wrapping a stuffed animal or plush toy for your kids for the holidays can be a logistical disaster! Lambast the lumps we say and let a pro show you how to gift wrap your kids holiday gifts!

Parents face difficult decisions at this time of year when it comes to buying children’s toys for the holiday season: do you go along with this year’s ‘cool’ toy on your child’s list for Santa, or do you ignore all the background noise and select toys that have an educational value?

The answer is that it is possible to find toys that meet both your child’s criteria (popular and hot this year) and your goal to promote learning experiences while teaching [...]

It may be pure folly on my part, but I decreed that our family’s holiday celebrations this year would be “old-fashioned”, which means we chop down an honest-to-goodness evergreen tree that does not have snap-on branches and blinking mini-lights already attached.

My two youngest children bought in to the real-tree concept from ‘go’: the lure of a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon ride through a tree farm was too much to resist. My husband heard the magical tool words, like “saw” and [...]

With the cold weather finally settling in, it would appear that winter is just a snowflake away. What better way to get ahead of the Christmas season than by creating a fun and easy Christmas craft with your kids. This Christmas craft for kids may take a little bit of time, but the effort will be well worth it!

Making salt dough Christmas ornaments will get your child measuring, mixing, baking and creating. I love baking with my kids! Your toddler, [...]

Our fall and winter babies sometimes get the raw end of the deal when it comes to birthday parties. Unlike their spring and summer counterparts, we can’t take advantage of the great outdoors by hosting their parties at a park or in the backyard. So while we end up doling out more for an indoor venue to hold all of their friends, we sometimes find ourselves having to scrimp on the other party details.

And while the cake reigns king and [...]