Category: Activities

Five family games to try this winter

Our kids are in the board game sweet spot. They’re old enough to understand the rules of just about any game, but still young enough that they want to play with us. Hooray! From card games and puzzle games and games where the pieces look like literal candy, here are five games that I highly recommend you try this winter …

As kids restart activities, parents become chauffeurs and not watchers

Parents have always joked about chauffeuring their kids around town to various after-school activities, but now I feel like a chauffeur who’s been demoted.

The highs and lows of your child’s first big commitment

Even with the mood swings, being part of the cast of The Nutcracker has taught our daughter so much about hard work and commitment.

Kids Ergo — the end to fidgeting at the table?!

KidsErgo — the end to fidgeting at the table?! {Heather's Handmade Life}

No more crouching and kneeling on their kitchen chairs or tipping them back so far we think someone’s going to get a concussion.

The summer camp struggle

This was our kids’ new full-time life, and it had nothing to do with me.