When You Disagree With Your Husband
Marriage is wonderful. hard. lovely. difficult. rich. Adding children to a marriage definitely enhances all those realities. Before having kids, my husband and I had to discuss and agree on...
Karri Larson
Embracing Milestone Birthdays
There is something about milestone birthdays that make it the perfect opportunity to reflect on your life. Turning 27 or 34 is considered no big deal, chalked up to “just...
Nurturing a Helpful Heart Part 2
In Part 1 of Nurturing a Helpful Heart, I wrote about some ways I have tried to foster a spirit of sharing and caring in our house. Here in Part...
A New Holidazzle Tradition
Change is hard. I’m a creature of habit. For as long as I can remember, the holiday festivities in downtown Minneapolis were a highlight of the Christmas season. We’d wake...
Nurturing a Helpful Heart Part 1
Martin Luther King Jr. said it best: Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others? I have shared here before about the struggles my son...
12 Hacks for a Healthier Halloween
Friday night, moms all across the Twin Cities are going to collapse into bed exhausted (but smiling) from all the Halloween festivities. Saturday morning, upon waking up, they will quickly realize the...
The Little Gym {Sponsored Post}
{Twin Cities Familys Blog has partnered with The Little Gym for this sponsored post – read on to see why this is such a great spot to take your kids,...
15 Things To Do in Minnesota Over MEA Break
I remember the encounter vividly. It’s hard to forget when your normally pasty white face turns 10 shades of red in front of (what felt like) hundreds of people. There...
Music for Kids…and for Moms
“And it’s hard to love, there’s so much to hate Hanging on to hope, when there is no hope to speak of and the wounded skies above, say its much...
Mom’s Guide to Summer in the Cities – August Edition
I had an epiphany a few weeks ago and it rocked me to my core…I only have 8 summers left with my 10 year old and 10 summers left with...
Eight Essentials for the Perfect Picnic
I have found that in this world there are either picnic lovers or picnic loathers. There was a time when I was not too fond of packing up all the food...
The Difficult Decision to Medicate My Child
This is my son, Conrad. He recently turned 10 years old and like any other boy, he loves Legos, animals, football and Minecraft. He is smart, creative, happy-go-lucky and an...
Junior Happy Hour
Do you have fond memories of your after school shenanigans while growing up? When that ‘end-of-the-day’ bell rang, I used to run from my elementary school to the preschool next...
To Allow or Not to Allow
That is the question. Allowance that is. Up until March 2013, I was in the ‘not to allow’ category. More by default than by purpose. But then my son committed a kid-sized crime...
