Experience the Ordway’s New Family Series
Encourage your kids’ imagination and foster their creative exploration through the NEW Ordway Family series! Bilingual folk tales, Americana folk music, and bedtime story classics are just the tip of...
A Berry Merry Morning with Driscoll’s
We had an absolutely wonderful morning hosting members of our executive, event, writing and mombassador teams, as well as some local influencers, at our Berry Merry Morning event – sponsored...
Why the Recent Measles Outbreak is a Big Deal
One morning in mid-April, I went through the usual chaotic marathon of getting myself and my two-year old twins ready before heading into work. I work with the immunization program...
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in ECFE
As my oldest is on the brink of kindergarten, I can’t help but reflect on these past five years of her early childhood education, while looking forward to the future...
Mom Life is Easier in MSP
It’s been a year since we arrived at the MSP airport, carrying a cat, toddler, carseat, travel crib and as many suitcases as we could manage. We really miss our...
How I Coped with My Child’s Unexpected Diagnosis
by Erin Statz
When my youngest son Ronin was born almost three years ago, we were thrilled to be adding a third boy to our crew! Our 20-week ultrasound came back clear and...
Minnesota State Fair: New 2017 Foods Released!
It’s here – IT’S HERE! A day I look forward to every year. It’s up there with my birthday, Christmas, and the start of a new year. It’s the release...
Finding CommonGround: Buzzin’ About Bees!
When you are a young couple who wants to farm, but land prices are out of your budget and you don’t have the option to return home to the family...
Kick Off the Summer with Flint Hills International Children’s Festival
For children and their families, the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival presented by Ordway is a multi-day experience where wonder and imagination wait around every corner. Children will be swept...
Why Should You Care About Foster Care?
by Tammie
This is what I have decided after spending several years knee deep in the child welfare crisis: It’s easier not to know. I don’t want to know that 3500 kids...
Finding CommonGround: Let’s Talk Food Together
An ordinary 6th grade sleepover turned into a defining moment in my life. I grew up in southwestern Minnesota on a crop farm about 13 miles from the nearest town. On...
Earth Day Every Day
There are many mom things I would like to be better at: there are never enough vegetables at our table, I yell more than I should, my kids watch more...
How to Help a Struggling Reader
by Amber Harder
I had the privilege of sitting down with our local Children’s Librarian, Miss Margaret, to learn how libraries can help kids and families. I thought I was pretty library-savvy before,...
