Why Scouting is a Great School Year Activity for Kids
As parents, we all want our kids to engage in activities that can help them grow as individuals, learn valuable life skills, and make new friends. One great option for...
8 Life Lessons that My Child Has Gained from Youth Football
Football is one of the best sports for bringing people together. People from all different walks of life and from all over – come together to cheer for their favorite...
Find Your Halloween Costume at the Twin Cities Best Thrift and Vintage Stores
In a perfect world we would have our Halloween costumes picked out and ready to go the first of October. But we all know it rarely works that smoothly. Kids...
SEA LIFE Divers Dress as Pirates to Celebrate Spooky ‘Seas’on with Underwater Pumpkin Carving
(Bloomington, MN): While little ghouls and goblins get ready to celebrate Halloween on dry land, SEA LIFE at Mall of America is celebrating spooky season with a few tricks and...
Ultimate Guide to Halloween Displays in the Twin Cities
Why should Holiday Light Tours get all the fun? Halloween walking and drive-by tours are making a showing this year in the Twin Cities in a BIG way. In fact,...
Games & Activities for the Perfect Halloween Party for Little Kids
by Cammi Haines
One of my favorite parts of being a mom is making the holidays a bit more magical for my kids. This can be as simple as reading holiday-themed books or...
Fun Activities for Teens this Fall
by Val Newbold
“Let’s do something fun as a family today”, a mother of teenagers says… “Uh, that sounds so boring…” “I am playing a game online with my friends, so I’m good.”...
Field to Fork Dinner at Sovereign Estate Winery with CommonGround | October 27, 2022
As we welcome fall, we welcome opportunities to gather around the table and create memories with family and friends. We are so excited to announce our upcoming event coming up...
Five Tips to Ease Into the Back-to-School Routine
Enter to win New Horizon Academy’s back-to-school giveaway here: https://woobox.com/t2bqwt After a fun-filled summer, getting back into a school routine can be a challenge for both parents and children alike....
Inexpensive Style Updates
The Target toy catalog arrived last week. The Target holiday decorating catalog arrived this week. Fine. Take all my money. Sound familiar? Heading into a fun season of holidays, you...
The Morning Game Changer
Like many moms, the morning routine has always been my gig. For the first three years of parenthood, I was solely a stay at home mom to one late riser....
Art Time
I’m a planner by nature. Always have been, always will be. My husband and I use an app to synch our family schedule and I use another one to plan...
Ugh – It’s THAT Season Again
I hate this time of year. It’s really the worst. Everyone’s out with their Pumpkin Spice Lattes, going Apple-Picking and buying Halloween Costumes. Not me. Call me the grump, the...
How to Be an Allergy Mom for Halloween
Yay! It’s that time of year again – the time of year for candy to be everywhere. That’s the whole point of Halloween, isn’t it? Get as much candy as...