Embracing the Winter Storm
by Ann Knuttila
With forecasts of big snowfalls followed by plummeting temperatures with the highs below zero—we are making sure we are prepared! We spent our weekend stocking up on groceries + hot cocoa and...
Tap Your Toes & Play Along with Mr. Popper’s Penguins!
Tap your toes and flap your flippers to Mr. Popper’s Penguins at Children’s Theatre Company! It is hard enough for Mr. Popper, a modest painter, to support himself and his...
5 Easy Ways to Enjoy Winter with Kids
Having three boys in quick succession means that sometimes the four walls of our house feel too confining – especially in the winter. Cabin fever is a real thing, y’all! ...
Making a School Choice for Your Child
As a parent of two children under the age of five, I find myself constantly thinking about my parenting decisions. Should I have stayed home to raise them during these...
Winter Birthday? No Problem!
We are Minnesotans. We are tough. A little cold is nothing to us. We wear flip-flops in the winter. Our kids beg to play on the mountains of snow piled...
2019 Minneapolis WinterSkate Guide
Winter is officially upon us and what better way to get out & enjoy it than to go ice skating? Wells Fargo Mpls WinterSkate returns to Loring Park again this...
New Year, Same Me
by Maureen Zhao
The ball has dropped. The calendar has turned. The party blowers have been blown. The fireworks have gone off. Resolutions have been chosen. Gym memberships have been made. Trendy diets...
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Clutter
Dear Santa – all I want for Christmas is a clean house! With the holidays right around the corner, we are bracing ourselves for the barrage of toys that will...
Making Generosity the Focus of Your Holiday Season
Maybe you have, like me, heard a few of these words this holiday season: “Mom, I REAAAALLLLLY want this!” “Can I have a pen to circle everything I like in...
Research Participants Needed to Better Understand Autism
What is autism? Why do we keep hearing more about it and why don’t we know more? Today, about 1 in 59 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),...
Must-Reads for Children’s Christmas Literature
by Amber Harder
Each morning in December, the kids and I gather in the living room after breakfast. We get the fire going and snuggle up together on the couch. I pick up...
December Kindness Countdown
by Ann Knuttila
We’re in the first week of December. No one can argue that the Christmas season is upon us. Do you and your kids have a countdown going? I feel like we...