A week off from school in the middle of winter can be difficult. It’s cold, the days are short and you have to entertain the kids all day long. I find that new activities work best to keep us entertained, so this year Alex and I tried our hands at stop-motion video and…
6 Tips to Stay Healthy This Winter
Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to settle in for the long, cold winter. If you’re in the Northeast like me, you know something about the cold weather that’s been hitting us recently. But, just because its cold outside and cold and flu season is upon us, doesn’t mean that the getting…
First Snow
This weekend, the Northeast got the first snow of the season. It was a little extra special because it was our first snow day in our new home. Coming from New York City, where the snow turns grey and slushy within hours of it hitting the ground, the snowfall was all sorts of magical. The…
Gift Guide: Boys 8-11 years old
As much as I love Christmas, as the years pass it gets more bittersweet. Alex is growing up and I know that the years of him believing in Santa are coming to a close. This year we still visited Santa and wrote our Christmas list so I thought it would be fun to share what…
Practicing Fractions with Cuties #100DaysofSunshine
I recently partnered with my friends at Cuties for their #100DaysofSunshine campaign. All opinions are always my own! If you ask Alex what his favorite subjects in school are, he will tell you lunch and math. He has had a love for math since before he even started school. His kindergarten teacher was shocked to learn that…
