Ever Wonder How Your Stepkids Feel About Valentine’s Day? Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that can be tricky to navigate for a lot of people. As children, we grow up loving Valentine’s Day. A day where your parents buy you chocolates and cinnamon hearts? Yes, please! Then you attend school where every student in the class gives…
Find the Perfect Gift for Him! Valentine’s Day is about celebrating your love for the people you love! Whether that is through spending time with loved ones, reflecting on memories, or giving gifts- it can become easy for Valentine’s day to become a little stereotypical with gifts for the ladies and nothing for the men! If you are looking to…
Valentine’s Gifts for Kids In my family, Valentine’s Day was always about love and being together as opposed to the romantic side of things. My mom always made Valentine’s Day feel special to me no matter how young or old I was. Still to this day I have such a wonderful association with the day that doesn’t involve being…
“I’m not listening to you, you’re not my real mom”… sound familiar? It does for me, swap out ‘mom’ for ‘dad’ and I’ve said that line a million times. My stepfather came into my life at the ripe age of 14, which could quite possibly be one of the most difficult ages for any parent to deal with. My mom…
Advice from an Adult Stepkid Whether you are joining a family with young stepchildren or adult stepchildren, there will be challenges. Both situations are extremely unique, on one hand, if your stepchild is young they may be more open to accepting you since they may not fully understand and have the same emotions as an older stepchild. On the…
How to be a Good Stepmom…Despite Being Surrounded by Chaos Being a stepmother is generally painted as the stuff fairy tales are made of – either you get your happily ever after, or are placed in the evil stepmother category. But real life is not a fairy tale, and what you get depends a lot on what you put…
How to Motivate Your Kids to Read over the Holidays Ahh, the holiday reading list! To some, it can be such a joy to be off school or off work and be able to spend hours curled up reading your favourite book. To others, it can be a nightmare and close to impossible. I’m sure a lot of us moms…
Happy Holidays, Happy Socks, Happy Feet Christmas can become an extremely stressful time of the year but for kids, Christmas still has MAGIC! Christmas for our little ones is full of surprises, fun, and excitement. So this year at Christmas why not take some time and make sure your kids and stepkids have the happiest Christmas they can! It…