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…
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…
New Year’s Resolutions I Wish My Stepmom Had At the end of one year and into the beginning of the next, so many of us make New Year’s resolutions. These goals are normally self-improvement based, like eating healthy, exercising and getting organized. We have a proposal, how about this year we make our resolutions just a little bit more meaningful in…
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…
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…
Christmas is coming! Get ready to spend time with your loved ones, sit back, and enjoy each other. I love the holidays because of this- it’s a special time of year that goes by far too quickly. There is nothing better than a cozy night in and a marathon night of holiday movies. 1. HOME ALONE This is such a…
Spending time with your family is one of the best ways to celebrate the holidays! Here is what you need to remember: 1. Spend the time and focus on this! Even on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, Hanukkah, or whatever holiday it is you celebrate. Figure out what your family likes to do (AS A FAMILY) and make it fun.…