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…
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…
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.…
Image| BLUEBIRDKISSES Family is everything, as most people would claim, a compartment where you can best express your true nature without any fear of respite or rejection. One’s family can be said to be one of the best gifts of nature to man. Everything we do; activities carried out, all have the family factor embedded in it. This is…