by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 3, 2011 | for Fun, Yea Big
Alana (18): Caleb, get me a spoon. [Caleb (8) rolls his eyes.] Alana: Where did you learn to do that? Caleb: From yooooooou! Alana: Um. No. Caleb: Yeeeeees! I saw you do it. At the dinner table. At the Harmon's house! [We rented Harmon's house when Caleb was...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 29, 2011 | for Fun, for Money
Black Friday has come and gone. (We slept in, decorated the house, and went to a movie.) Cyber Monday is history. (I spent a couple of hours using some of my very best online deals.) But if you think the bargains are gone, you're wrong. They've just begun! I've...
by Tracy Polyak | Nov 10, 2011 | for Fun, for Spirit
I always feel a little irked when Christmas is mentioned before Thanksgiving. But I wanted to share a fun Family Home Evening series that we do for Christmas in time for others who might want to do something similar. When my oldest was a baby, I decided that I wanted...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 3, 2011 | for Fun
This post brought to you by American Family Insurance. All opinions are 100% mine. We didn't watch a lot of TV when I was a kid, but when we did, it was always something the whole family could enjoy together. And if there had been questionable programs on television...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 20, 2011 | for Fun, Yea Big
Alana (18): Mom, is it true that most college papers are eight to ten pages long? Mom: Sometimes. Some of my blog posts are that long. Alana: Yea, but they're about things you like to write about! Like, “Hey, I hate cooking. Let's talk about...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 27, 2011 | for Fun
We are seriously into themed birthday parties around here. While I only have two kids under 12 now, even the older kids still get into the mix sometimes. We've been doing big birthday parties for over 23 years now (not coincidentally, since Jessica's first birthday)....
