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7 Stages of Preparing for House Guests When You Have Kids

Having house guests is always fun. Lots of quality time, lots of laughs, and lots of extra hands to steer your children away from the stove. The challenging part is the preparation leading up to guest arrival day. When you have little ankle biters trying to thwart your cleaning, shopping, and organizing efforts, the challenge…

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It’s My Christmas Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To

Don’t be fooled. NO ONE has their act totally together in December. Not a one. Every single person currently fumbling through this month has forgotten to buy a gift, wrote down the wrong address, left the baking powder out of the cookies, eaten 12 cookies and then a piece of celery to “burn the calories,”…