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With five kids, you’d think keeping enough clothes in a variety of sizes to fit any child would be a breeze.
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Secondhand Street Cred
There’s help for moms who dread the pressure of prepping for back-to-school season.
read article Add Vitamin H to That Lunch
We do our best to pack our kids’ lunch boxes with good nutrition.
read article You've Been Ghosted
Kids love Halloween. The costumes, the candy, the creepy decorations.
read article Trunk or Treat
Certain Halloween costumes never fail to scare us. That mask from “Scream,” for example.
read article Sharing the Garden Wealth
Families from Vermont to California are adopting a new charitable cause: fruitanthropy.
read article Pumpkin Chronicles: Create a Magic Garden
It’s an unfortunate act of nature that magic ceases to exist once childhood morphs into adolescence.
read article Closing the Distance
We live in the Northeast by choice, and we are happily making our home and earning a living in central New York.
read article Better the Day After — Like Pizza
Thanksgiving is the only holiday, dare I say, that gets better the next day.
read article Crazy Holiday Mash-Up
Thanksgiving at the Cook family house is come one, come all — but bring your sense of fun.
read article Cultivating Civic Minds
Once the kids are back in school, the final months of the year seem to fly by at an increasingly alarming rate.
read article Thanksgiving Egg Hunt
There are many things to be thankful for: family, food … and plastic eggs full of cash?
watch video Don’t Settle for Just One Holiday Tradition
What’s black and white and red and green all over? Why, Chrismakwanzika, of course!
read article How to Slow the Unwrapping Rush
When Jan Thatcher Adams was growing up in Sioux City, Iowa, cash was tight and Christmas gifts were few.
read article Create Your Own Winter Games
The world’s population generally breaks down into two sides, depending on the criteria ...
read article A Truly Over-the-Edge Tradition!
Over the years, you could say we have developed a slight obsession with Christmas trees.
read article San Diego Snow Day
A white Christmas in San Diego? You bet! It just took a little initiative (and a whole lot of shaved ice).
watch video A Very Luau Christmas
Christmas was a huge deal during Leilani Haywood's childhood in Hawaii.
watch video Bring Out the Soothsayer in Your Family
The coming new year means it’s time for Marlene Caroselli’s family to do some crystal-ball gazing.
read article New Year’s ‘Round’-Up
Every culture finds some way to mark the beginning and end of a continuous cycle.
read article You Can Go Polar
That’s why a goofy New Year’s tradition — the polar bear plunge — might be a perfect way for you to ring in 2012.
read article Polar Bears, Oh My!
A crazy idea that started as a bet has now taken over an entire town.
watch video Community Kitchen
How do you help out a neighborhood struggling to get back on its feet after tragedy strikes?
watch video Our Favorite Fresh Takes
All across the country, families are coming together in unique ways. Here are our favorite moments.
watch video Family Triathlon Training
This intrepid family enjoys time together swimming, biking and running their way to fitness.
watch video Hometown Vacation
The Hammers don’t have to leave town to go on a fun family vacation – they make traveling a local affair instead.
watch video Create Your Own Album of Shame
As digital technology advances, so does the traditional family photo album.
read article Taking Care of Our Feathered Friends
I am allergic to cats, and my son is allergic to anything with fur, from ferrets and bunnies to dogs and cats.
read article Fun, One Day at a Time
Between homework, cheerleading and sports teams, it sometimes seems we hardly have any time to just be a family!
read article Copalis Beach
An unexpected experience at the beach with his father is one of Apolo Ohno’s most cherished memories.
watch video Convertible Cruise
What children remember most about their parents is not necessarily what the rest of the world remembers.
watch video A 10-Pin Family
No reason is too small (or too big!) for the Goodkins to bowl in celebration.
watch video Half the Birthday, All the Fun
Most kids don’t remember when their half birthdays are, so it’s a way of delighting and surprising them.
read article Family of Boxers
Pressure comes with the territory when your father is one of the all-time great boxers, but Laila Ali rose to the challenge.
watch video Teach Your Kids About Helping and Healing
The lifestyle of a family of seven is, at its best, a small form of chaos.
read article Tournament Day
The Maghanoys use the spirit of cooperation and the drive to win to bring their large extended family closer together.
watch video Wear Your Clothes Backward Day
Fashion history repeats itself — remember the great bell-bottom comeback of 1997?
read article Birthdays Are for Birth Stories
You can tell your kids this story any time of the year, but it will resonate even more on their birthdays.
read article The ‘Gnome-Was-Here’ Guest Book
If yours is like most families, Santa and the Easter Bunny visit once a year.
read article Backyard Camping = BIG Fun
Accidents, my mother used to warn me when I didn’t latch my seatbelt quickly enough, can happen within a mile from home.
read article Epic Scavenger Hunt
Ditching old-fashioned board games, the Gilmores have found a unique way to promote family bonding.
watch video Nothing Make-Believe About This Party Fun
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Carler, happy birthday to you!”
read article Bedtime Is Bonding Time
They say the most important part of any play is the beginning and the end.
read article Family Film Studio
The Mansbachs find quality time by filming quirky short films. These aren't your average home movies.
watch video Turn Dinner on Its Head: Eat Dessert First!
Where does one find the balance between responsible mealtimes and mealtime fun?
read article The Tooth Fairy Network
We all know how Santa takes care of business at Christmas, with his elves and reindeer-led sleigh and trips down the chimney.
read article Engage Your Family With Theme Dining
Dinner is one of those things every family knows it’s supposed to do — and do well.
The Magic of Lupper
We love celebrating events and milestones as a family, and we look for any reason to celebrate by dining out.
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The Ingrams are mother Cheryl, father Robert, sons Asher and Benjamin, and daughter Madison. They know that you don't have to see your family to bond with them.
