Are you planning your post-pandemic vacation? If Nashville tops your list, check out this family-friendly guide I wrote for L.A. Family Travel. My Nashville friends will find some great ideas for staycations, too. Don’t forget your mask! As a native to Nashville, Tennessee, I love to tell everyone about my home city. There’s just something […]
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This week I’m writing for the Today Parenting Team, sharing a few ways to recreate that vacation feeling while stuck in your house this summer: Social distancing and stay-at-home orders are replacing beach trips and resort vacations for many families this summer. However, quarantine doesn’t have to mean boredom. If you find yourself stuck at home,
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Every year, when my boys begin to contemplate costume ideas, I have one thought: “How can we do this as cheaply as possible?” I don’t know if it’s from a family history of frugality or my reluctance to buy extra plastic, but scraping together unique costumes has become a tradition with our kids. Here are
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This post was written in partnership with Honeysuckle Hill Farm, which provided free tickets for my family to attend their annual fall festival. As a new mom, I was introduced to the concept of the pumpkin patch. No longer were Halloween pumpkins purchased at the store or the local farmers’ market — now pumpkin picking
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I hate country music. As a Nashville native, it’s my duty. Somebody has to keep the balance around here. So you can imagine my surprise when, during my recent trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, I found myself in tears. The kids and I started our visit with the Nashville Public
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This post contains affiliate links to support this site. Actually, just one affiliate link, which I thought about deleting so I could skip this disclaimer, but you know. Blog life. You won’t find any tiny dresses at my boy-dominated house unless my 3-year-old niece is visiting. However, I definitely appreciate the finer aspects of dresses
This post contains affiliate links to support this site. I can’t believe summer is over, but this morning I sent my two guys off to school. Our major purchase this year is a new backpack for my oldest son. We found a made-in-the-USA brand on Amazon with a reasonable price and good reviews. I’m curious
I love doing service projects with my kids, but I don’t make it happen very often. As much as I want to pass down values like gratitude and sharing with others, my busy schedule and fear of commitment often get in the way. A local organization serving refugees is encouraging Nashville folks to put together
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Each year when I post about sustainably made school clothes, I often hear another question — what about school supplies? As a certifiable school supply geek, buying new pencils and pens is one of my favorite parts of back-to-school shopping. Happily, we don’t have to look far to find school supplies that are made close
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The lazy days of summer are closing for our family as we prepare the boys to head back to school. Gap, Old Navy, and Target are popular stops for standard school attire around here, but whenever I can I try to add some ethical credentials into my boys’ wardrobes. Second-hand shops are still my favorite
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