How to Make Baby’s First Christmas Bright

This is a guest post by Mary Frederick, who used inspiration and creativity to plan her baby’s first Christmas. She still looks for inspiration as her kids get older, such as how to throw an amazing birthday party. Click here to see what fuels her party planning skills and keeps her going.

Baby’s first Christmas is one of those things that is a rite of passage in your parenting life span. There are so many wonderful milestones to look forward to and embrace along your journey. The first Christmas is however one of the most meaningful along the way.

This is a time that’s all about creating lasting memories and inventing new traditions. The irony in all of this, however, is that baby won’t remember a thing! Knowing this, how can you still make …

Oh, How Pinteresting: Thanksgiving Table Setting Inspiration

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I just had a very difficult time typing out those three words. Thanksgiving, already! Wasn’t it just early September like, last week? Well ready or not, it’s time to spend an obscene amount of hours in the kitchen (or enjoy the labors of someone else spending the morning and most of the afternoon in the kitchen), gather around the table, give thanks for the people around us and what’s really important in this life, and feast until we cannot possibly feast anymore.

In most homes, the Thanksgiving table is set to look as good as the meal being put on it. The good china and silver comes out, there’s a centerpiece, candles, or candles incorporated into a centerpiece, and if your gathering is large enough, sometimes there are even name tags accompanying each setting. If you’re still stumped on what to add to your Thanksgiving table this year and need some inspiration, here are some stunning pictures of Thanksgiving table settings all found on Pinterest.

Oh, How Pinteresting: Fall is Coming!

I absolutely love fall. Love it. It has always been my favorite time of year, but after the record-setting heat waves and a hurricane this summer, I am more ready for fall than ever!

See a collection of images gathered from Pinterest that represent fall in all of its greatness by reading more.

Pasta Never Has to be Boring, Fresh Ideas to Spice Up Your Pasta Dinners

Did you know that families have pasta for dinner about 1.6 times per week? That is a lot of pasta, and my family most definitely contributes to the accuracy of that statistic.

Pasta is such a staple in our house, as well as in the houses of most everyone else, because it is extremely budget-friendly and there are so many different things that you can do with it. We typically tend to stay on a tight budget around here and at the same time, we are pretty picky eaters who very frequently grow tired of seeing the same thing grace our dinner plates. In most cases, we don’t typically have the same thing for dinner more than once every two or three weeks; but with pasta, even if we have it twice …

How Do You Describe Dinner in One Word?

Dinnertime brings on a unique set of challenges for every family. We have all heard tips on how dinnertime should be, but we all have a different routine and pace for how dinner is served in our households.

Ragu recently asked moms to describe what dinner is like in their house using only one word. So far, there has been a lot of response and the one word that has come up the most by far has been “chaos”. However, when it comes to dinner in my house, the one word that immediately pops into my head is togetherness.

My partner and I both work from home, so you would think that we are together so much that we’re completely sick of each other by the end of the day. You would be …

Mom Central’s Summer Giveaway Bonanza

Mom Central is throwing a great, big summer bash and you’re invited. They have just launched the Mom Central Summer Giveaway Bonanza and all you have to do to enter for a chance to win some really great prizes is become a Mom Central member and leave a comment on the giveaway you want to enter. That’s all there is to it and you could win yourself some great things to help make the best of the rest of your summer season and beyond.

This is the first week of the summer giveaway bonanza and already up for grabs is a Street Surfing Whiplash Scooter, Stepping Stones Together Reading Program, Manhattan Appetizer Plates from Trudeau, a Project Runway Beach Tote and Prize Pack, as well as many other prizes you’ll definitely …