Celebrating St. Martin’s Day: Focusing on kindness in November Once November rolls around, with Halloween candy still uneaten in bags on the top pantry shelf and the holiday season still a ways off, many families look for meaningful ways to stay connected through cozy traditions. This
Read MoreBake some bread fast! Making Irish soda bread for a quick treat If your kids are anything like most, waiting around isn’t the easiest activity. And while patience is a virtue every child must learn, sometimes quick and easy is the way to go. So thank
Read MoreChinese New Year: A New Chance at a New Year Here’s what I really love about Chinese New Year — besides the dancing dragons and dumplings — I love that it’s in February. How perfect. We get a whole month to test out our New Year’s
Read MoreFour Words to Live by A few years ago, the Danish word “Hygge” became an international phenomenon. It was added to the Oxford English dictionary and made the 2016 short list for Word of the Year. One thing that makes hygge so special is how much
Read More10 Favorite Christmas Traditions Around the World What are your family’s fun Christmas traditions? Caroling? Hiding an almond in the rice pudding? Matching pajamas? Holidays naturally bring out traditions — special food, songs, activities, even clothes (I’m thinking hideous sweaters here) and, with Christmas being celebrated
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8 Kid-Friendly Recipes from around the World When you hear the word Italian, what do you think of? When you hear the word French, what do you think of? When you hear the word Chinese, what do you think of? If your answers were something along
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A Year of Holidays around the World Remember in grade school when every couple of weeks class would end 30 minutes early because it was someone’s birthday? The whole class would sing, eat cupcakes and goof around? It was usually the best part of the day.
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What Travel Means to Me My 15-year-old daughter, Maya, wrote about what travel means to her. I loved reading her thoughts and hope you do too… When people think of travel, they usually think of planes, tropical beaches, big cities like New York and Paris. Maybe
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Celebrating Chinese New Year with Kids Chinese New Year falls on February 17th this year. There will be family reunions, elaborate dinners, red clothes, fireworks, dragon dances, and the chance at finding a coin inside your dumpling! There’s so much to love about this special holiday,
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Hygge for Families I remember my first winter in Copenhagen. We’d arrived in late August and had the perfect Scandinavian fall — walks in the woods, enjoying the city, playing on the beach. Then the oddest thing started to happen around mid-November, and it seemed so
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