So I drop by my mother's to visit my brother and sister in law and neice who just moved here from out of state and are staying with her. No one was home. So I stop ...
Okay, I don't normally plan this much in advance, but it's something that's really monopolizing my thoughts at this post-holiday time... I have a 5 year old boy who ...
Years ago, my brothers and all our spouses agreed to rotate holidays (ex: Thanksgiving with our side, Christmas with the spouse family, and flip-flop the next year). ...
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the holidays. I don't mind going to see extended family on a different day, but I have gotten to where I insist that the day of be just about the ...
So my 19 month old spent the majority of the weekend with our 8 yr old niece- circus Sat. morning, family party Sat. night, and Sunday my husband took them both to th...
I am a member of a rather large family who gathers for birthdays (and there are a lot of them!) My frustration occurs when I go to buy gifts for extended family memb...
I am interested in finding a volunteer activity that I can share with my kids (son 11 and daughter 5). It could be an annual type event or one to two hours a week. ...
do your kids go out with siblings or sisters and brothers?
my brother and i went out together when we had common friends but if we didnt that year we'd split up an...
okay, so long story...what would you do?
Back story: all family events are held at either my husbands aunt/unlce's house or his grandfathers house. My husbands mo...
OK, let me start this off by saying that I never had a "close" extended family. In fact, my own immediate family wasn't/isn't totally warm and fuzzy. So when I "gre...