This Christmas will be my daugher’s very first. Before we had her, my husband and I discussed our favorite Christmas traditions from our own childhoods, and talked (argued) about what we wanted the holidays to look like for our children. It turns out our experiences and traditions were very different, as were our hopes. …

My in-laws typically host Thanksgiving for the family. This year, however, they are in the middle of construction on their new home. So naturally, we volunteered to open our house to the fam bam.  We have the space to fit everyone, especially with a newly re-finished basement for the kids to run around in (more…