Holidays & Entertaining: Adult Child

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The Easter Bunny Isn't Coming to Our House

My husband and I have never done any extraneous gift-giving for our kids on Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween, etc and I have never though differently of it until I had to spend time defending myself from another parent tonight. They just didn't understand it even after I explained the reasoning. The main reason why I never do anything is because everyone else does. I have one grandmother left on my side of the family and my husband has his mom and one set of grandparents. My kids are the only grandkids at the moment and between the...

Family Gathering

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Holiday Highlight Reel....Contributions, Anyone? (JFF)

Ah...the holidays. The in-laws. Gotta love them. (Mostly because I believe it IS illegal in all 50 states to hit them over the head with a 20 lb. sledgehammer!) But I digress. Every holiday family gathering has it's high points. You know, the little special moments that will live on forever in our hearts and minds, as clearly as if were yesterday.......the children's smiles, the shared cup of perfect cocoa with marshmallows, the holiday baking smells, that "perfect" gift at the "perfect" time. Do you have memories like that? ...