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Last night we made a pretty great memory.

December 14, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

A little over an hour from my house in Essex, CT, there’s an historic railroad company where you can ride on old school steam trains. And at Christmas time, they transform their trains into the “Polar Express”, and you can ride a vintage car to the North Pole. For the last four years, I have very […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: essex, hot chocolate, mrs. claus, polar express, presents, Santa, Santa Claus, steamtrain

Do Your Kids Remember What They Got for Christmas Five Years Ago?

November 5, 2016 by not your average mom 14 Comments

A couple days ago a friend of mine shared an article on Facebook entitled  It Turns Out That Traveling Makes Us Far Happier Than Any Material Wealth Ever Does. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. It’s partly because our financial situation has improved, and so now being able to travel at least a […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers, Parenting Tagged With: birthday, Christmas, experiences, gifts, polar express, presents, Santa, stuff, traveling

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