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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

Mom, is Santa Claus real?

December 1, 2016 by not your average mom 6 Comments

I have been waiting for you to ask me this question. This is a question lots of parents have a hard time knowing best how to answer, because Christmas is such a special and magical time of year. And I want you to believe in magic. Forever. So… Is Santa Claus real? To answer that question […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: children, Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Santa, Santa Claus, Santa presents, story, surprise

If you build it, he will NOT come.

March 19, 2013 by not your average mom 6 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I don’t give a crap about St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t make green food, or green drinks, or green crafts. If you want to do your corned beef and cabbage, and Guinness, and whatever else,  go for it. But hey… Teachers. Leave my kids alone. Since when did leprechauns […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Easter, Easter Bunny, easter eggs, leprechaun traps, leprechauns, lunch boxes, lying to your kids, Santa Claus, St. Patrick's Day, tooth fairy

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