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Now that Thanksgiving is past us, we can start to calm down and enjoy some peace and quiet for a bit. Even with a much smaller holiday than usual, there was still a lot of hustle and bustle that came ...

A while back I learned that 3 out of 4 children don’t even get an hour of exercise each day, and since I read that, I have made sure to focus on making sure that my kids are exercising enough. Truth ...

Well, my friends Easter is coming! We are all well aware that Easter is looking to be a little bit different this year, but that doesn't mean that it is not going to be celebrated! Easter happens to ...

We here at Sassafras have talked a lot about the benefits of gardening with children. I started gardening with my children when they were very young and I have discovered that some plants are favored ...

When you were a kid, did your parents let you go to sleepovers? I lived in a small, everyone-knows-everything-about-everyone kind of town growing up. I’m not even kidding. My hometown has a popula ...

Well, it’s official. Summertime is just days away and the kids, if not already home, will be home for the summer soon! I 3 kids at home, which means that summertime is a lot of fun, but it can also ...

Since we are all friends here, I feel like I can be completely honest with you. I mean, we are friends, right? I thought so. Anyway, since we are friends, I feel ok with expressing to you just how ...

Do you have any plans to take your children on vacation? Spring break is coming soon and before you know it, summer will be here! Call it age maybe, but in my recent years, I have decided that travel ...

As a family with 3 children, you can bet we get asked to a lot of kids birthday parties. This is fun, because of course we loved to celebrate the kids that we know and love, but it can also get pret ...

One day last summer I made my son mad by forcing him to go outside (I know, I’m such a mean mom). He was wandering around the yard complaining about being “bored” while I was outside working in our g ...

We talked a little bit last week about how hectic life is now that school is back in session, but we didn’t even discuss how absolutely busy is gets when it comes time for extracurricular activities.

Has your child reached the age of playdates yet? This threshold seems to be a little bit different for everyone, but for my kids I waited until they were about 2 and a half before we started schedul ...

In case you didn’t know it, Mother’s Day is just around the corner! I am a mom of 3, and over the years I have gotten lots of gifts from my kids for Mother’s Day and other holidays. My husband is r ...

Super Bowl Sunday is mere weeks away. Are you planning on watching the big game? Everyone knows that a good Super Bowl watch party needs to include delicious food. In the past we have done pizza, san ...

We have talked about it often, but the truth is that this has been a rough year. The year though has come with some benefits as well as the frustrations! Here is just a little list of the benefits th ...

Okay, I don’t know about you, but I am still in full holiday sweet making mode. I just love this part of the holidays, don’t you? Did you make any of the recipes that we posted about last week ...