Guide to an Amazing Autumn!

Fall Events, Festivals, Top Playgrounds, Apple Picking, Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes, and MORE!

Finding the Best Fit at Temple Sinai Nursery School

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A guest article from Emily Goodstein, Temple Sinai Nursery School parent. As if in the blink of an eye, we found ourselves out of baby...

Where to Order a Thanksgiving Meal

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Thanksgiving is right around the corner. While we love a home cooked meal, sometimes it simply isn't doable because of new babies, children, aging...

Manna Bags for the Homeless: An Easy Family Service Project

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The world needs so much love and light (always!). One way we try to help our community is by creating Manna Bags for the...

Washington, DC Area Holiday Train Guide

It's the time of the year for your little train engineer to enjoy holiday trains in and around Washington, DC, this holiday season. Many...

November Family-Friendly Events Guide

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November is a time to celebrate the peak of fall and all the good things that the holiday season brings, including precious time with...

Where to Donate Halloween Candy

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Happy Halloween! Once all the trick-or-treating is over and you're trying to figure out what to do with all the candy at home, we...

Enter DC Area Moms’ 2024 Halloween Costume Contest

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Get ready for DC Area Moms' Fifth Annual Halloween Costume Contest! This was a Halloween highlight in 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 and we...

The Top Parenting Canon Books

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I'm a reader and researcher. When I entered the vast and occasionally tumultuous waters of motherhood, I turned to what I knew best: books....

Where the Lost Things Go: My Story About Pregnancy Loss

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Mary Poppins said it best in the song The Place Where Lost Things Go by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. Please watch full song here and read lyrics here...

Halloween Movies for Kids

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Halloween is a big deal in our house. We are constantly making Halloween crafts and visiting multiple pumpkin patches across the DMV. We are...

Halloween Crafts For All Ages

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Halloween crafts are some of our favorite fall activities when we aren’t frolicking at a pumpkin patch.  (Be sure to check out the DC...

Libraries and Library Story Times in DC, VA, and MD

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The public libraries in the DMV area are true community gems, each offering a unique array of programs and resources. From engaging story times...

The Best Halloween Books for Toddlers: Our Top 10

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I remember when Halloween felt like one of the most exciting days of the year! In grade school, my friends and I would meticulously...

Best Places to See Fall Foliage with Kids Around DC

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Fall foliage is a beautiful sight to see, and the DC area is one of the best places in the US to see it....

Ways to Celebrate Filipino American History Month

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Mabuhay! October is, among many things, Filipino American History Month: a time chosen to commemorate the arrival of the first Filipinos to the United...

How Do I Find the Right School for My Child?

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Finding a learning environment that will stoke your child’s curiosity, encourage them to think critically, and nurture their strengths is important for every family,...

Supporting the Communities Impacted by Hurricane Helene

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Seeing the devastation throughout North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida after Hurricane Helene is heartbreaking. Rainfall, flooding, wind, tornadoes, and thunderstorms wreaked havoc on...
Mom of the Month Kathryn Rifenbark

Kathryn Rifenbark: Mom of the Month [October 2024]

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The Washington, DC area is full of amazing moms. There are working moms, stay-at-home moms, single moms, moms of multiples, foster moms, adoptive moms,...

You’ve been BOOed! Now BOO Friends and Neighbors

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Ready to BOO your neighbors and friends this Halloween season? Now is the time! Booing is a great way to celebrate the spooky-fun holiday....

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A Trip to Savannah with Kids

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A little further down I-95, through North Carolina and just over the Georgia border, lies Savannah, Georgia, a charming, quaint little town. The squares!...

Tips for a Rehoboth Beach Getaway with Kids

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Rehoboth Beach is one of my favorite beach getaways. One of my favorite things about DC’s location is that it is only a few...

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