It can be very tempting to abandon your good sense of healthy eating on vacation. Although you may strive for healthy eating, it's easy to drift off and grab an ice cream cone here and there. There are however, ways to watch what you eat on vacation.

One of the toughest things to do is to get a toddler or young child to sit still in a chair long enough to order food and get through dinner. I've discovered that after several meals out with friends who have children.

On Thursday, I took Gavin to his second Kindermusik class at Kizsports. To encourage him to stay in the class, I brought along his Take Along Thomas trains to play. Another boy arrived with his grandma and he took a keen interest in Gavin’s trains.

The hubby always says I live vicariously through my son. Perhaps it is because there were a lot of things I never got to do as a child that I believe all children should experience. Halloween, for instance, is one event I think every kid should get to...

Bringing home a new baby brings with it an exhausting array of new responsibilities and challenges. Is there such a thing as a typical day and night for new parents? Probably not!