St. Patrick's Day has always been one of my favorite holidays as a kid, because I did Irish Step Dancing and it was a busy season for us. As a Mom, I have so much fun sharing my love of all things Irish with my kids on this holiday and making it fun for them. As with all holidays, the best traditions are the ones that everyone in the family loves--and that includes Mom! Lean into your strengths and what makes you happy and that happiness will trickle down to the kids. And if

November is upon us and that just puts the holiday feeling in the air! I love the holidays and Christmas, but we also love to slow down in November and enjoy focusing on Thanksgiving and gratitude. One of my favorite traditions that we have in November is our gratitude tree. We started this tradition years ago when we only had two children old enough to really participate and every year, we all love doing it. The tradition is that every person gets to add a "grateful leaf" to

Halloween is not the biggest holiday at our house (that would definitely be Christmas), but I do love celebrating holidays with kids and my kids love this time of year! We stick with "fun" for Halloween with a touch of creepy atmosphere rather than scary or gory. One thing I love to remember about traditions is that traditions are here to serve our family, not the other way around ! They can also change and adapt. One example of this is that we have had a tradition for years