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  • Parenting Guru: Minivans are the new black

    A couple of years ago when I was pregnant with our third son, it became clear that size-wise, our Jetta Wagon wasn't cutting it for us anymore. It was time to take the minivan plunge.I conducted weeks of informal market research about the best van for my family (i.e. accosting parents in the parking

  • Parenting Guru: Why we fell in love with Cape Cod, MA

    In a few short weeks we'll be taking our fourth annual trip to Cape Cod with the boys. We like to stay mid-Cape (particularly Orleans) because there's something magical about Skaket Beach at low tide that brings us back year after year. You can walk for hours and discover new warm tidal pools filled

  • Parenting Guru: The great binky incident of 2010

    It all started out with the best of intentions. After a busy day of work for me and school/daycare for the kids, I decided that cooking was out of the question and we headed to McDonalds, just me and my three boys. My husband was working late that night, so it seemed like a perfectly reasonable excu

  • Parenting Guru: The first crush

    My 7-year-old son has his very first crush on a cute blonde girl in his class. He's being very secretive about the nature of their relationship, but he's told me that he can read her mind. With the exception of that little tidbit, mum's the word.I've tried all different kinds of interrogation techni

  • Parenting Guru: 5 dreams for my future daughters-in-law

    I have three sons all under the age of 8, and my primary goal in life (besides making sure that they're happy and productive members of society, of course) is to provide my future daughters-in-law with amazing husbands. You know, husbands who never leave their socks in the middle of the living room.

  • How My Ripple Turned $100 Into Nearly $1000 to Fight Hunger and Poverty in My Community

    About a month ago I signed up to participate in Yahoo's "How Good Grows" Ripples of Kindness program and I received $100 to get me started. Since that check arrived I've gone through dozens of scenarios in my head. I considered paying for a stranger's groceries, buying books for my grandmother's for

  • Parenting Guru: Got Sanity? Me Neither.

    I take my new role as a Parenting Guru quite seriously and I want to give my readers the best possible advice I have to offer. However, when it comes to this month's topic-sanity-saving holiday tips-I'm a little rough around the edges, to say the least. Just ask my husband, who just yesterday fell v

  • User post: Southern Apple Pecan Dressing from the Deen Brothers

    Orginally posted to Fits "N" Giggles. I was a fan of the Deen Family way before matriarch and goddess of all things delicious, Paula Deen, said she wanted to dip my baby in butter at BlogHer '09. Luckily for Paula I changed his stinky diaper while we were waiting on line to meet her or else she migh

  • Parenting Guru: Feeling thankful from the trenches of parenthood

    My life is pretty awesome. I'm not saying that to brag, but more as a reminder to myself. With the pressures of raising three boys, a full time job, a mountain of bills, and an even bigger mountain of dishes and laundry in need of my constant attention, more often than not I forget to be thankful fo

  • My name is Melissa and I approve this message

    Confession time: I don't really follow politics, so you can imagine how much I was dreading this month's Yahoo! Motherboard topic. It's not that I don't care about the issues, because I do. However, I find myself so incredibly turned off by politicians that I can barely stomach this time of year. Th

  • Parenting Guru: Hermie Town gives our family sustenance through the winter!

    As a working mom with three young boys and a schedule that's best described as chaotic, our family vacation is the one week out of the entire year that we can kick back and throw our daily routine out the window. For the past three years we've taken the boys to Cape Cod, where it's become a traditio