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Why Hosting Kids' Parties at Home Beats Expensive Venues

Why Hosting Kids' Parties at Home Beats Expensi...

Margaret Sloat

While hosting at home can require more planning and preparation, birthday party services like Streamer Trunk make it easy to pull off an affordable, individualized celebration in your own space....

Why Hosting Kids' Parties at Home Beats Expensi...

Margaret Sloat

While hosting at home can require more planning and preparation, birthday party services like Streamer Trunk make it easy to pull off an affordable, individualized celebration in your own space....

3 Reasons to Skip Opening Gifts at Kids' Birthday Parties (And How to Handle It)

3 Reasons to Skip Opening Gifts at Kids' Birthd...

Margaret Sloat

Picture this: your child is surrounded by their giggling friends, eagerly ripping off wrapping paper from a birthday gift. Suddenly, their face drops as they look at you with disappointment....

3 Reasons to Skip Opening Gifts at Kids' Birthd...

Margaret Sloat

Picture this: your child is surrounded by their giggling friends, eagerly ripping off wrapping paper from a birthday gift. Suddenly, their face drops as they look at you with disappointment....

Throwing a Solar Eclipse Party

Throwing a Solar Eclipse Party

Margaret Sloat

The upcoming solar eclipse, visible in North America on April 8th, is a once-in-a-generation event, and an awesome opportunity to inspire kids and celebrate space.  The last time a solar eclipse...

Throwing a Solar Eclipse Party

Margaret Sloat

The upcoming solar eclipse, visible in North America on April 8th, is a once-in-a-generation event, and an awesome opportunity to inspire kids and celebrate space.  The last time a solar eclipse...

Teenage girl sitting on the couch wearing a Santa hat scowls at the camera while her mother sleeps on her shoulder.

Giving the Gift of Mental Load Sharing

Margaret Sloat

What do I really want for Christmas? This is the question I've been mulling since my teenager asked me last weekend. I was so flattered (stunned?) that she asked that...

Giving the Gift of Mental Load Sharing

Margaret Sloat

What do I really want for Christmas? This is the question I've been mulling since my teenager asked me last weekend. I was so flattered (stunned?) that she asked that...

Gingerbread house shaped like a New England Cape house

Gingerbread House Traditions

Margaret Sloat

When Elizabeth and I first started scouting Christmas products for our new Christmas Mini-Trunks, I knew we had to have a gingerbread house theme available. Making a family gingerbread house...

Gingerbread House Traditions

Margaret Sloat

When Elizabeth and I first started scouting Christmas products for our new Christmas Mini-Trunks, I knew we had to have a gingerbread house theme available. Making a family gingerbread house...

a lot of sticky note reminders stuck to a steering wheel

Solving September Birthdays

Margaret Sloat

Happy birthday to me! I LOVE having a September birthday. September is everything I love: New school supplies, a fresh start, apple pie, and the start of Fall. And of...

Solving September Birthdays

Margaret Sloat

Happy birthday to me! I LOVE having a September birthday. September is everything I love: New school supplies, a fresh start, apple pie, and the start of Fall. And of...