EVERYTHING MUST GO! A Family Guide to Garage Sales
Garage sales are more than just a means of getting rid of old junk. Start to finish, planning and holding a garage sale provides plenty of teaching opportunities. Kids can learn about organization,...
View ArticleThe Locavore’s Non-Dilemma
By Lukas Brandon All human beings were once locavores, meaning we ate what we could hunt and gather locally. Due in part to the environmental and health consequences of modern food production––meats,...
View ArticleCapturing Your Family’s Stories
By Meredith Holt Illustration by Dennis Krull You may have an idea of your heritage and your family tree, but do you know your family’s stories? Can you tell your children the tale of how your parents...
View ArticlePlanning a Family Vegetable Garden
Tessa Moon Leiseth is delighted telling of her family’s gardening joys! Vegetable growing is a family affair at the Leiseth home in Moorhead. When Tessa and her husband, Jon, decided several years ago...
View ArticleProject Recycling
By Amanda Peterson You don’t need an excuse to start a new, environmentally healthy habit, but it wouldn’t hurt to use Earth Day, April 22, to kick off increased recycling in your home. It’s easy to...
View ArticleLaundry!
According to the Consumer Energy Center, the typical American household does nearly 400 loads of laundry per year. That’s a lot of dirty laundry, especially if the task of washing clothes falls on the...
View ArticleRaising Butterflies at Home
There’s nothing like watching butterflies flit around the flowers in your garden. Nothing except for watching one grow from egg to caterpillar to butterfly in your own home. These days you can purchase...
View ArticleStarting a Family Blog
Tweet In 2011, when Melissa Cook’s son, Jaxon, was 18 months old, and she was pregnant with her daughter, the Bemidji, Minn., mom realized she needed an easy way to update her friends and family—many...
View ArticleTween Halloween Party
If your tween tells you she has outgrown trick-or-treating this year, don’t be surprised. There comes a time when some tweens feel they are too old (or too cool) to join the goblins parading on...
View ArticleDo It Together: Setting the Table
The holiday entertaining season is upon us. Families and friends seem to make an extra effort this time of year to share a meal together. Take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy each other’s company...
View ArticleRunning for Family Fitness and Fun
Vicki Schneider, Fargo, started running in high school as a way to stay in shape for soccer. By the time she was a senior, her friends—all avid runners themselves—talked her into joining the track...
View ArticleGeocaching
Children know well the thrill of finding a hidden prize, be it colored eggs at Easter or miscellaneous items on a scavenger hunt. Adults reminisce over youthful adventures when they pretended to be...
View ArticlePainting 101
When Adrian and Abbey Dawson-Becker found out they were pregnant with their second child, they wanted their then 18-month-old son, Drake, to be a big part of getting ready for the new baby. One way to...
View ArticleA Jam Anyone Can Get Into
With the trend in consuming products as close to the source as possible, and the continued rise in food costs, it’s no wonder more people are turning to home canning and preserving. According to Brenda...
View ArticleMaking a Family Book
Opening a colorful, professionally printed book to read about your own family—your hobbies, relationships, travels, and other things that make you special—is such a rewarding experience. Just like you...
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