A kid will crouch in the lush grass, smell the freshly turned soil, watch a lizard scurry by, and write…
Lady in Lanvin
Kids these days don’t know how good they have it. There’s an inundation of designers introducing the world of high…
Dancing Queen
When Beatrice, a 7-year-old with autism, first joined the adaptive dance class at Chamberlain Performing Arts in Plano, she wanted…
Shooting Craps
After school one day while waiting for my kids, I happened to get into a discussion with another mom of…
Preventing Parental Burnout
Ten years ago, after her husband’s death, Keller mom Alissa Auer struggled to hold her family together. Her son Chris,…
Your Child's Education: Fully Customizable
For many parents, choosing the educational path for their child is a simple task. We live in neighborhoods with quality…
Retail Therapy
Food and décor-centric Henderson Avenue gets an infusion of the sartorial variety with the addition of Milk and Honey. The…
Miss Knits
It’s the end of a long day, and it’s the first chance you’ve had to think about yourself. Put down…
Nailed It
Sometimes it’s the smallest things that make the biggest impact. Case in point, the orangey red manicure that had me…
Kristy Brooks
If you’re curious what hope looks like, just look into the eyes of Juliana Brooks. She’s a 5-year-old girl who’s…
Give Me (a Tax) Break
There are actually five seasons – the fifth, tax season, is looming ominously on the horizon. Are you taking full…
Jump, Jump!
The phrase “bouncing off the walls” is one that parents are accustomed to. All that bouncing can actually be a…
In Tune
After watching their son with autism struggle with one-word drills in therapy yet sing along with ease while music was…
Happy Feet Two
This sequel to 2006’s Happy Feet introduces a new generation of penguins, as well as a new threat to their…
Retro Ride
Let the good times roll … on the Locomotion Party Bus. This 1970s psychedelic-theme bus is a showstopper and a…
Gaultier Figure
Visiting the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art has been on our to-do list for months….
Must-Visit Travel Destinations For The Holiday Experience
Whether it’s a ceramic pickle hanging on the Christmas tree or a potato latkes recipe passed down through generations, it…
Naturally Fun
Meet the mother-and-daughter duo Sprite and Luna, Southern flying squirrels, at the Heard Natural Science and Wildlife Sanctuary. Or Sweetie,…
Southern Soul
Kristen Dowd was a third-grader when her mother hired an interior designer to decorate their new family home in Montgomery,…
The Best of…Dad
1. Dads have a built-in reason to spend extra time looking at the newest Star Wars action figures in the…