Bunchland

Megan Pettit shares stories from a new mom

Ahhhhh yes, Thanksgiving long weekend. Just kicking back and thinking about everything I’m thankful for. Show up at a relative’s place, eating enough to audition for Woman vs Food, finding room for dessert and napping on the couch. This is what Thanksgiving used to be like before Jr. came along.

This Thanksgiving we had to have three family dinners. Three. Back-to-back. There were no couch naps. There was barely any couch sitting. Two dinners were at family member’s homes. Homes with drawers full of knives and ground level plants and pets that expect petting and not fur pulling. One dinner was at our place. I made the traditional Thanksgiving tuna casserole, which is tuna, peas, a can of mushroom soup and plain potato chips. My mom made this every year for decades since we didn’t eat turkey, and she has passed the Thanksgiving tuna torch on to me.  Read more...

Stephanie Potter explains how she sees the entire extended family, without over-extending herself.

Here we are again the holiday season, the time for being together with family. However, having kids really changes the whole dynamic of the holidays. But how do you keep everyone happy? There’s the in-laws, the aunts and uncles, the great-grandparents, friends and the list goes on. Everyone wants a piece of the joy that children feel so deeply this time of year. We figured out early that being at every event left us over-extended.

My husband and I both come from big extended families who love to celebrate. Our exhaustion from all the travel translated into visits that were too short, cranky parents and worst of all, cranky babies. Here are a few tips that we garnered after four Christmases with our darling children. I hope these tips can help you create a holidays that you remember for a life time for all the right reasons!  Read more...