Author Archives: Stephanie O'Farrell

Christmas break is over but before we know it, mid-winter break will be here. In my research, most schools in the Pacific Northwest area are having some sort of break around Presidents Day. My kids ge...

Mom, we did it. We survived another Christmas. Hopefully there were moments of fun, relaxation and good ol' Christmas magic. But I also know there were moments of tension, exhaustion and prayers for s...

"Are you the real Santa?" my five-year-old daughter asked a Santa Claus we saw during a Christmas Festival we attend each year. He told her to tug on his beard. If you have seen Miracle on 34th Street...

I volunteered to pre-assemble gingerbread houses for my son's second-grade class. Clearly, it was a moment of pure insanity. Have you ever had those moments where something sounds so reasonable at the...

Here we are again. Not just Christmas season; Elf on the Shelf season. To those who have somehow escaped it, the Elf on the Shelf is basically an Elf that lives at your house during the Christmas seas...

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The act of gift giving should be something that fills your heart knowing it's filling the heart of someone else. Unless it's the season of Christmas and you are a mom. In that case, the act of gift gi...

Over the years here at All Mom Does, we have compiled some pretty awesome lists of gift ideas. I prefer to start preparing early for the holidays and thought I would take some work off your plate and ...

I am not an expert at meal planning. That's one reason why 30/10 Weight Loss for Life has been so life changing for me. They do all the work and put recipes at my fingertips every month. As part of th...

In prepping for the holidays, one thing I like to do is to make care packages for the homeless. This year, we got together at my best friend's house and had four kids make an assembly line to put thes...