Did you know that Febreze is a top item requested by military serving overseas?

Here’s the thing.  Many of the places where our deployed troops live and work, well, we understand that they don’t always smell so good. That’s why Macaroni Kid is thrilled to partner with Febreze to help our troops breathe happy this Valentine’s Day season.

Together, Febreze and Macaroni Kid will be supporting 15 events across the nation where military families, friends and supporters will pack up Febreze Set and Refresh, along with ...

The New Year is always a great time of year!  It always seems like a fresh start. This year your New Year’s resolution might be like many others – connect more with family and friends, get to the gym more often, organize your house, or get a new job that you really love.  For moms, it might also include making some new connections.  A great way to do that is to join a mothers group!

Mothers groups can be found in many cities and towns.  A great place to start ...

The new year is a time for reflection and hopefully change.  Many of us would like to change our families and be happier and more joyful.  Sometimes being a happy family simply takes a matter of will.  And the will of just one person can change the dynamic of an entire family.  Joy and laughter are contagious, there’s no avoiding breaking a smile when others around you are laughing.  And it’s hard to be angry or sullen when you are laughing or at least smiling.  For 2012, here ...

My son is a voracious reader, but he can be a bit finicky.  We received an advance copy of "The Bad Apple", the first installment in the "Merits of Mischief" series by T.R. Burns.  At first my son didn't want to read it as it was not by one of his "usual" authors, but I explained he had to at least give it a try.

After the first quarter, he put it down and said no thanks.  I thought that was it, but to my surprise a few ...