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October tends to be the time we start seeing holiday décor around town and at home. From Halloween to Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year’s, incorporating festive pieces into your interior design can increase your family’s merriment throughout the holiday seasons.

Whether you want to gain notoriety in your neighborhood or simply integrate a few key pieces in your home, holiday decorating can be a reasonable task if you know where to look for expert advice. Michael’s – with convenient locations throughout the Valley – is the ultimate destination for your holiday needs.

If seasonal decorating is on your mind (which it should be as we are...

Here's my obligatory Halloween post. Instead of boring you with the cliche parent post on candy calories, costumes, etc, I'm sharing some fun film stats for horror movie fans.

I admit: I don't like scary movies. I never have, as I simply hate being scared. My husband, on the other hand, has every single Halloween and Freddy Krueger movie on DVR, and admittedly, it drives me nuts.

With that being said, I'm not a Halloween Scrooge. I am having a blast putting together my kids'  costumes and look forward to bringing them trick-or-treating. But mark my...

The countdown to Halloween has officially begun and it’s time to prepare your holiday décor for trick or treaters.  Whether you want to spook the entire neighborhood or simply incorporate a few festive pieces in your home, decorating for the most frightful night of the year can actually be quite simple.

Here are our tips to concoct the perfect holiday atmosphere.

1. Pumpkins from MacDonald’s Ranch – Pumpkins may be the most important accessory this holiday season.  Whether you’re carving, baking or decorating, a few pumpkins can go a very long way.  There is no better place to find the perfect pumpkins than the Pumpkin Patch at MacDonald’s Ranch. All pumpkins are grown, picked and provided...

I cried the first time I brought my first born to mommy and me class. No, not sad tears; rather, those obnoxious emotional tears-of-joy. My heart overflowed watching my baby react to music, a parachute, bubbles, and instruments. His eyes lit up and my heart melted. His curious, wondrous spirit made me overwhelmingly happy.

I started my son in Kindermusik around 6 months old. We gave it a try on a whim and instantly fell in love with