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Local St. Louis Experience Gift Ideas

Trisha Stanley - December 2, 2021

Beauty + Fashion

My Shop Small Holiday Guide

Marlena Renner - December 2, 2021

In + Around St. Louis

STL Mom Guide to Holidays and Winter in St. Louis

Rebekah Coste - December 1, 2021

Parenting Perspectives

Windmills, Tulips, & Rembrandts

24 Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas

How My Interfaith Family Celebrates the Holiday Season

Colleen Fitzsimmons-Wiviott - December 1, 2021

Parents Guide to Navigating Pediatric Medicine

#GivingTuesday: 10 Large and Small Ways to Get Your Child Involved

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Business Book Series: Change How You Look at the World

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Windmills, Tulips, & Rembrandts

Parenting Perspectives Erin Gooch - December 4, 2021 0

In this post, I will be referencing “Welcome to Holland,” written by Emily Perl Kingsley in 1987. It’s a must-read for every new special...

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St. Nick’s Day Tradition

Home + Lifestyle Katie Mueth - December 3, 2021 0

St. Nick's Day is celebrated in our family on December 6th when we wake up to find that the shoe we put out has...

Local St. Louis Experience Gift Ideas

In + Around St. Louis Trisha Stanley - December 2, 2021 0

If you are looking for an experience gift, here is a collection of local St. Louis ideas. You're sure to find something for that...

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Christmas Mom Hacks: There’s No Shame in Easing Up this Season

Home + Lifestyle Amy Sanders - December 2, 2021 0

Who couldn’t use some Christmas mom hacks to make this year less stressful? The Christmas season is HERE, and so is all the excitement and...

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Parenting Perspectives

Cape Town, South Africa :: An Adventure of a Lifetime!

Natalie Williams - November 8, 2021 0

Back in February, my brother gave me a call and told me that he and his husband were surprising our mom with a trip...

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In + Around St. Louis

Branson, Missouri : A Quick Weekend Getaway

Danielle Sawyer - August 3, 2021 0

This post was written early in the summer before COVID cases spiked. We encourage all families to research their travel destinations and take every...

Health + Wellness

National Injury Prevention Day | November 18th

Haley Strebler - November 16, 2021

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Building a Calm Down Space for Your Child

Jamie Scaccia - November 9, 2021

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My History of Eating Disorders Impacted My Pregnancies

Mandi Tuhro - November 7, 2021

Ages + Stages

24 Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas

Jennedy L - December 1, 2021

It’s About the Journey, Not the Destination: Process Art Making with Kids

Colleen Fitzsimmons-Wiviott - November 22, 2021

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I, Too, Am A STEM Mom

Heather Tatman - November 5, 2021

Home + Lifestyle

a MacBook on a small white table with two books, a coffee cup, and a plant

Business Book Series: Change How You Look at the World

Michelle Parrinello-Cason - December 4, 2021

a cartoon rendering of St. Nick

St. Nick’s Day Tradition

Katie Mueth - December 3, 2021

an artificial Christmas tree wrapped in plastic wrap as a mom hack for making putting the tree up easier next year

Christmas Mom Hacks: There’s No Shame in Easing Up this Season

Amy Sanders - December 2, 2021

Holiday traditions can be hard to keep up with yea

Holiday traditions can be hard to keep up with year after year. Many traditions that we all love started way back in our childhood or even our parent’s childhood. It was (and still is) a big deal to cut down our tree and decorate it in our family. When I moved out in my 20s, it was still something I looked forward to with my mom and siblings— the joy of remembering ornaments from when we were born. As a child, we would go through the local neighborhoods to look at Christmas lights, and honestly, I still love looking at them. Now I can just say it’s for the kids. (wink wink). As I got older and entered my relationship with my husband, I wanted to keep these traditions alive with us and our kids. I love getting the tree together and getting them their annual ornaments. And I’m always ready for my husband to hang Christmas lights on our house.

But then COVID happened, and all our usual traditions (when we saw family or visited a craft fair) were on pause. While disappointing, it was okay to change it up. We put up a small fake tree and decided to hit the road for a socially distanced family vacation. And new traditions started to take shape that we had never thought of before the pandemic. It was a refreshing change to our holidays, and honestly something that we will continue in future years.
As a friendly reminder to all you moms, be gentle with yourselves and know it’s okay for our holidays to no longer look how they once did prior to 2020. Perhaps you found that spending time alone or just with your children is a welcomed change. Maybe you’re leaving town to get some sun or hit the ski slopes. However your holiday traditions look, new and old, know they are absolutely perfect for you and yours.

-Written by Stephanie Enger-Moreland
@sle830

All I want for Christmas is…. …sentimental or

All I want for Christmas is….

…sentimental or not, what do YOU really want, mom?

Hi! I’m Adena Varner, the Director of Learning a

Hi! I’m Adena Varner, the Director of Learning and Community Engagement at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (@repstl). I am a native of Baltimore, MD, where I served as the Director of Learning and Social Accountability at Baltimore Center Stage for 3 years. I earned my BA in Theatre from University of Maryland College Park and my MA in Theatre Education from the Catholic University of America.

At the Rep, I oversee all youth, family, and community centered programs. My directing credits at The Rep include, Tomás and The Library Lady and The Glowy Snowy day. I am a playwright, producer, director, and educator committed to advocating for equity and diversity in the arts.

My most treasured titles are mom and wife. I’m the mother of three lovely children, Laila, Christian Jr., and Christopher, and wife to Christian Varner, Sr.

Please follow us in stories as we take you along our rehearsal for “A Christmas Carol” playing NOW though December 23rd at the The Repertory Theatre St. Louis.

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🦖Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family Giveaway!🦖

Where are our dino loving families? Come face-to-face with a life-sized T. rex at the @stlsciencecenter “Meet the Family” exhibit- open NOW!

“See a dramatic array of fossils and casts of tyrannosaur specimens, run for your life in a virtual experience, hatch a dinosaur egg and more in this immersive, multimedia exhibition that sheds new light on these ancient carnivores.”

We are giving away:
🎟 4️⃣ tickets to the Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family exhibition
🎟 4️⃣ tickets to the OMNIMAX film Dinosaurs of Antarctica

To Enter:
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✅ Follow St. Louis Mom and @stlsciencecenter
✅ Tag 3 friends

✨Giveaway closes at 11:59 CT Thursday, December 9th. No cash value. Giveaway not associated with Instagram .✨

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…and that’s a wrap! Our fourth Annual Donuts with Santa is in the books!

We appreciate all of YOU for choosing our event to make memories with your family! We will see you again next year!

We would also like to thank @repstl for generously sponsoring this event!

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