Welcome to Big Top Family! I started this circusy family blog because when I was around 11 years old, I used to read a comic strip called Family Circus. I write about my crazy present wherein I daily try to figure out how to juggle my balls, in a section called Cirque du Today.

Taking my daughter with it.

The Best Parenting Advice My Husband And I Have Ever Given Each Other. A too little discussed secret is that parenting makes marriage hard. Tweet But parenting together is key. Try these essential parenting tips and marriage advice. Last week our family went on a tried-and-true Minnesota vacation. Dear Women Be Kind To Other Women.

Monday, July 6, 2015. I drank a lot on the Fourth of July.

Through the eyes of a child. Free Charts to print and use! Meet our Guest Writers. 300,000 Kiwi kids now in relative poverty, by Simon Collins.

Let Me Tell You About the Time I Found My Deep Freezer Unplugged and My Frozen Breast Milk Ruined.