Rita Huls, 10, got to tour the costuming department at Walt Disney World and design a gown called "Rita’s Rose Diamond Dress." See her creation here.

Helen, what was your most memorable Christmas ever?” I asked my 86-year-old mother-in-law. Without hesitation, she replied, “When we lived in the chicken coop.” When Helen was 5 or 6 years old, ...

I made a 2-year-old cry. I put her cheese stick in her little hand and quickly put the plastic wrapper in the wastebasket under the kitchen sink. The pipsqueak, my great-niece, Lily, began to sob ...