When I mention to folks that I live on a farm with horses, I can see their minds visualizing a farm straight out of the pages of Country Living. You know, the kind with a perfectly manicured lawn, flower beds overflowing with fragrant, colorful blooms, and a tray of sweet tea sitting invitingly on the(…)
There are no secrets once you become a parent. I’ve often felt I should just save my children the time and begin conversations with total strangers we come upon by telling them things such as: how much I weigh how long it takes sometimes in the bathroom how I sometimes use my kids as an(…)
The Huntsville Botanical Garden recently opened their new “Giant Garden. Little Me” exhibit, and walking through it, you can’t help but have that “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” feeling! They have super-sized items for kids of all ages (and adults) to enjoy. When we were there last week, everything looked freshly painted and clean, and(…)
In our never ending quest to bring knowledge and resources to parents in the Tennessee Valley, we have been highlighting some of the more unique camps being offered this summer in Huntsville. Today, we’re shining the spotlight on two camps that will satisfy inquiring young minds and hopefully set off a spark that will last(…)
Rocket City Bloggers is my favorite destination to find new Huntsville-area blogs to read, and they’ve issued a “Year-Long Blogging Challenge” for writers who want a weekly topic. If you are interested in reading other writers from our community I highly recommend checking them out. But when I saw this week’s challenge was to share(…)
Several times over the last 18 years of being a Mom, moreso in the last 8 years being a blogger, I’ve tried these “Lists Of Things To Do” type parenting challenges. I never complete them. Whether it’s the goals over Spring Break or the goals over the summer… I never actually check everything off the(…)
Don’t look now but SUMMER is sneaking up and it’s about to smack you in the face with a big glove full of “I’m bored!” and “He won’t stop biting my crayons!” and “I didn’t know we weren’t supposed to put that in washing machine”. Are you ready? Never fear, we’ll get you there with(…)
