April showers bring May flowers… right? After Thursday’s rain we’re back to looking bright and breezy again, and hopefully some of this dreadful pollen will have washed away. Each week we look high and low for fun, free, and family-friendly events happening in Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley to share with you. If you’re spending(…)
Taekwondo is both an ancient Korean Martial Art, and a modern International Olympic sport. It serves as a means of self-protection, giving one the assurance of being able to do so if the need arises. Greg Goff’s Martial Arts Academy’s programs are styled to keep the body conditioned, and the mind clear. It provides confidence,(…)
We started being more conscientious about what we were using to clean stuff around our house after our first child was born. As new parents, the thought of all those chemicals being in the air she’d be breathing and on the surfaces she’d be touching (and chewing) made us re-evaluate our use of things that(…)
A couple of years after my boy was diagnosed, I wrote a post in which I claimed that I hated autism. My reasons at the time were sound: I believed that my relationship with my son was broken because I would never understand his world. And as a result, I would never understand my boy.(…)
A year or two after moving to Huntsville, I finally started making some close friends who actually lived near me. This was before my son was born, in my days after graduate school but before the prospect of being of mom became real. So when I finally found “my people” (yes, I still watch Grey’s(…)
Let’s talk video games. I know, I know, I’m a mother of three GIRLS. You’d think this wouldn’t really be an issue at our house. We all know that the male species tends to have more of a problem with addiction to video games than females. Definitely still true, but nonetheless, we have a video(…)
Great weather? Check. Spring’s arrived? Check. Giveaways? Check. Free stuff to do with the family? MEGA-CHECK! Lucky you – it’s another giant version of Rocket City Mom’s Weekend Roundup! Each week we track down all the free & fun stuff going on in Huntsville and the surrounding areas for kids and families and put it(…)
