Family Activities

Holiday Budgeting is a stressful thing for the average family.  I know in the Barry home we struggled with how far to extend our gift giving and how much we could spend on each...

When I posted on my Facebook that I had "checked in" to Barton Creek Resort and Spa Wednesday night, one of my girlfriends commented and said, “oooh, fancy.” If you’re looking for a true...

When I made the headband holder, I had just enough scrapbook paper left over to do something cute with and it was clearly too much to throw away… so I measured it out and realized I...

Lions and tigers and bears, OH MY! This week’s giveaway is to the Austin Zoo & Animal Sanctuary! We took Lincoln to the Austin Zoo a couple weekends ago and had so much fun! The...

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your families and if you traveled outside of the 512 it was safe and traffic-less.  Thank you all for understanding our posting hiccups this...

I don't know about you but I LOVED Allison's post about the Top Ten Registry Items You DON'T Need! I remember heading to Buy Buy Baby and being completely overwhelmed by the 15 feet...

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!  I hope your day is filled with family and laughter and not a lot of football (if it's not your thing!) Last week guest blogger Lisa talked about how Black Friday shopping...

With Thanksgiving this week (how did THAT happen?!), its high time to prepare your Thanksgiving tables!  If you are like us and have a kids’ table, why not pay them a little extra special...

Happy Sunday Austin Moms Blog Mommies!  We thought it would be fun and helpful to provide you all with a weekly summary from this point forward on Sunday mornings.  We know we all get...

Do you value reading to your baby? I’ve got to admit, when Lincoln was really young (0-4 months) I didn’t really see the value or benefit in reading to Lincoln. I still kind of...