Parenting

Understanding Love Languages Children are taught to speak a language at an early age so they can communicate their thoughts and feelings. How awesome would it be for all of us to understand and speak...

Dear Roni (aka Hot Stuff), The month of May means something more than it did 10 years ago. We used to walk up and down brick laden streets in our warming Ohio college town. We...

May was National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, but it's a problem that plagues teens every day, all year long. This is a theme that attests to the truth that teen pregnancy is still worrisomely...

I pretty much consume any content by Brene Brown, #noshame. Her work on shame, vulnerability and whole-hearted living is game-changing - research-based, easy-to-understand, and universally relatable. If you have no idea who I’m talking...

A couple of months ago, I made a solo trip to Galveston with the kids to visit my mom. It was my first time taking them to stay at a hotel without my husband,...

  Join the Austin Moms Blog  Neighborhood Groups Our primary goal in creating Austin Moms Blog was to connect moms online, as well as offline through playdates and our events.  We know that being a mom is the most...

Lunch Ideas For Preschoolers As a mom of preschoolers, I was kind of stumped when it came to lunch ideas for my oldest who started preschool last year. He is my super picky eater, and...

When I married my husband Michael eight years ago, we decided to have the ceremony in a Catholic Church. In order to be married in the Church we had to meet a number of...

There are a lot of stereotypes about the middle child of the family. In a lot of ways, my middle child fits those stereotypes perfectly. He is feisty, stubborn, and strong willed. His no...

Mommy Daughter Dates In Austin Growing up I hid my love for unicorns, flowers, and even pink to make sure folks took me seriously in the chem lab, in AP math, so on. At some...