Mar 5, 2024 | -, By Location, Education, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Parenting & Family, Recreation, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
Summer is that glorious time when the kids get a break from school, and parents get a new job: CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer). It doesn’t come with a pay raise, and it’s a 12-hour day without paid time off. The Greensboro Day School counseling team has a few ideas...
Nov 20, 2023 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, From the Heart, Humor, Moms & Dads
By Kelly Hines My husband and I started dating two weeks before Thanksgiving, and this year marks the twenty-ninth time we have celebrated the holiday together. Twenty-nine years of blended families and arguments over whether it’s called stuffing or dressing (it’s...
Sep 29, 2023 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Jenny Stauffer Fall is in the air! I am not sure about you, but Fall is probably my favorite time of the year! I love the change of seasons, yet this particular time of the year packs a lot of punch and excitement….back to school, sports, and...
May 25, 2023 | Burlington, By Location, Crafts & Hobbies, Entertaining, Entertaining, Greensboro, High Point, Holidays, Kernersville, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Sports, Sports, Art & Enrichment, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper Memorial Day weekend is coming up and there is a lot to celebrate and honor! This nation could not be what it is today if it was not for the men and women that have served this country in the armed forces. Here at TMoM, we thought it...
Apr 10, 2023 | Entertaining, Family Time, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Recreation, Vacations & Weekend Trips
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey There are lots of reasons to staycation instead of traveling to a vacation destination. Cruises might be so popular because they have a staycation type of vibe- once you arrive you have everything in one area. You never have to get...
Apr 1, 2023 | Day Trips, Entertaining, Family Time, Parks & Outdoor Activities
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon The first time I tried to go to Biltmore, my college friends and I were on our way home from spring break at the beach. We noticed the signs on the highway, and decided to stop and see what it was all about. We made it into the line for...
Mar 18, 2023 | Arts & Enrichment Activities, Day Trips, Desserteries & Coffee Houses, Entertaining, Entertaining, Family Time, Moms & Dads, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Restaurants, Shopping, Sports, Vacations & Weekend Trips
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Are you tired of visiting the same places in North Carolina and looking for somewhere new for your family to visit? Look no further than Morganton. It’s right off I-40 so very easy access from anywhere in the Triad. Since it sits on...
Feb 2, 2023 | -, Birthday Parties, Burlington, By Location, Desserteries & Coffee Houses, Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Greensboro, Groceries & Couponing, Helpful Lists & Directories, High Point, Kernersville, Local Resources, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Restaurants, Shopping, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sarah Marchwiany This private school directory is sponsored by Calvary Day School. Calvary Day School has a passion and a commitment to provide an encouraging, safe, and engaging school community. Students, from preschool through high school, are...
Jan 20, 2023 | Adults, Birthday Parties, Burlington, Entertaining, Friday Finds, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Moms & Dads, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper In today’s Friday Finds: Join the TMoM Facebook Party! Win a $100 Gift Card to Polliwogs! Planning a Birthday Party in the Triad? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Join...
Dec 24, 2022 | Adults, Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Kelly G If you have ever read the children’s book The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, it gives a good picture of what a longer family stay is like: the long journey, the hugging, the crowding, the chore trade-off, the mess of kids getting to know...
Dec 1, 2022 | Entertaining, Family Time, Greensboro, Holidays, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Recreation
Cookies & Cocoa at Grandover Resort & Spa Dec. 17, 24 & 31, 2022 3-6 p.m. 1000 Club Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407 grandoverresort.com/special-resort-event/ Sunsets at the fire pit at Grandover Resort & Spa are always a favorite event! Every Saturday in...
Oct 16, 2022 | Birthday Parties, Crafts & Hobbies, Entertaining, Family Time, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville
Reconsidered Goods Birthday Party Events 4118 Spring Garden St, Greensboro NC 27407 https://reconsideredgoods.org/ Reconsidered Goods’ creative-reuse themed birthday parties include a birthday party facilitator, an exclusive party space for up to 2 hours and 30...
Aug 2, 2022 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Local Resources, Our Favorite Finds, Shopping, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Christy Cox Spencer The Industry Hill neighborhood of downtown Winston-Salem looks a lot different than it did when my husband, Will Spencer, founded JKS Incorporated in the 1980s. Since then, we’ve seen so much growth in this corner of the city and...
Jun 21, 2022 | By Location, Desserteries & Coffee Houses, Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Our Favorite Finds, Shopping, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Want to know the secret to serving cake at your cookout or outside at the pool this summer? Ava’s Cupcakes has figured it out! Their unique cakecups are the perfect summer dessert. You can have your cake and eat it too, without...
Apr 13, 2022 | Entertaining, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Corie Hampton After a very long, cold, snowy winter, it’s time for my favorite season of the year: spring. But with spring comes the holiday I have the biggest love/hate relationship with: Passover. Passover is the Jewish holiday where we remember and...
Nov 5, 2021 | By Location, Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Local Resources, Winston-Salem
Win a $100 Gift Card to Fiddlin’ Fish Brewing Company! To enter, click the survey link at the bottom of this page. One lucky winner will be announced on December 5! Who couldn’t use a break with an adult beverage?? Fiddlin’ Fish Brewing Company is offering a...
Nov 2, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Health, Holidays, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey This year I have determined that the holidays will not set my healthy eating goals back. In September, I started having anxiety about all the delicious foods that were going to present themselves to me like a little devil on the...
Dec 14, 2020 | Entertaining, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, For the Home, Holidays, Local Resources, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Kristie Moesner, author of the blog Kristie in Carolina Despite all the challenges and hardships that 2020 has brought many of us, it’s still the most wonderful time of year and the holidays don’t have to be cancelled. Christmas has always been...
Jan 31, 2020 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Hot Topics, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Travis Finn, local Triad dad In the spirit of putting some of my “Super Bowl” recipes to the test, I dug up some of my favorite crown pleasing, “easy” recipes that my kids and I make together. Before you dig into these recipes, let me warn you that I NEVER follow a...
Dec 20, 2019 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Religion
By Guest Blogger Rima Kleiner, MS, RDN, LDN Whether you celebrate Hanukkah with your own—or a friend’s—family or just know about the holiday from Adam Sandler’s beloved “The Hanukkah Song,” the Festival of Lights is almost here. This year, Hanukkah begins on December...
Jun 30, 2018 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
Guest Blog by TEN Water Myth or fact? We need to drink eight glasses of water a day to be healthy. Myth! According to the New York Times, we do not actually need eight glasses of water a day to be healthy or for survival. Instead, we need to be more conscious of the...
Nov 1, 2017 | Birthday Parties, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Local Resources
By Suzy Fielders My daughter was turning 11 this year so I wanted to do something a little different. She loves to cook and even has her own food blog so we first thought it’d be fun to do a dinner party. Then I was thinking that seemed a little boring for kids and we...
Oct 21, 2017 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Kristi Johnson Marion These spooktacular recipes are sure to be a hit for a Halloween party or anytime this fall! Consider making Pumpkin Chili more kid-fun by topping with Fritos corn chips. Get the kids involved and let them sink their hands into...
Jul 19, 2017 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Kelly Hines I’m not sure how to tell you this, but – I make better potato salad than you. Red skinned potatoes, quartered, mashed just a little. Mayo, boiled egg, dill pickle, some Gulden’s brown mustard… “No. NO NO NO.” My friend Angelique is...
Jul 3, 2017 | Entertaining, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Bloggers Kristi Marion Johnson and Emily Eileen Carter July is a hot month full of pool parties, baseball games and the most patriotic of American holidays, Independence Day! Boost the American spirit and bring red-white-and-blue to the table and poolside...
Dec 20, 2014 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Rachel Hoeing How can you guarantee a relaxing, peaceful holiday? Keep everyone FULL and happy! The main course at the holidays varies from family to family, but one thing we all always need are good munchies! Appetizers, starters, hors d’oeuvres …...
Nov 25, 2014 | Entertaining, Family Time
By Katie Moosbrugger This post contains affiliate links. It doesn’t cost any extra for you to purchase from them, but we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Growing up in my home, holidays were big family nights. It was a time when grandparents, aunts,...
Nov 23, 2014 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition
By TMoM Team Member Katie Moosbrugger and Carolyn Miller When I think of great holiday entertaining hostesses, two names come to mind: Martha Stewart and my sister-in-law Carolyn Miller. And I’m not joking! When it comes to entertaining, Carolyn is one serious...
Oct 14, 2014 | Crafts & Hobbies, Entertaining, Entertaining, For the Home, Recreation
By Guest Blogger Jessica Scott, author of the blog Two Wild Daisies I’m a stay-at-home mom who also happens to have a healthy craft addiction. When I need some me time I love to sit at the sewing machine and create something wonderful out of a little bit of fabric....
Apr 24, 2014 | -, Entertaining, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Amy Hughes With a maiden name like Schillings I am about as German as it gets. But I have long fantasized about being part of one of those large, unnaturally close Italian families that gets together every Sunday to make the ‘gravy’, drink red wine and commiserate...