May 9, 2023 | Adults, Day Trips, Elementary Age, Family Time, Moms & Dads, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Teens & Tweens, Vacations & Weekend Trips
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. There are many places to visit if one is looking for a quick day trip for the family. A family can visit walking trails, new parks, waterfalls, indoor playgrounds, amusement parks, and much more. But, how about a...
Mar 25, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Moms & Dads, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders You’ve probably heard many times from your doctor, parents, trainers, and many others that it is important to stay hydrated. That means you need to drink a lot of water! Let’s face the reality though – that can get boring! If you are...
Mar 21, 2023 | Arts & Enrichment Activities, Crafts & Hobbies, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Recreation
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. St. Patrick’s Day might have come and gone, but it’s fun to celebrate all month long. This keeps the crafting and learning going! March is a great time for this. That’s right! You don’t have limit the history of St....
Mar 4, 2023 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Babies, Food & Nutrition, Just for Moms, Nutrition, Pregnancy & Babies, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Sarah Hester, MS, RD To say pregnancy is demanding on a woman’s body is an understatement. Being pregnant requires extra energy and nutrition, not to mention wiggle-room for a growing baby! Follow these three tips to make pre and post-natal nutrition...
Feb 16, 2023 | Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Sarah Hester, MS, RD “Didn’t I just feed you?!” is the question that comes to my mind often as a mom of a busy toddler. Providing three healthy meals and one to two snacks a day can easily make my whole day feel like it revolves around what food my...
Feb 6, 2023 | Entertaining, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Recreation
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders During COVID we were forced to learn how to really have fun at home. However, from those experiences we learned there are so many family activities that bring us joy. Valentine’s Day was a great example. Two years ago during the...
Jan 29, 2023 | Adults, Food & Nutrition, Groceries & Couponing, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing When considering my days as a future mom, I never considered the fact that meal planning could sometimes be more difficult than actually raising children. But alas, it has been a thorn in my side for many many years. Dinnertime occurs...
Jan 16, 2023 | Adults, Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. Ahh Winter. A time to hibernate, reflect on the past holiday season, and snuggle with a good book or movie under some warm blankets, preferably by a fire. Yeah right! If children surround you, hibernation will not...
Nov 21, 2022 | Adults, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. Chicken Pot Pie was one of the first meals that I tackled years ago. Even though, it was a meal that looked complex to me. The presentation was always beautiful, so it had to be difficult to make, right? Not at all. I...
Oct 15, 2022 | Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Groceries & Couponing, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Laura Buxenbaum, MPH, RD, LDN For many households, family meal time is as obsolete as a rotary phone. Regular sit-down dinners have been lost to demanding schedules filled with long work days and never-ending after-school activities. So, it should...
Oct 8, 2022 | Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing It’s officially time to pull out the pumpkin recipes! For those who just can’t get enough of pumpkin this time of year, I have listed some of my favorite recipes using pumpkins below. From savory, to tummy-warming, to...
Oct 3, 2022 | Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph. D. It is officially fall, but I felt it before the actual day in September. I stepped out on my porch with my coffee and felt chilly. It was wonderful! Even more, it made me quickly whip out my crockpot and Dutch oven and...
Aug 27, 2022 | Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Cindy Silver, MS, RDN, LDN Good nutrition hasn’t been easy lately. In fact, it’s been impossible for many families who are stretched and stressed to the max. Kitchen routines are off-schedule and snacking is 24/7. Normal family dinners seem like past...
Aug 24, 2022 | Burlington, By Location, Day Trips, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Greensboro, Helpful Lists & Directories, High Point, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Recreation, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Katie Moosbrugger Apple picking is always a fun adventure for families, and a great way to spend an afternoon outdoors. Many local orchards are already open for picking! Below is our list of pick-your-own apple farms and orchards within the Triad,...
Feb 14, 2022 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Happy Valentine’s Day! Personally, I’ve always been a big fan of the more minor holidays. I love how the pressure is off, and you can make them anything you want them to be. At our house, we have a special Valentine’s Day family...
Jan 17, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Health, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Whether you’re a mom who works outside of the home, stays home with kids, or works from home, lunchtime is a reality of your day. And, if you’re anything like me, lunch feels like it sneaks up on me just about daily! Anyone who follows...
Dec 17, 2021 | Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph. D. The holidays are here, and it’s time to stuff our faces with all of the things we swore off for the past few months. Furthermore, that means every dish that includes sugar, pie crust, sticks of butter, Crisco, and so...
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...
Sep 25, 2021 | Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph. D. Fall began this week and what better way to kick off the season than with a list of things to do. It may not sound exciting, but let me explain. I am, what some may call, an introvert. I love being at my home. I enjoy...
Sep 20, 2021 | Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Recreation, Sports
By Guest Blogger Laura Buxenbaum, MPH, RD, LDN It’s that time of year again: time to trade in flip-flops and pool bags for lace-up shoes and backpacks. For many youth, back to school means back to sports. According to The Aspen Institute’s Project Play Report, 69...
Sep 13, 2021 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Fall means pumpkin spice, cozy sweaters, trick-or-treating, and – of course – apple picking! It’s such a fun autumn activity – something the whole family can get in on – but inevitably you come home with, well, TONS of apples. That’s...
Jun 25, 2021 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller I’m always on the hunt for fun activities I can do with my 4-year-old daughter, Maggie, and said activities get bonus points if they result in an experience or outcome that’s consumable (versus yet another piece of kid artwork which, of...
Mar 8, 2021 | Food & Nutrition, Groceries & Couponing, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Lisa Witherspoon Remember back when this whole pandemic thing started? At first, many of us were thinking, “Yay! More family time! More reading/crafting/hobby/cooking time! Family dinners! Family game nights!” Well, here we are almost a year later and...
Feb 22, 2021 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph. D. It all started when my daughter asked to help make breakfast a few years ago. My husband cracked the eggs, and she began moving the whisk in a circle. My son then walked into the kitchen and asked if he could make the...
Dec 22, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, Elementary Age, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Lindsay Deibler Do you start to sweat when your children say they want to decorate a gingerbread house? Do you run from the kits that are always located at children’s eye level in stores? Or think, “yes let’s purchase one” and cringe after starting in...
Nov 7, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Laura Buxenbaum, MPH, RD, LDN Between fad diets, workout routines, and an ever-growing list of supplements, Americans are looking for the best way to take control of their health. As a Registered Dietitian, I look to food first when it comes to...
Oct 29, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Restaurants
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders I’ve been on my ‘gluten-free journey’ for over 11 years now. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 2009. At that time gluten-free was rarely heard of, especially in restaurants or stores. Today, I’m so pleased there are an abundance of...
Oct 11, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Rachel Hoeing There is no better time of year to share some pumpkin recipes than the month of October! A few years ago I wrote this blog sharing some delicious pumpkin recipes. Today I’ve got four more delicious recipes to share with you in hopes you can be...
Sep 18, 2020 | Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Food & Nutrition, Moms & Dads, Pop Culture, Books & Movies, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd I love to cook. I enjoy following recipes that intrigue me and making up new creations from an assortment of items in my refrigerator and pantry. For me, time spent in the kitchen is fun, relaxing and fulfilling. I remember...
Sep 2, 2020 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Amanda Smolko What do you do when the world shuts down? How do you keep your kids entertained and engaged? How do you come up with new fun things to do, when everything is closed, or canceled? That was something we struggled with this year. I have a...
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