May 22, 2020 | Humor, Info about Our Website, Just for Moms, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By TMoM Team Member Katie Moosbrugger Thanks to all who participated in our “Embarrassing Questions” survey! This survey was completely anonymous, and so we asked respondents to be as honest as possible since there was no chance for judgment. We came up...
May 10, 2020 | From the Heart, Holidays, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon When I was old enough to know better, I spent the better part of a week picking at a tiny bump in the drywall next to the toilet in my bathroom. It really was tiny, but it bothered me. I wanted it to be smooth like the rest of the wall....
May 4, 2020 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson I’m more of a #PinterestFail kind of mom and proud of it. How about you? Are you super crafty and the best chef ever, with an always-spotless house? If that’s working for ya, go forth and prosper. For the rest of us, here’s a...
Apr 25, 2020 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Heather Keenan My oldest child is seven. With that, a lot of changes are happening. Sometimes hourly, sometimes daily, but they do not go unnoticed. It seems as though she has multiple personalities in that little body of hers, and some are amazing,...
Apr 23, 2020 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Maybe it’s just me, but I’m starting to think my kids and I speak a different versions of the English language. I’m not talking about the slang, although that’s every bit as maddening as my parents said it was. (Sorry, Mom.) Actually, I...
Mar 2, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson Never get between a nursing momma and her baby. She will cut you. I learned this the hard way. Back before I had babies of my own. I drove a friend up to the mountains for a bridal shower, quite literally, in the woods. Then we attempted...
Feb 27, 2020 | From the Heart, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Rachel Haggerty with The Witty Uterus One of my favorite comedians, Jim Gaffigan says to the crowd, ”If you ever wonder what it is like having four children, just imagine you are drowning, and then someone hands you a baby.” Watching this act with two...
Feb 25, 2020 | Elementary Age, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Ten years ago, I was pacing the worn wood floors in my first house, trying to figure out how on earth I was supposed to do this parenting thing. It was our first night at home, my first night without the convenience of the hospital...
Feb 24, 2020 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Facebook Mom Group Addict Hey mamas! I’m pregnant, but please don’t tell anyone if I know you in real life! My family, my coworkers, my neighbors, my kids – no one knows. My husband doesn’t even know! So I’m coming to you been there done that mamas to help me...
Feb 6, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Alyssa Tabacca, author of Driving the Big Van Every once in a while I am on top of things around the house. Solving problems, fixing broken glass. For example, the frame around our back door has been broken for almost a year. A determined person could...
Jan 6, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, Humor, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Kelly Hines Ah, the New Year. The time when everyone scrambles around trying to find something meaningful and life changing to commit themselves to. This year, I’m going to run a marathon! This year, I’m going to lose 50 pounds! This year, I’m going...
Jan 2, 2020 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Laura Simon I’m not a fan of New Year’s Eve. I can’t remember the last time I stayed up until midnight, unless you count being woken at 12:01 by someone’s enthusiastic fireworks display and mentally chiding them for their disregard of the human need for sleep...
Dec 19, 2019 | Holidays, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Andrea Ropko This is our elf. Yes, he is, in fact, sitting on a shelf, but he is not to be confused with America’s Rascally Holiday Sweetheart: The Elf on the Shelf. You know the one. The little scamp who eats all the cookies in the quiet of the night...
Nov 28, 2019 | 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...
Nov 27, 2019 | Babies, By Stage, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Rachel Hoeing My children are currently 14 and 16. It’s been a long, long time since we had babies in our home. But my sister has a one-year-old and an almost three-year-old. (It makes me tired just telling you that.) Being the dutiful older sister, I have watched...
Nov 19, 2019 | From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Laura Simon I bought some lipstick at Target last week. That might not seem like anything special, but I haven’t owned lipstick in at least three years. Maybe longer. The last tube I remember having was one of those free samples you get from Clinique, and I haven’t...
Oct 25, 2019 | Family Time, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Thea DeLoreto, author of the blog The Lint Trap I didn’t know it would be this hard. It is just keeping small humans alive. A little food, some milk, water, get them out of the house regularly, and they should be good to go. Right? RIGHT? But it...
Oct 23, 2019 | Holidays, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon Halloween is not the reason I expected to have a crisis of motherhood, but here I am. First, my oldest, who has typically been very compliant about wearing whatever costume was easily accessible in the aisle at Target, declared that he...
Oct 19, 2019 | By Stage, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson, author of MothersRest.com This is a typical conversation in my house. Like every day. Smaller child, watching me hand older child a second piece of toast: “More toast please!” Me: “After you finish your eggs.” Him,...
Sep 23, 2019 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon The first house where I lived with my babies didn’t have locks on most of the doors. I replaced the door hardware shortly after we moved in – and after my friend had a truly harrowing experience involving a toddler, and locked door,...
Sep 6, 2019 | Family Time, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Alyssa Tabacca, author of Driving the Big Van As a college football coach’s wife, I think it necessary to categorize my year into seasons. A lot of how we live our day-to-day life changes based on the season we are in…and it just so happens that...
Aug 27, 2019 | Education, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kelly Hines Four days before my oldest child went to college, I bought 14 boxes of tampons and then sat and cried in the grocery store parking lot. Did I cry because I’d just spent a small fortune on feminine hygiene products? Did I cry because I was...
Jul 13, 2019 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Lisa Witherspoon A couple years ago, my husband and I took our three daughters to an event on a local college campus. While there, we walked through one of the older buildings and passed by a bank of payphones. “What are those?” the girls asked. I...
Jun 27, 2019 | By Stage, From the Heart, Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Jessie Ballard, author of mombunsandmoscato.com You ever feel like you’re just wingin’ it with this whole parenting toddlers thing? Same. So, what do you do when those sweet, chubby, cuddly babies turn into sticky, raging, megaphones of drama and...
Jun 19, 2019 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson You know the expression: Children should be seen and not heard. It’s total bunk. Do not build your parenting around this concept! You will live to regret it. Your kid will draw horses on the wall behind her bed. Or draw all over his...
Jun 9, 2019 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Thea DeLoreto Ah, summer vacation. I see you are back, you Minx. I know you are all popular and everyone loves you. I get it. You are all hot and steamy and fun with your sunshine and your maxi dresses. But like every great super star…you have...
May 25, 2019 | Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Stephanie Mannuci-Polnak When I’m in the shower I have things to do like pull copious amounts of post-partum shed from the drain, and read and reread all of my one trillion shampoo bottles, so it comes with little surprise that shaving my legs...
May 1, 2019 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Jena Penner That’s not a stock image above, that’s my family. At my 25th high school reunion, someone I hadn’t seen since graduation asked for a recap of the past couple decades. Without giving my response much thought I replied, “Oh, ya...
Apr 4, 2019 | Adults, By Stage, Family Time, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Alyssa Tabacca, author of Driving the Big Van Parents talk about buying their minivan as a right of passage. I could tell you about the day we realized we’d outgrown the mini and traded up to a Big Van. When our wonderful #5 was born we realized we...
Feb 15, 2019 | Humor, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recreation, Travel & Auto Tips
By Laura Simon Three years ago, we bought tablets for my boys, then ages 4 and 5. They were cheap tablets, and we rationalized that they would be helpful on long car trips. Since we live seven hours from family, we make plenty of those. In theory, it worked. But it...
