10 Tested Tips for Raising Teens
By Clare Jordan Looking back to when we first became a home to four teenagers, life was good – really! Admittedly, my parenting technique is mostly trial and error, but some of it may be share-worthy. The following is a list of tips I would have liked to have known...
Five DIY Halloween Costume Ideas for Kids
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller October is a happy month at our house, because we’re BIG Halloween fans! I’m always so excited when it’s time to start baking ghost cupcakes, decorating our front door with big, spooky, spiders, and – of course – coming up with the...
Rediscovering What Matters: A Tale of the Toddler and the Pumpkin Patch
By Guest Blogger Lauren Warren I woke up this past Saturday morning unprepared for the day. My daughter, who is three years old, had another awful night of sleep. (I feel like we will never get this sleep thing under control, but that is for another blog.) I am not...
Sparkletina, The Tooth Fairy
By Guest Blogger Marie Hunkele I think I commit, on average, about 1.3 Mommy Fails a day. But what I’m famous for, are the EPIC Mommy Fails. Take the Tooth Fairy, for instance. When my oldest daughter lost her first tooth, I had no idea what the going rate for a tooth...
Sugar-Free Fall and Halloween Treat Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey During the fall season there are a variety of events that require the tradition of handing out candy to children. As an early educator, who is also a certified nutritionist, this might be the scariest time of the year for me (pun...
Why I Hire a Male Babysitter
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson This is what I hear at the crack of dawn this morning: MOMMY, WHEN IS MY DATE WITH ZACK?! Tomorrow, dude, it's tomorrow. In the meantime, please go back to sleep. But he's too excited for that. Because tomorrow, he'll get an hour and a...
Day Trip Idea: Everyone’s Playground – Recreation Acres
By TMoM Team Member Laura Dydek Taking a day trip to a playground may sound a little extreme, but when a playground is as special as this one, it is well worth the trip! Recreation Acres in King is an all-inclusive, one-of-a-kind playground built in 2017. I saw a few...
Finding Hope After a Miscarriage
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Aaron As a writer and blogger, I often share so many of my own stories. I’ve written in the past about being a single mom, hardships in my life, living with Celiac Disease, life lessons I’ve learned, homeschooling my daughter, how I...
Why You Gotta Be So Mean?
By Guest Blogger Chrissy McCullough, author of the blog My Blue Nest October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Although we typically focus on preventing this behavior among our children, it can also occur among adults which is then mimicked by our kids....
Day Trip Idea: Boone
By Guest Blogger Felicity Lewis It's the perfect time of year to head to the mountains and visit Boone, NC! If you have not been to Boone, it is a small town with a big campus. It is the home of Appalachian State University which has molded this town into what we now...
