By Harmony Hobbs: HOLY CRAP. If you are a parent of just one child, you may want to stop reading here, lest you be frightened out of having any more. Going from one child to two is hard, like really hard, like the OMG-I-may-not-survive kind of crazy hard that really cannot be explained. In order to understand,...

Next item up in our giveaways to giftaway is a gift card to Zoe’s Kitchen! Have you checked out their cool new location in Vestaiva? Been meaning too? Well, now you can….. or you can gift this away to someone on your Christmas list, whatever you do it’s up to you, we won’t tell....

By: LK Whitney Jingle, jingle. Ho. Ho. Ho. Merry Christmas, y’all. I don’t know about you, but our household is six-feet-deep in a tinsel-tinged, yuletide coma: the tree glimmers and glows; the gifts, they keep piling up under the tree; our cheerful little children are giddy and bright with visions...

It’s hard to believe we’ve only got about 2 weeks left until Christmas. As we all prepare for the upcoming holidays and years end, this will be our last full calendar of events for 2011! There are still plenty of activities going on this week including visits with Santa and the holiday film...

Christmas cards don’t have to be expensive to be special or admired. In fact some might say that a card made from some teeny tiny fingerprints might bring a bigger smile to the Grandparents face when they open their mail. Here are a few ideas on making some cute hand made cards for the holidays. The...

Gone are the days of lighting real candles for your Christmas Tree (Right? Surely with kids in the house that’s not an option.) The Holidays can come with lots of extra hazards you may or may not be aware of… Here’s a little run down of some things to be cautious about this season. Real...

Our yearly holiday giveaway is back and we’re kicking things off with the bedtime book, Night Night Birmingham, written by Laurel Fain Mills and Illustrated by Michelle Hazelwood Hyde. Night Night Birmingham is a book for Birmingham’s children. Highlighting the many unique and special sites...

By Kristen Berthiaume I know what you’re thinking: you’ll sleep when the holidays are over. But, now that Christmas trees go up as soon as jack-o-lanterns are tossed on the compost pile, the holiday season has never been longer. Or busier. Burning the candle at both ends so you can soak up every...

The Hustle and Bustle of Christmas is starting to show itself around the city with more and more decorations. This week you will have the chance to catch tree lightings,  special storytimes and the Birmingham Zoo will kick off their annual Zoolight Safari. We’ve got a LEGO mini build, and a Lowe’s...

The new Women’s Center at Brookwood Medical Center has certainly set a new standard for women‘s health care here in Birmingham. Brookwood Women’s Medical Center offers specialized services for all types of pregnancies. The new facility houses a dedicated water birthing suite, which...