Archive for the ‘columns & features’ Category

Droolicious Cuisine at BirminghamMommy: Chicken and Dumplings

Droolicious Cuisine at BirminghamMommy: Chicken and Dumplings
This recipe is all about comfort. Let’s face it, we live in the south, “comfort-food” is our middle name. This month we’re letting MommaDrool tempt us with this yummy recipe of Chicken and Dumplings.  If you’re counting calories, just substitute the Campbell’s Healthy...
August 31st, 2010 | columns & features, to eat, to make | Read More

Multiplicity – How Old is “Old Enough”

Multiplicity – How Old is “Old Enough”
I’m falling into a terrible habit. I’m not sure if it’s my lack of “Parent of Multiples” experience or if I’m just flat out lazy most times. I tend to think it’s a little of both (we’re at least going to go with that.) My twins are 2 years and some change....
August 23rd, 2010 | columns & features, featured, to live | Read More

Single Mama Speaks – How to get out the door when you have kids.

Single Mama Speaks – How to get out the door when you have kids.
By: Amelia Well, it’s that time of year again: back to school. My schedule won’t change that much, but I know a lot of y’all are trying to get back into the swing of getting kids out the door before the tardy bell rings. To that end, here are a few tricks I use to get places on time....
August 19th, 2010 | columns & features, featured, to live | Read More

Type A Mom: Baby Fever vs. The “Plan”

Type A Mom: Baby Fever vs. The “Plan”
By Alison It’s not hard to spot a woman with a bad case of baby fever.  Put her within a fifty-foot radius of a curly newborn and suddenly, her voice softens and heightens in pitch.  Her arms stretch out, a smile erupts, and then, the magical inhale.  You know the one – where the nostrils are...
August 17th, 2010 | columns & features, contributors, featured | Read More

Working Mommy Madness: Accepting the Mess!

Working Mommy Madness: Accepting the Mess!
By Harmony Hobbs Neat-freak (neet-freek). •    A person compulsively obsessed with cleanliness. There are only a few things in this world that I really believe in. They include (but are not limited to) love, laughter, wine, Spanx, and Paula Deen. The last two items go hand in hand, obviously. Something...
August 10th, 2010 | Working Mommy Madness, columns & features, featured, to live | Read More

Finding Fables: A Guide to Storytimes for Birmingham Moms – Ms. Amanda

Finding Fables: A Guide to Storytimes for Birmingham Moms – Ms. Amanda
Ms Amanda – Vestavia Hills Library Vestavia Hills is waiting on their new library to finish, but in the meantime, there is a great storytime available at the original structure on Hwy 31.  Ms. Amanda starts storytime with several songs, then tells a story with props, then ends with a craft and...
August 5th, 2010 | columns & features, featured, to live | Read More

Gimme 5: No list this month. Shrugging that off…read why!

Gimme 5:  No list this month. Shrugging that off…read why!
by Kristine Gresh Summer! Barbeques, no school, beaches, the rides at Coney Island… Whoah. There it is. Happens every summer. My childhood memories try to sneak their way into my son’s real childhood… But so many things will always feel the same about summer. Those moments of relaxation, shrugging...
July 28th, 2010 | Kristine Gresh, columns & features, featured | Read More

Amanda’s Attempt to Entertain Us this Month – Bullying

Amanda’s Attempt to Entertain Us this Month – Bullying
By Amanda from HushAmanda.com It’s a hot, Friday afternoon and my mom and I have decided to take Conner and Chase to a playground across from a local private primary school near her home. We arrive to find the place completely cleared out, a huge score in my book so that my children can have full reign....
July 27th, 2010 | Hush, Amanda!, columns & features, featured, to live | Read More

The Single Mama Speaks

The Single Mama Speaks
by Amelia Killcreas Y’ALL! It is hotter than the hammered-down hinges of Hades, is it not? Well, don’t worry, because I’ve got some ideas to help you keep cool. (Wait. You don’t know me, do you? Hi there, I’m Amelia. I’m a single mama, which is just like being a regular mama except...
July 26th, 2010 | columns & features, featured, to live | Read More

Meanwhile, at the Tower of “Babble”

Meanwhile, at the Tower of “Babble”
By: Country-Fried Mama When my four-year-old was a baby, I talked to her non-stop.  I had a book that advised this, one of the many parenting tomes I have since left to gather dust on a shelf.  I find myself too busy with the overwhelming task of parenting lately to read many books about it.  But...
July 23rd, 2010 | Country-Fried Mama, columns & features, contributors, featured | Read More