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...

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....

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...