As summer winds down and the school year approaches, ensuring your children are well-prepared is essential. Finding the right mix of style they want and the function you want can be a challenge. As a small business owner myself...
On any given day, we wake up to the sound of an alarm clock on our Iphone or Android. Most of us take hot showers—enjoying the indoor plumbing—and drink coffee from a Keurig or fancy shmancy Espresso machine. Many...
Pay close attention if you are or will soon be searching for a kindergarten program. Children need to be challenged and supported in a nurturing environment. With personal, one-on-one time with teachers and well-equipped, developmentally appropriate classrooms, kindergarteners at...
Growing up, I loved playing sports—mostly contact sports. My knees were nearly always bruised up from soccer, basketball, tae-kwon-do, or rugby. I have been incredibly excited over the past few years to see my 7-year old daughter, Abby, fall...
Teaching kids to be smart, capable adults is a big part of parenting. And part of that teaching includes financial responsibility. We want our kids to learn that when you need money, you go to work! So this summer,...
When you are a special needs parent, you know that going to specialist appointments comes with this life. In this post I am going to share some tips and tricks that I have learned and that have been shared...
Now That I Am A Mother
I see things from a totally different perspective. I see how hard it must have been for my mother to raise my brother and I alone without the help of a husband/partner. There are...
It would be hard for anyone to know me without knowing that I became a grandmother last year. My darling grandson is my lock and home screen images, he’s the first thing I mention if someone asks what I’ve...
In Light of the Current Mental Health Awareness Trends,
I just wanted to say that while burn out is not a clinical diagnosis, it is real; and sometimes it's hard to differentiate it from feelings of depression. In fact, a...
Allow me to introduce one of my favorite types of establishment: the tea house. If you've been to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, you may have seen the 16th-century Toshinan teahouse in the Japanese Gardens section. This teahouse always draws...
In + Around Birmingham
Engage and Explore :: Extracurricular Activities in Hueytown and Bessemer
Finding the right extracurricular activities for your children can be both thrilling and challenging. In the west Birmingham area, there are a variety of...
