It’s 2018. Time for some big life changes around here. Cereal is out. Pop Tarts are in. No more spoon feeding breakfast to a 5 year old. Join Reese Witherspoon’s book club. Success measured if any month’s books are actually procured. {Note :: There’s no mention of actually reading the books.} Participate in Dry January … […]
To our Houston Astros, Twelve years ago, I was washed here by Hurricane Katrina. I watched my beloved city go under water and then how she rose to rebuild over the last decade. I have longed for her health and growth year after year, halfway plotting my return, but all the while letting my roots […]
I’ve lived twelve years categorizing life into two sections… Before Katrina and After Katrina. The time between those sharp life lines is gray and murky. It feels heavy and heartbreaking and in the same moment deep of spirit and community. My After Katrina has played out in Houston, the same place I evacuated the grasp […]
Sitting on the fence? Worried about losing man-to-man defense? Another 2.5 years of diapers? The bottles! The exponential laundry increase? ANOTHER five years of shelling out for daycare and preschool? Y’all. DO IT. If you even put one foot up on that fence, let’s go! Our third baby just turned one, and there hasn’t been […]
March has somehow come and gone, and it is officially time to start thinking about all things Easter. Spring time is such an exciting time to enjoy all our city has to offer before the inevitable rise in temperatures. Aside from the main event of celebrating Jesus’ resurrection, there are so many fun and easy activities […]
I’ve spent most of my adult life making things happen and getting things done. I’ve come up with and executed ideas from organizing to baking to crafting to wrapping and decorating. And I’ve done these with a smile. And I can top that with cooking fabulous meals, planning amazing wedding and baby showers, and pulling together […]
Before I move any further, I need to acknowledge that I am aware that everyone’s story doesn’t have a rainbow, a happy package, an evolution of soul. And there are a lot of us, 20%. I will forever hold your hand and send peace to your heart. My parents had a baby before me — a sister, […]
Houston Moms Blog is honored to partner with Owlet to share more information on infant sleep and helpful products through this sponsored post. We hope it provides valuable info for your family too!I’m on my third sweet nugget over here which makes me feel pretty well versed in all things baby. I’ve got all the […]
Did you know that Houston Independent School District is the largest school district in Texas, and the seventh largest in the country? Lucky for those of us living within the HISD attendance boundaries, this size also brings us a very diverse and robust magnet program: HISD School Choice. As a veteran {aka I have a […]
The walls are quickly closing in on my time in my reproductive years. For the past 6 years, I’ve been having a constant conversation with myself {and my mama tribe} about planning to have babies, trying to have babies, carrying babies, birthing babies, and nurturing babies. I’ve logged thousands of Houston commuting minutes, hashing through these […]
