My earliest memory of my daughter Olivia’s {2006} love for food is when she was about 2 years old. Fruit gummies were her favorite snack, as well as yogurt melts – the little drops of fruit flavored yogurt that looked a lot like small meringues, but not quite as full of refined sugar. Her little […]
It’s that time again:: the time of year when overnight everyone rushes out to buy the latest juicer, gym membership or piece of exercise equipment and suddenly starts buying all organic produce and grass fed, non GMO, no antibiotic meat. Crowds at the gym are eye-rollingly absurd and the Instagram #NewYearNewYou hashtags are out in […]
September is Fruits and Veggies Month, and I have some great tips and recipes for adding more into your kids’ diets. Who wants to hear a joke? Here goes:: Knock, Knock Who’s there? Lettuce Lettuce Who? Lettuce in and you’ll find out! {Pause for uproarious laughter} Since September is simultaneously Fruits and Veggies + More […]
March is National Nutrition Month, and as mothers, we can all relate to the ongoing mission {or saga} of trying to insert healthy food into the mouths of our kids. This can be particularly challenging in our current society, where we are constantly on-the-go and often rely heavily on snacks {read :: processed foods} to […]
New Year, New You This time of year, we are bombarded by every gym, every health food store, and every trainer letting us know that it’s time for a New Year, New You. It’s time to start exercising, eating right, and making those choices that will help us become the best version of ourselves. But […]
Becoming, former FLOTUS Michelle Obama’s much anticipated memoir, released into the world in November 2018 and unsurprisingly soared to the top of the best seller charts. Many of my friends found their own copies wrapped under the tree this past holiday season, and I heard nothing but glowing reviews as they dove into her story. […]
I woke up one morning… and I was fat. OK… my not-so-shocking-confession :: It didn’t really happen overnight. In fact, I spent quite a bit of quality time acquiring this weight. I watched it happen. For about a year, I anxiously stepped on my scale every day and every day for about a year, I […]
Are you doing a Whole30 this month {or thinking about doing one in 2019?} This is my 3rd or 4th attempt at the 30 day food elimination program, but I feel like every time I tried and failed, I learned something needed to succeed THIS TIME! *fingers crossed & fridge stocked* If you haven’t heard about […]
We are so grateful to have partnered with Fresh Lunch by Yellow Box for our 5th Birthday Bash at Multiplicity in Katy. Houston Moms Blog is always thankful to support mom-owned businesses and we hope you will support them too! There are many nights, especially when I feel like I’ve spent the entire day in […]
I don’t know if it’s just me, but lately I have been so tuned in to ways that moms, women, people, need to stop and take better care of themselves. It’s the idea of securing your oxygen mask first so you can properly help others. The hashtag #selfcaresunday is a huge thing on the ‘gram, from […]
