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If you have young children, you probably have every intention of having them visit Santa sometime before Christmas. You’ll put on their holiday outfits, take them to the mall, and gently coax them to sit on Santa’s lap before darting to the camera to capture those intimate whispers to the Big Elf. I’ll let you […]
We’re lucky to have a park like Alabama Adventure just down the road for most of us. The park truly is family friendly, a manageable size, and well landscaped and maintained. With our Alabama summers, we need some diversions to cope with the heat, and Splash Beach, the water park within Alabama Adventure, is the ticket. Like all water […]
Vicaricature by WeDrawYou.com Somehow it is usually us moms who wind up planning the events for the kids, extended family, and even school fundraisers. Naturally, we feel each event has to outdo the last one, and it gets progressively more difficult to offer something new and different. But here’s a new one: Virtual Caricature, or “Vicaricature.” WeDrawYou.com, based in […]
Searching for childcare is truly one of the most important and, in some cases, heart-wrenching decisions parents face. How do you select the best place for your child? What qualities should you look for in a facility? We asked Randy East, Director of the Elizabeth Perry Rushton Child Development Center, for his list of the […]
When I was a kid, a helium balloon was a precious thing. Balloons weren’t given away casually as they are now; in fact, you often had to pay for them, which meant wearing down parents with incessant begging over the course of a shopping excursion. Occasionally a clown might give away a balloon, but the encounter was usually terrifying. By far the most […]
Like everyone else who bought a PACT contract, I’m thinking, “Now what?” with a building sense of panic. It felt so good to have a big red mental checkmark next to even one category among the Things Moms Worry About. Regardless of how the situation is resolved, Alabama’s PACT scare illustrates that one method alone is not sufficient for planning major future […]
A BirminghamMom from Hoover who raised two boys (one attended college on a full SEC football scholarship) jokes that sport uniforms in her home stayed in either the wet or dirty phase of the laundry, but were rarely both dry and clean. For years her laundry routine was dominated by washing uniforms and team jerseys. With school and fall sports starting soon, consider […]
If you’re considering enrolling your child in a martial art like tae kwon do or karate, here are some thoughts from the mom of a black belt: Money Most studios are like gym memberships, in that they require a contract and auto deduct a monthly fee whether your child attends or not. It generally takes 18 […]
We are so fortunate in Birmingham to have a program to teach young musicians. The Music Opportunity Program truly is your child’s ticket for musical instruction and instrument rental for an incredibly reasonable fee at convenient locations around town. I speak from personal experience, as I have a child in this program. Students receive instruction on one […]
The Birmingham Public Library has been exhibiting “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” at the downtown location and it couldn’t be more timely. After all, Franklin was the original American authority on living frugally and building wealth. We know him best as a founding father, amazing inventor and diplomat. Although our culture immortalizes an image of him with […]