Media + Books

The decision to allow your teen to have a cell phone is not an easy one. When you have a teen who sometimes can't even find her very own pants, it might be a little unnerving to entrust a...

Yes, our hands are full juggling kids, schedules, laundry, cooking, homework --- you name it.  And if I am being totally honest, car maintenance is so low on my priority list that I often let it go by the...

  It's no secret this pandemic has been hard. Hard for moms. Hard for dad. Hard for kids.  Despite all of this my kids have been amazing. Like, letting Mommy and Daddy take uninterrupted work calls at 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm...

Our {virtual} Summer Book Club is back for the second year in a row, and YOU chose the first book for Summer 2015!  This summer's highly anticipated read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins took the spot...and we've...

As I brainstormed ideas for what to share with you, my fellow in-the-trenches moms, an idea popped into my head. It was more like a potential title, really: 3 Things I've Learned in Our First Weeks of Homeschooling. So I...

If you are anything like me and my husband, you enjoy a relaxing time in the evenings curled up watching a favorite show or movie. Usually, I aim for something with blood, guts and death, but my husband abhors...

I've been hearing about "electronics" from my 11-year old since she was in the second grade. It was about that time that her peers began accumulating electronic tablets, Kindles, and gaming devices. More recently, she's been pleading for a...

Wilmer Valderrama. Billy Zane. Wilson Cruz. The Game of Thrones panel. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were asking why I want to go to Comicpalooza this year. Right, the kids.  Comicpalooza is coming to Houston May 10th-12th at the George R...

A recent Buzzfeed article caught our Houston Mom's Blog community's attention. The author, Laura Turner, makes the case that while Rachel Hollis, a wildly popular social media influencer, author, and lecturer, connects women, and specifically mothers, on some timely...

Recently I took a much needed break from Facebook. Facebook breaks are not unfamiliar to me, but my prior breaks from Facebook were certainly less complicated. I took a long break 12 years ago while I studied for the...