Parenting

It started in our preschool days. Overwhelmed moms standing in pick up lines, dreaming of a night out with adults :: no potty training, no bedtime routines, just a glass of wine and a conversation. This sounds like a...

Her name still makes my right eye twitch and the hair on my arms stand at attention. Theresa. Such a foul human being {I’m sure she’s not. Like any rotten antagonist, she likely grew up and married a senator...

Tooth Fairy Tales Ever since my two older kids starting losing their teeth and writing letters to the Tooth Fairy, I have been typing up responses in the night to disguise the true identity of the one who leaves them...

Nurtured Family is a local boutique featuring all things mom and baby with a focus on nurturing the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs.  From the moment you get pregnant to long after your baby arrives, this store has everything...

{For just two weeks, we are handing over our computers to the men in our lives and turning this little piece of the world wide web into Houston Dads Blog!  Read along with their joys and their struggles, and find out why we...

Oh, mamas...  I remember sitting down last year, writing about the Top Posts of 2014, and bursting at the seems with excitement at how much Houston Moms Blog had grown and flourished in its first full year of operations.  But little...

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...

Father's Day is just days away, and this week a few Houston dads have graciously contributed their thoughts on parenting. Today, Matt Clanahan, husband of Houston Moms Blog's own Project Coordinator Meagan, reflects on his guiding principles for raising some pretty cool kids,...

Dear Third Child, I'm sorry in advance. I know this may seem a little premature to say especially since you're busy kicking away in Mommy's tummy {perfectly content with our tasty dinner of BBQ sandwich, avocado, and chips}, but trust me,...

Ah St. Valentine's Day. Love it or hate it, just reading the name probably floods you with memories. As a thirty something adult, I know I've had three realms of experience with the day. As a kid, I LOVED...