Iowa City Moms

I'm so excited to introduce you all to our sweet new addition, Keaton Isaiah Swaim!! To say we are completely enamored with him is an understatement!! He has fit into our family perfectly from the moment he was born!...

If you haven't heard of Freshly Picked moccasins yet, you may be living under a rock.  But don't feel bad, you aren't the only one under the rock...at least you aren't sitting across the table from the owner of the company! Yes, that happened...

Disclaimer: I apologize for making you sing the Aladdin theme song over and over in your head after reading this title.  Sorry! As you all know, I'm a sucker for garage sales.  I hadn't been to one in a few...

The leaves are turning, the mornings are cooler, and everything is pumpkin-spice-flavored.  But above all else, Fall in Iowa City means one thing: HAWKEYE FOOTBALL. We are pretty excited for the new season over here at the Iowa City Moms Blog, and we have already started dressing...

Nope, today's post is NOT about pirates!  We are pleased to welcome our wonderful, gardening-mama guest blogger Megan, who is sharing a simple little activity you could do with your children now, to see the beautiful results later!  Your...

I’ve been reading {aka trolling the internet} looking for tips on how to make our mornings magical. You know, like the ones you see on TV, where everyone wakes up all happy and you have breakfast together complete with...

Happy Wednesday everyone!  As you know, our Charity Race "Blogger Dash" is coming up on October 19th!  Along with our co-host Running Wild Iowa City, we are proud to be donating a large portion of our proceeds to the...

Imagine a time when you had your best, most uninterrupted, most AMAZING night of sleep.  Nothing to wake up for, no alarm set to go off, and not a worry in the world… Can you think of a time? Has...

- - 1 cup of hot water, 1/2 cup of cornstarch, 1 tsp. washable tempera paint, Small squirt of liquid dish soap, Mix cornstarch and water to make clumps disappear. Mix in paint and dish soap. Pour...

I like to think of these dwindling warm days we’ve been having lately as the Summertime Squeeze: Like a fast-dripping ice cream cone on a 100 degree day, we try to savor every bit of these beautiful days as...