Iowa City Moms

Today’s blog post is less about babies and more about nurturing something else…my garden!  I have had a small container garden for a few years, but this is our first summer having a real garden.  Tom and a friend...

When we found out I was expecting again my husband and I began discussing whether or not we would find out the gender of our baby.  With our first baby we decided to be surprised and chose not to...

Surprise!  Just when you thought all of the giveaways were over...nope!  We are so happy to announce today's giveaway:  a $25 gift card to Z'Mariks Noodle Cafe! If you haven't been to Z'Mariks in downtown Iowa City, then you...

Spring has FINALLY arrived (kind of!), and besides the obvious signs (flowers blooming, spotting the first robin, or all of these thunderstorms!), another staple of Springtime is the smell of charcoal in the air: it's grilling time! Our team...

Procrastination… hmmm… well… what can I say… I’m an EXPERT at it! Ha! It’s late Tuesday afternoon as I flop down on the couch, finally prepared to write this first post (which is due tomorrow, might I add).  I get...

I have never had the best eating habits, but I wasn’t the worst. I attempted to integrate vegetables into my diet and succeeded maybe 50% of the time, I would say. Fruits were easier, although I am not a...

New mom in the corner over here today. I had big plans to write a post on how to travel internationally with an infant, but I felt that I needed to be seeking advice today rather than giving it,...

In the Fall of 2009, my husband and I sold our first home in Wilton, Iowa.  Because we had yet to buy a new home, we moved in with my parents, bringing along our one-year-old son and our dog. ...

Happy Friday!  Today we are very excited to announce that the Iowa Children's Museum is offering one lucky reader a FREE Family Day Pass (a $35 value) to the museum!  This pass allows a family of FIVE the chance...

We're glad that Spring is finally here, but it seems like most of our days lately have been rainy. There are only so many times that you can play Candy Land before both the kiddos and mama are going...