Iowa City Moms Blog

As many of you have probably heard, Iowa City is hosting its very FIRST Fashion Weekend next week! (May 8-10)  As a small preview to this awesome event, this week some of our lovely contributing writers visited a few of the downtown...

The Kernels love Cedar Rapids and want to spread that love around the community through their new Take the Lead campaign. Take the Lead was created to support local non-profit organizations and community outreach, while enhance the fundraising efforts of...

We had so much fun at this year's egg hunt, and we hope you did, too!  First things first, a HUGE thank you to our co-hosts for this event, The Family Dental Center and Heritage Christian School.  We are...

Last month, we were so happy to make one mom's holiday season a little bit brighter with an extra special holiday makeover!!  Mandy is a mother-of-four who hadn't had her hair cut in over a year, and had never had...

The alarm goes off, I hit the snooze button (maybe twice).  I feel the fan blow across my face, blow across the room, and then blow across my face again.  I hear the humming of the window air conditioners. (Yes,...

One of the simplest and most nostalgic traditions of summer is the classic red, white, and blue Bomb Pop. While we are reminded daily of the divisiveness in our nation, most of us can come together and agree that the...

This post has two parts to it. First part, I thought I’d give you a little update on Henrik. He turned the big six months this past week and I just can’t believe it! We have his well-child visit...

I’m writing this post to the mom who wears the cute cherry two-piece suit.  I see you at the pool every time we go.  I really like that cherry suit.  It sort of has a Marilyn Monroe/Grace Kelley’ish look,...

If you were at our 1st Birthday Bash, you were lucky enough to experience the awesome chair massages from the ladies at Massage Heights.  We heard rave reviews, and I was looking forward to my turn!  As luck would...

Back to school was always such an exciting time when I was a kid–getting a new backpack, new school supplies, and always a new pair of gym shoes that were so shiny and white on that first day back. At...