Iowa City

Today we are so happy to share with you the story of Soggy Bottom Diaper Service!  Servicing families in Iowa City, Muscatine and the Quad Cities, Soggy Bottoms is truly a much-needed service for all of our earth-friendly mamas!   Wendy...

Last month, we introduced you to an amazing group of Iowa City moms of kids with special needs, known as "Manantial".  As promised, we are going to share with you their wonderful Christmas program, and how you can help. When the...

It’s November, and I’m a widow. Ok, not an actual widow, but a basketball widow. My hubs {aka the biggest non-native Hawkeye fan} has season tickets to every football and basketball game. I don’t mind football, because I am a huge fan...

Welcome to November! It seems like summer stretched on particularly long this year, keeping us in lightweight clothes and sock-less shoes right up until Halloween.  We Iowans like to talk about the weather, and sometimes it might sound like...

Just in case we haven’t given you enough reminders, here is one more:  We are hosting our second Moms Night Out event on Monday, November 18th at Iron Hawk in downtown Iowa City!  Tickets are on sale now (click here...

Rewind approximately five years.  I was working as a Spanish TA at the University of Iowa, and had recently announced to my friends that I was expecting my first baby.  The same day I went in to tell my...

Today I will be sharing with you 10 ways to create a healthy learning environment at home, whether you are able to be home with your little one every day or you simply want to make the best of...

The bright, shiny red metal.  The white stripes.  We all know a Radio Flyer when we see one!  Their bikes and wagons have become a type of symbol for childhood in American households.  And now they have something new...

When I was little, I LOVED Halloween. Dressing up in fun costumes {I was Barbie…a lot}, carving pumpkins and Trick-or-Treating.  I never really ate much of my candy.  Instead, I just sorted it into appropriate piles, counting how many...

My husband and I have a document on the desktop of our computer that is a running list of all of our baby’s “firsts”.  It includes her first time rolling over, first tooth, and even first time using a...