Real Life

Hi, I’m Mel and I’m not really an Iowa Citian. Why am I writing for the Iowa City Moms Blog, you ask? Well, I spend most of my waking hours in Iowa City. You see, I’m one of those...

Sometimes, we meet people in life for a reason.  Here at the Iowa City Moms Blog, we had one of those moments at our Health Fair & Family Day in July.  One of our sponsors at the event was...

A veces en la vida, nos conocemos a gente en la vida por una razón.  Aquí en el Iowa City Moms Blog, tuvimos uno de esos momentos en nuestro “Dia de familias” en julio.  Uno de nuestros patrocinadores en...

“Hey Grant it’s time to leave for school,” I tell him. As I make my way to him, strategically avoiding LEGOS and action figures, I can see he’s about to lose it. He breaks out of his toy trance...

The University of Iowa is celebrating Homecoming, a week for returning to the city that you once called home. I moved to Iowa City fresh out of high school, an excited Hawkeye freshman from rural northwest Iowa. Iowa City was a...

A powerful thunderstorm blasted through the area a couple of weeks ago, leaving over 2,000 Coralville residents without power. Our household happened to be one of those impacted by the storm. I was at yoga class when the storm hit....

As you know, we just celebrated our 6-month blog anniversary! YAYY!!! Super exciting!! Thank YOU readers again for all you do! It’s been such a wonderful adventure already and I’ve loved meeting you gorgeous gals (and gents too). =)   Well,...

11 weeks and three days ago I unexpectedly went into labor. (I say unexpectedly because it was four weeks before my due date. Yes, I plan on harping on that detail for awhile because I still can’t believe he...

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...

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...