Mom Life

In our household, Fall means football season, growing up in South Louisiana, we are big LSU fans. Now that we call DC home, we have adopted a love for the Redskins. You can often find my husband and kids...

This is a short story of what a typical morning in our homeschool life looks like. I'm a homeschool mom of 4 children ages 11, 8, 5, and 3. Life is busy at this stage of our lives and sometimes...

Like you, I know exactly where I was when I learned about the Sandy Hook School shooting in December of 2012: I was walking across the campus near the teaching hospital where I worked, nine months pregnant, when I...

Head lice cases are on the rise in Arlington, VA and Washington DC Metropolitan Area. Parents are reporting their kids having lice two or more times per year compared to never getting lice in previous years. Over half of...

I have many happy memories of Halloween. My mom made amazing costumes every year, and every year she made them super last minute. My dad decorated our house with spooky decorations, and together my parents threw a Halloween party...

Fall is my favorite time of year in DC with all the great Halloween events and fall festivals and pumpkin patches.  This year, though, I would like to propose a new addition to the family fun agenda and suggest...

This is a guest post from Andrea Powell. Walking alongside my five year old daughter as we explore the National Zoo, I treasure the delight that makes her lips curve into a huge toothless grin when she sees her favorite...

My children are 8 and 5 years old, pretty magical ages when I stop to appreciate it. They are old enough for adventures, conversations, and chapter books, but still young enough to climb in my lap and ask me...

Halloween is my Superbowl. I spend weeks preparing and the full day executing a number of events in school, at home and in the neighborhood. I have always loved Halloween, but when we moved into a new neighborhood three...

DC Area Moms main goal is to help moms connect with one another in meaningful ways along with encouraging moms and providing relevant resources. If you are new to the area or have been here a while, we all...

Maybe it was growing up in a half-Catholic family where passing someone in need filled me with guilt from an early age. Maybe it was growing up in an Army family, where serving was just part of what you're...

This Spring we got family photos taken with Bridget Eldridge Photography. We had a fun morning and Bridget was there to capture it all. I am so grateful to look back at these photos and see how much has...

To be honest, I felt nervous about strapping two toddlers into a bicycle trailer and pulling them to school, let alone making it from school to my own office on time. Hearing from other moms who bike-commute successfully inspired...

Singer/ventriloquist Darci Lynne, Season 12 winner of “America’s Got Talent,” is bringing her Fresh Out of The Box tour to DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. On Sunday, October 20th at 3 pm.      Winning NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” at just...