Don’t be jealous of me you guys, but my Halloween Pinterest board has 247 amazing pins on it right now!
To start, I’m making a quaint pennant banner to hang from my mantle that spells out, “Trick or treat, smell...
It shouldn't be that hard, cooking dinner every night. And yet, it's so hard. To cook dinner. Every night.
Before I had children, the challenge wasn't time. And, I enjoy cooking, so the nightly task never felt like a chore. ...
This ghostly garland is super simple to put together and perfect for little hands to help with.
You'll need white yarn, black yarn, baker's twine, scissors and something to wrap the yarn around.
I used the side of an oatmeal box...
I love scrapbooking. Preserving memories on beautifully laid out pages with perfectly coordinated papers and accents is nirvana for my creative yet slightly OCD mind. I list scrapbooking as an interest or hobby when filling out any “about me”...
Wow, Alamo City Moms Blog is a year old ! I am looking forward to getting together with the co-founders and the original contributors and hearing stories about how it all started. (Lindsay and Brooke shared a few tidbits...
Birthday planning doesn't need to be all characters and themed sets (though no one can blame you for the easy party planning!) when there are so many amazing birthday party resources in San Antonio and at your fingertip on...
This week is a special one for Alamo City Moms Blog... we are celebrating our first birthday! In honor of this occasion, we will bring you a week full of anything and everything birthday related. Thank you for making...
Now that summer weather is upon us, it's a perfect time to explore lighter libations. Enter rosé wine. No, I'm not talking about white zinfandel, which is an overly sweet product of 1970s California. I'm talking about real wine, made from...
Like all moms, I have strengths and weaknesses. Cooking is not one of my strengths, but loving delicious food is one of my weaknesses. As a result of this predicament, I tend to stick to extremely simple recipes that...
Between the heat and the specter of swimwear, many of us want to prepare lighter meals during the summer months. An easy way to do this is by modifying favorite recipes.
It's hard to find fault with traditional fish tacos: battered...
I’ll be the first to admit that the thought of eating baked chicken doesn't exactly fire my panties up (thank you, Phil Robertson, for this invaluable contribution to my daily lexicon). I grew up eating baked chicken for dinner -...
This lentil salad recipe is a summer favorite. The fresh herbs are essential, so I only make it when I have plenty of basil and parsley in my kitchen garden.
We usually eat this lentil salad as a main dish,...
Nothing says "Summer" like a cool, sweet, and tangy key lime pie. This pie is just the right amount of sweet and sour and tastes better than any restaurant Key Lime Pie I've ever had. My husband made it...
There are three condiments in my refrigerator that must be present at all times: Ranch, ketchup, and Comeback Sauce. I'm not sure where I first heard about this creamy Cajun deliciousness--Pinterest, perhaps?--but now that I've been introduced, I am officially hooked....
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Did the frenzy surrounding the recent solar eclipse spark an interest in all things space? It certainly seems like it! Luckily, it’s easy to...
