When I was a kid I used to look forward to Spring Break as soon as Winter Break was over! What kids doesn't love a week off from school with nothing to do? As a parent however, I don't...
Do you remember back when you used to go on a date and simply call it “going on a date” instead of declaring it a “date night”, like it is some monumental boulder perched weightily atop the precipice of...
I hope you have read Brooke's guide to enjoying the San Antonio Rodeo with your kids. The rodeo runs through February 23; if you want to extend your experience, I recommend a trip downtown to the Briscoe Western Art Museum. The rodeo is...
My husband and I have an ongoing love affair with the city of New Orleans. One of our first trips to the Big Easy was back in 2002, when we first started dating. Ryan, an appellate attorney here in San...
Oh, date night. How I love thee. A couple of hours dedicated to a meal where you aren't up and down out of your seat chasing children, trying to order while wrestling a toddler, or praying that your waiter...
We’ve all been there - it’s 7 a.m. and you’re staring down the remarkably long and dark barrel of a day with no scheduled activity for your toddler. When you find yourself confronting conditions as treacherous as these, you...
I might have grown up on the West Texas plains but I am, in no stretch of the imagination, a cowgirl. While those that live outside of our lil' ol' state tend to think we all have horses hitched...
It's a Catch-22: How do you expect your kids to behave themselves in an art museum, if they've never been to one before? How do you get your kids to go to an art museum, if they don't know...
I am a huge fan of New Year's Resolutions and one of my mine, for 2014, is to play tourist more in my own city of San Antonio! For crying out loud, it is the #1 ranked tourist destination in...
Martin Luther King Day is a holiday that I look forward to sharing with my class every January. By the time they reach first grade, most children have some background knowledge on who this important man was, but it's...
We have partnered with New Balance San Antonio to kick off our 2014: Hit the Ground Running Series. Last week, we covered all you need to know about the gear you need - shoes, sports bras and weather appropriate...
I grew up in San Antonio and have fond childhood memories of stopping by the "big giant map" that is laid right outside the Convention Center downtown. Since I joined Alamo City Mom's Blog, I've been planning to get around to writing...
2014 is in full swing and with a new year comes resolutions. I know, I know. You make them every year - stop swearing, no sugar, start exercising, keep the house clean. Some how, March 1 rolls around and...
We spend a lot of time as moms thinking about what we feed our families. We try our best to feed our kids balanced meals and to limit things like sugar, fat and highly processed foods and harmful chemicals....
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I once proclaimed that Fiesta really isn’t my thing. Yes, right here on Alamo City Moms, I put this shocking news into the world...
