Mom confession: Last summer, I did not make my kids do ANYTHING with their brains. All they did was sleep late, snack a LOT, play outside, and have fun.
Our school does student testing, called Global Scholar testing, three times a...
The Beautiful and The Not So Beautiful
I wish both sides were told to first time moms. I walked into motherhood with so many false expectations, starting literally from the moment my son was born. He made his debut in...
The Truly Inconvenient Truth
As parents, we have so much to worry about on a daily basis. We coordinate family schedules, pull together 21 different meals (and 1500 snacks) per week, and ensure the house stays, at minimum, hygienic. We...
This week is National Volunteer Week. You may or may not have heard of it, but it was established in 1974 by President Richard Nixon, and it has grown exponentially each year.
I’m an enneagram type 2, otherwise known as...
I am someone who loves helping my friends with their problems, namely offering a listening ear that usually puts forth a realistic and promising solution. But what happens when they have a "problem" to which I can't offer any...
Welcome to the 2023 Guide to Moving, Relocating, and Renovating in Birmingham! Moving can be stressful — all the planning, coordinating, and researching — not to mention the move itself! Let Birmingham Mom Collective give you a one-stop shop...
Instagram Moms
We all follow them and admire their content and creativity. Some of us may even go as far as saving their posts so we can recreate their ideas later on. As much as I want to be that...
I always look forward to the warmer weather that springtime brings. The sunshine and near-perfect temperature makes it so refreshing to go outdoors after spending the cold winter days inside. Spring is also synonymous with cleaning and making our...
Unsolicited advice has gotten a pretty bad reputation in the last 5-10 years or so, and I totally get it! As mothers, especially, it's so exhausting to constantly be getting a stream of advice that oftentimes is contradictory from...
Over 100 years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma, there was a very successful community called Greenwood. In this neighborhood there were black doctors, black lawyers, and black teachers. This gave black people the opportunity to be successful among other black...
In + Around Birmingham
One Easy Tip for Sustainability :: Thrift Stores in Birmingham
Summer is approaching and lots of us are looking for ways to improve ourselves and our family. For many of us that includes taking...
