Month: December 2010

A friend whose youngest daughter is highly allergic to peanuts recently found a great peanut butter replacement and wanted other mamas to know about it: Safe4School WOW butter. She’s tried other products before, but tells […]

During the holidays, isn’t it fun to play games with family and friends? Remember games you used to play as a kid? Maybe it was Scrabble or Uno or Chess. It’s all about being together […]

By Jade Stone I bet, no matter where you are, or what you are doing, you are merely a stone’s throw away from hearing Christmas carols float through the air and seeing the flair of […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor I love when I spy trends on the street instead of just reading about them in magazines and one that I have noticed lately is creative nails and custom […]

Note from the mamas: Congratulations, Corbett Warren! You won the Young Frankenstein tickets and dinner at Powerhouse 🙂 If you’ve been hoping to sit down just for a few minutes this holiday season, we’ve got […]

By Amanda Shertzer A few months ago I discovered a website (thanks to Simply Organized ) that has transformed dinner time at my house. E-Mealz is a website that provides easy weekly meal plans tailored […]

31 “But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”  Mark 10:31 (NKJV) By Bro. John L. Cash, “Country Preacher Dad” Sometimes we congratulate ourselves for the wrong things. Very often we […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I slipped on a jacket I hadn’t worn in a long time. I walked outside and shivered when I felt how cold the wind was, […]

Cool contest alert! Share your favorite holiday egg recipe for a chance to receive a $250 Walmart gift card! Click here to submit your egg recipe by December 15! The contest is sponsored by CCF […]

We’ve all done it, so let’s just admit it. Okay, I’ll go first: One time, when my youngest child was an infant and wouldn’t stop crying unless I held her, I cradled her in one […]

Name: Lauren Dowling Daughters’ names and ages: Twins! Taylor Mae and Macy Grace (2 years) Where are you from and what brought you to NWA? I am from Grandview, Texas. I moved to Arkansas with […]

Happy Holidays, mamas! And Happy Birthday to all of you who celebrated in November. If your birthday or anniversary is in December, e-mail us at mamas@nwaMotherlode.com (or comment below) and we’ll put you on the […]

By Shannon Magsam I’m stopping by Music Mama Jackie’s place to share a playlist for babies. I was cleaning out my home office recently and found a CD that was a gift from friends Kyle […]