Year: 2013

Tomorrow is OPENING DAY for the Rogers Aquatic Center! Do you have your discount admission punch card yet? If not, do it by tomorrow because that’s the last day to get one, and the discount […]

Name: Cassie Webster Kids’ names and ages:  Izayah 10, Skyler 8, Alexi 6, and Kaydee will be 2 in July. Where are you from and how long have you lived in NWA?  I grew up […]

Guest post by Carrie Summers of Cradle Rocking Mama Next time you stop by your child’s school, take a peek in one of the classrooms. As you look over the 25-30 children lined up in […]

By Shannon Magsam So I mentioned recently that we’ve become chicken farmers. Yep [chews tobacco, spits]. We have three little hens: one black, one red and one speckled. They’re only a few months old, so […]

We met Kristy Brown, co-founder of Arkansas Regional Therapy Services, soon after we started Motherlode in 2008. We were immediately impressed with her bubbly personality and passion for her vocation as a speech therapist. When […]

The end of the school year is so close, we can practically hear that old Alice Cooper hard rock song “School’s Out For Summer!” And as the final bell approaches, lots of Northwest Arkansas families […]

Our friend, Lisa Mac of Lisa Mac Photography, is hosting a HUGE giveaway over on her website right now, and you should check it out — but only if you like shopping, free stuff and […]

We scored some serious “cool mom” points with our kids on Saturday because we, along with several other Northwest Arkansas bloggers, were invited to a special preview event at the brand spankin’ new Rogers Aquatic […]

We all have those days when the idea of making dinner (again?) just makes us tired. Or we’ve been running around all day and the family gets home late and everybody is hungry right now. […]

5 A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, 6 To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles. ~ […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 On May 4, 2013 I went to the Prom – but not the kind with all the awkward teenage drama. This one was a “Mom Prom,” […]

Note from the mamas: The following article was written by Angela Hopkins, the fearless, tireless Director of Sales for nwaMotherlode.com. When we hired her and then told her that we wanted to plan and host […]

By Shannon Magsam On the 3-hour drive to my parents’ house to celebrate Mother’s Day last Friday night, my husband, Ladybug and I were chatting happily. Suddenly, we noticed a car was speeding up the […]