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The Rockwood Files: Silence is spring green

04/16/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m smiling because the house finally sounds like spring. It’s not the chirping of the birds or the gentle rustle of the […]

Easter Egg Hunts 2011 in Northwest Arkansas!

04/15/2011 nwamamas

Easter is on its way and that means hunting for eggs! We rounded up some of the region’s best, but please let us know if we left anyone out. We’ll be glad to add an […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Are certain foods affecting your kid’s behavior?

04/15/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall I’m going to take a little break from the usual discussion about my weight loss and healthy living journey to share a new wrinkle that has come up. And believe me when […]

Honor your mom with a special tribute!

04/15/2011 nwamamas

Jody Dilday over at Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas sent us some info about a really cool thing they’re doing on their website: publishing Mother’s Day Tributes! From now until Mother’s Day, you […]

Meet Alyse Eady at Saving Grace’s Butterflies & Blooms!

04/14/2011 nwamamas

Join Miss Arkansas (and Miss America first runner-up) Alyse Eady and Saving Grace for lunch on Thursday, April 28th at the Second Annual Butterflies and Blooms! WHERE: John Q. Hammons in Rogers WHEN: 11:30-1:00 (with an […]

What We’re Reading: Water for Elephants!

04/13/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and Motherlode mama of 3 If you like to read the book BEFORE the blockbuster movie hits theaters, you’ve still got enough time to read Water for Elephants by Sara […]

Military Mama: Fit to be tied

04/13/2011 nwamamas

By Jade Stone Have you ever had one of those weeks where everything that could go wrong did and there seemed to be no end to the onslaught of impending deadlines at work, and yet […]

And the Snapshot Contest Winner Is….

04/12/2011 nwamamas

Congratulations to Jennifer Roberts! She snapped this photo of her little boy snuggled up next to his sweet baby brother, watching one of this winter’s record snowfalls. This shot might have been snapped during freezing […]

Beauty Buzz: Recycling beauty castoffs + a free gift!

04/12/2011 nwamamas

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor Even though we all know that the best way to cut down on all of the waste ending up in landfills is to reduce the number of products we […]

Giveaway: Tickets to Artosphere’s ZooZoo at Walton Arts Center!

04/11/2011 nwamamas

Note from the mamas: Congratulations to Andrea Poplin, mama to six and winner of the ZooZoo tickets. She can’t wait to take her three youngest children to see this. Have fun, Poplins! Last […]