Coastal Bend Mom Collective

Passover Traditions for Kids! Editor's Note: Passover for 2019 is observed April 19-April 27, 2019! The hubs and I grew up with vastly different religious backgrounds and traditions, and we have embraced all of them as new pieces of what we...

Having kids changes you in many ways.  One of the most obvious ways is your appearance.  MOST of us morph into what I like to call the "Mom Bod." It's not always pleasant and I've come to realize that...

I have to brag on my son a little bit. He's 13 months old, and recently signed 'banana' and 'potty' in sign language. I am over the moon proud and excited! It's very important to me that my son be bilingual....

Want to know a secret? Being a mother is hard, and it isn't always fun. Motherhood is not always tea and cake. Sometimes motherhood makes you cry. Things change fast when you become a mom, and sometimes we get...

It is already April and that means the dreaded STAAR test. As a former teacher I know that hatred of this test, and testing in general. I think what teachers also hate even more is how hard it is...

Homeschool.  Why do we do it?  Well, in a galaxy, far far away....oops, sorry, that's the wrong story. In 2005 we spent my middle son's entire 4th grade year battling bullies.  It absolutely broke my heart each day when he...

"There's nothing to do in Corpus Christi." "Corpus is so BORING!" "Why can't we be more like (insert trendy city here)?" Husband and I moved here in 1997.  ON PURPOSE.  Locals are genuinely surprised when they learn that Corpus Christi is our...

Our eyes meet from across the room and we both smile shyly at each other. We fidget with our hands while waiting to make the first move. After what seems like an eternity of wanting to talk to each...

Date Nights... how many of us have them? But when is the last time you went somewhere new and exciting? Between work, kids, and extra-curricular activities... it's hard to find time to fit in that special night with your significant...

I never meant to get hooked. It started at a party. When #1 was born in 2001, some well meaning mom-friends invited me to a scrapbook party. You know the drill: Meet at a friend's house, eat some appetizers, have a...