Laura
A Guide to Spring Soccer in the Iowa City Area
Soccer in a pandemic? Yes! There are many opportunities for kids to participate in soccer this spring, and I can tell you from experience with multiple programs listed that the organizations running these programs...
Easy Recipes for a “Just Us” Small Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving might look a little different for many families during our COVID year. (Please let it just be a year!). In an ordinary year, more than 50 million Americans travel more than 50 miles...
Donate! Volunteer! Advocate! Here’s How You Can Help with Derecho Storm Recovery
A few weeks ago, many of us had never heard of a derecho.
Now, the Iowa City community has learned that vocabulary lesson all too well, with 100+ mile per hour winds rolling through, leaving...
Make Your Own Take Out – How To Make General Tso’s Chicken
Throughout the pandemic, I've been looking for ways to enjoy my favorite restaurant meals at home. Sometimes that means take out and supporting our local businesses, and sometimes that means making my own delicious...
Iowa Governor’s New COVID-19 Rules: What is Reopening and When
On May 13, 2020, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds released a new Proclamation of Disaster Emergency due to COVID-19. In it, she outlines rules for what can and cannot reopen in Iowa between now and...
Printable: Eight Reasons You Can Interrupt Mom While She Works at Home
Many of us are working from home while our kids are being educated at home, all doing the best we can to make it work. My school-age kids can mostly fend for themselves throughout...
Tips for Working from Home Amid Self Isolation
With so many closures and directives to self-isolate as our community grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, many more parents are working from home, many for the first time.
Welcome to the work-from-home-parent choas workforce! I've...
I Gave My 6-Year-Old a Cellphone and I Don’t Regret It
I often read or hear other parents talk about "Wait Until 8th" or how they’ll never give their child a cellphone until they’re 16-years-old. In fact, some of our other contributors have written about...
Creamsicle Coconut Chews Recipe
Among the many jobs I do as a nonprofit development director, I run large scale fundraising events. Every fall, in the couple of weeks leading up to my organization's biggest fundraising event of the...
2019 Iowa City Moms Holiday Music Playlist
Once again this year, the Iowa City Moms team of contributors has put together a fun playlist of our favorite holiday tunes for you to enjoy. There are nearly 30 contributors on the team,...