Before you sign your child up for music lessons, check out these tips!     As someone who used to be a music teacher and lessons coordinator for both a music store and performing arts studio in St. Louis, here are a...
Don't be afraid to set those self-imposed boundaries.   As a mom who "solo parents" about 60 percent of the time, I learned pretty quickly that I was going to have to make some hard choices if I was going to...
Tips for Moving with Kids: Moving, in general, is a whirlwind, but add in kids and it can sometimes turn out to be a tornado. After moving four times in the past 10 years with half of these moves being...
St. Louis Mom brings you Tot Time at local pools! Love to swim with your little ones, but hate the crowds?  Many St. Louis area pools offer a special Tot Time, usually before the pools open to the public....
For all the indoorsy moms, this post that ran in 2023 is worth repeating!   Midwest Summer, the heat, humidity, the bugs, I’ll take a hard pass on all of it. I’ve never been a fan of summer, but there are...
Summer is all about enjoying fruits and vegetables as fresh as you can find them, and St. Louis has its share of orchards where you can stock up on the freshest this summer!   Before heading out to pick your own...
The month of May can be a precarious month for some as Mother’s Day approaches. I’ve noticed that logging onto social media on Mother’s Day can be a landmine of emotions. A big overwhelm of love in some instances...
About three weeks ago, I went to the dentist for my regular cleaning and heard the dreaded words, “You have a cavity.” UGH! The cavity was three years in the making, stemming from a crooked wisdom tooth that came...
There's a special kind of strength found in the hearts of single or widowed mothers (or both) who carry the weight of their family on their shoulders. Their days are often a continuous loop of endless duties and constant...
  Turning 40 is a real trip, trying to wrap my mind around aging while still feeling relatively young. And then, one day, an automated reminder popped into my inbox that it was time to schedule my first mammogram. Oof....

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St. Louis Mom 7th Annual Donuts with Santa: A Sleighing Good...

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Santa came to town on December 7 for our 7th annual Donuts with Santa event and we feel so lucky to have spent it...