Cedar Park Movies in the Park: Brave-  Friday, April 5 at 8:00pm. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs as there will be plenty of grass area available. Concessions will not be available; you are welcome to bring a picnic. Glass containers are prohibited. Admission is FREE!! Elizabeth Milburn...

Oh, right . . . fitness. Am I the only one who needs reminding about this? When it comes to my family’s health, lots of things manage to get my attention regularly. Runny noses serve as a reminder to pick up orange juice at the store. Meals, with their various health implications, get made...

I think it would be fair to say I’m a strong extrovert.   This is one of the reasons becoming a parent totally rocked my world. Gone were the days of being out every night at a different social function. As I slipped into that parenting-an-infant fog, I spent more time at home since we...

LiveMom: How many kids do you have? What are their ages? Allison: Three, my son Hunter is 4 and boy/girl twins Locke & Madden are 2. LiveMom: What was the motivation behind launching Cheer Up Buttercups? Allison: I had three kids in the span of two years, and outside of the support of my...

Austin Urban Music Festival- Friday, March 29 from 3:00- 9:00pm and Saturday, March 30 from Noon- 9:00pm. Bring the family out for an event that brings in chart-topping artists like Brandy, Anthony Hamilton and Cupid as well as a Kid Zone, arts and crafts and more. Cost: $40 for two-day...

When things are going as planned at home, I cook five or six nights per week (all bets are off during baseball season!). Because I’m cooking a good 300 nights a year, roughly, I am always looking for inspiration in the kitchen, particularly in the form of that one dish that every family...

For those of you who celebrate Easter, you know that the holiday is *just* around the corner. Yes, there are eggs, but most of the reason your child probably looks forward to the holiday is the influx of sugary treats: chocolate bunnies, Cadbury eggs, Peeps, Robin Eggs, jellybeans and the...

Some of us parents, in our former lives, enjoyed dining at new and exciting restaurants weekly, heading out after work for tapas and a drink, and the occasional jaunt to a Michelin-star restaurant. Of course, that gets exponentially more difficult with a kid in tow. In the early weeks of our...

Featured Events: Movie in the Park: Hotel Transylvania- Friday, March 22, 2013 at 8:00pm. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs to Milburn Park on Friday, March 22, 2013 to enjoy a free screening of Hotel Transylvania.  Concessions will not be available, but you are welcome to bring a picnic....

Lucinda Hutson, well-known to Austinites for her delightful cookbook, “The Herb Garden Cookbook“, her purple house in the Rosedale neighborhood, and her reputation as a local bon vivant. She has a new cookbook , called “Viva Tequila”, due out from UT Press in May). Not...

Shhhh. Don’t tell my son, but I’m not a math person. I still have a mild case of PTSD about this word problem in 6th grade involving falafels, which took my dad and I many sheets of paper to solve. I rely heavily on Excel and calculators in my everyday life. I gave up on balancing my...

Featured Events: The Native Transplants SXSW edition – FREE!! Live music and good food, plus a play area for the kiddos! Friday, March 15th at 6pm at the NATY Trailer Yard, 1012 W. Anderson Lane. Faerie Trail by Starlight - Friday, March 15, from 7 – 9 p.m. Families are invited to...

When my son went in for his seven-year checkup, I was shocked to learn that he had gained 15 pounds from the previous year’s visit. (He had also grown four inches, but that was overshadowed in my mind by the other number.) Fifteen pounds is a lot for anyone to gain in a year, but for...

It’s officially here. South by Southwest, which either strikes fear into anyone living, working or otherwise out and about within a 5 mile radius of downtown…or which inspires us to get out and experience what it means to live in the Live Music Capital of the World. If you are without...

We hope you have checked out our post on How to Enjoy SXSW 2013 With Your Family. We’re also running a few spotlights to give you more information about the family-friendly events which are coming up during SXSW. Have a great SX!   If you are bummed you can’t make it to Fader...

Are you scratching your head and wondering what in the world I mean? It’s not like you have rotors sticking out of the top of your head, and you don’t hover, right? Or do you? Do you find yourself swooping in to save the day for your kids…all the time? Nearly every minute of...

We hope you have checked out our post on How to Enjoy SXSW 2013 With Your Family. We’re also running a few spotlights to give you more information about the family-friendly events which are coming up during SXSW. Have a great SX! At first glance, you might assume SXSW is just music,...

We hope you have checked out our post on How to Enjoy SXSW 2013 With Your Family. We’re also running a few spotlights to give you more information about the family-friendly events which are coming up during SXSW. Have a great SX! One of the family-friendly events taking place during...

Featured Events: Rodeo Austin- Friday, March 8- March 23. Live music, cook-offs, rodeo competitions, a carnival, pig races and more- it’s all part of Rodeo Austin!  For a complete schedule of events,  click here. Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, 9100 Decker Lake Road,...

**This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered! Any mama knows it’s hard to get a healthy and delicious meal on the table every night. Some days, the stars line up, your kiddos are self-entertaining (or your partner arrives home early), and the magic happens, but most days —...

**This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered! Bernadette Noll is a local mama, blogger, crafter and author who has written a wonderful new book for modern day families. Slow Family Living: 75 Simple Ways to Slow Down, Connect and Create More Joy is quite literally a simple guide...

Get ready, Austin! South by Southwest (or, as it’s much more commonly known, SXSW) is almost here. For a few weeks, Austin turns into the coolest place on Earth, as we roll out a city-wide red carpet for both up-and-coming and established stars in music, film and tech. Although there are...

Featured Events: First Saturday and TEXplorations- The Museum offers FREE admission to the exhibits from 2 – 6 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month with First Saturdays. Visitors can also take advantage of the monthly thematic TEXplorations Family Story Time from 2 – 3 p.m. on First...

As any parent knows, snacks are key. If you don’t have a good snack on hand when your kiddo’s tummy starts rumbling, you’re out of luck. If you’re out and about, prepare for a meltdown; if you’re at home, you might end up plying them with processed convenience foods, just because...

Education is a hot topic these days, from funding cuts to the controversial school-voucher system to the myriad problems with high-stakes testing. While the Texas Legislature has a number of education-related bills in the pipeline for the 2013 session (151 to be exact), all the legislation in...

Last fall, my husband informed me my car was leaking something in our driveway.  Being responsible, I (eventually) got around to taking the car into our neighborhood garage and asked them to check it out.  They did their thing and said they didn’t see any signs of leak, but they went...

Since way back in 2007, we here at LiveMom have been introducing you to local mamas (and papas) who are up to all kinds of interesting things. From teachers to local business owners to creatives to nearly anything in between, these peeps are part of our village. They also are part of the...

Has it recently dawned on you that Spring Break is only a couple of weeks away? Have you found a camp for your kiddo yet? No? No worries….. It is not too late to register for the Spring Break Creativity Camp at Trinity United Methodist Church in Hyde Park. Creative Action has taken...

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered and congrats to our winner, Sarah! With more than 300 locations across the globe, The Little Gym is the worldʼs premier experiential learning and physical development center for kids ages four months through 12 years. Each week,...

 Featured Events: Evening Under the Oaks- Friday, February 22, 2013, 7:00p.m. (gates open at 6:30p.m.) The Gilbert and Sullivan Society will perform under the oaks at the French Legation Museum. Guests are invited to bring chairs, blankets, food, and pets on leashes. Concessions will be...

From the title, you might assume that this post is about fried tofu, but it’s actually about the pan I use to fry my tofu. You see, before last week, I had never, ever successfully fried tofu before. I had tried many times, with advice from friends and instructions from many a food blog,...

These days we have so much information at our fingertips to help solve any parenting dilemma (admittedly, most of the times we may have too much). You could argue the Internet was both the best and worst thing to ever happen to parenting. Despite the sometimes overwhelming amount of...

“Why didn’t anyone tell me that there was a movie out that was made JUST FOR ME?” crowed my friend Erin as we departed the movie theatre on Friday night. “I feel so special!” The movie in question is Beautiful Creatures, the movie based on the YA thriller that...

Dirty Girl Mud Run, the original—and biggest and best – organized mud run for women, is coming to the Austin area on Saturday, March 23rd and will be held at Stunt Ranch. You’ve probably heard of mud run organizations like “Tough Mudder,” the hardcore, military-style mud run...

Thanks to Heidi from FreeFunInAustin.com for helping me with this weekend’s list! Featured Events: Star Party in Round Rock – Friday, February 15, from 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. The Austin Planetarium will be on hand with the Discovery Dome. This mobile planetarium features a large...

Want to do something different with the kids this weekend? You’re in luck — it’s marathon time! The Livestrong Austin Marathon happens on Sunday morning, and we’ve got everything you need to know if you want to get in on the action. “This is an event for everyone, not...