Author Archive: Carey
Mom’s day wishes on Facebook?
The nice folks at Facebook just called me with these facts for moms on Mother’s Day and to let me know that 13% plan to wish mom a good Mother’s Day on the site. Thirteen seems to be an important number because that’s also the age child that’s most likely to connect with mom on [...]
Books for Boys
I ran across this great list of books for boys not too long ago. Go figure, the list was right here on Central Valley Moms, but it was kinda tucked away, so I thought I’d post it here in case you missed it. BOOKS FOR BOYS An excellent way for young men to exercise their [...]
Win this book!
HGTV designer and host Sabrina Soto has written a book about home design and she was kind enough to toss one our way. If you’re interested in learning her layer-by-layer approach to home decorating, just leave a comment here. We’ll randomly pick a winner in about a week or so. Good luck design fans…
Summer Camps!
We here at Central Valley Moms heard of a few summer camps, saw a few more being talked about on our Facebook page and decided to compile a completely non-comprehensive list of camps in and around the Fresno area. If you know of more camps – or are hosting a camp – just comment here [...]
Win tickets to FAM
Tell us why you want to go and you just might get a pair of tickets to the Fresno Art Museum. Leave a comment here and we will be in touch via e-mail in August.
Attention Moms: Hush already
Parenting is hard. It is hard work to have that much responsibility, to get children ready for school in the morning, to be there to help with homework at night and to be there when there’s a nose — or other part — that needs cleaning. Children, by sheer design, are messy and funny and [...]
Celebrate every day
I’ve been wrong this whole time. I thought every day was Chocolate Cake Day. Comes to find out that nope, it is actually Jan. 27. And much to my displeasure, I totally missed National Peanut Butter Day, Jan. 24, and National Pie Day the day before. There could have been much celebrating. But I missed [...]
Doctor or princess?
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Ask an average group of 10- to 12-year-olds in theUnited States, and more than one in four will say famous athlete or singer/actor. Pose the same question to their counterparts in the developing world and professions requiring a college education, like teaching and medicine, top [...]
It is soup season!
I’m cold. Seriously, seriously cold. I know I shouldn’t complain about being cold. I live in California, where the sun is shining and the only white stuff I’ve seen this winter has been fog. But I can’t help it. I’m cold. And that means I’ve got a serious soup craving. There’s nothing quite like warming [...]
Creative New Year
Here are two ideas for bringing in the New Year with a little DIY style. Sweet Sugarbelle What better way to celebrate 2012 than with cookies inspired by cookie expert Sweet Sugarbelle? If you’re not familiar with her blog, go — right now — and check it out. This blog is a virtual cookie lover’s [...]
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