Richmond Rocks! Colonial Trail Elementary School

Author Visit April 2012

This month, Kate Hall gave a Richmond Rocks! reading to the entire student body at Colonial Trail Elementary School. The author visit was part of a PTA fundraiser, in honor of National Library Month. I’m not sure who had more fun, Kate or the kids! Also, Kate was very impressed by the thoughtful questions the […]

I Hate Stupid

I'm with Stupid

Stupid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up stupid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stupid may refer to: Stupidity, a lack of intelligence Stupid (art movement), a group of artists in Cologne, Germany, in the 1920s “Stupid” (song), on Raven-Symoné’s self-titled album Stupid (Sarah McLachlan song), on the album Afterglow Stupid!, a UK children’s television show on CBBC Stupid.com, […]

Day 3 Chevy Road Trip Challenge: Completion, Connections, and Celebration

I cannot tell you what little Texas town we were in when we bought these donuts, but these were the most amazing creations EVAH

After another four-hour night of sleep after crossing the Louisiana-Texas border we were singin’ “On The Road Again” by 7:00am, on our way to our final destination on our Chevy Road Trip Challenge. After stopping in a tiny little Texas town, pulling into a drive-through that looked remarkably like a huge horizontal window was installed […]

The Richmondmom.com Team

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We’d like to highlight the many creative minds that comprise Richmondmom.com. Our blog has grown considerably in the last four years since its inception, from a few thousand annual visitors to 100,000+, and we couldn’t continue to grow without this amazing team.     Kate Hall – Guru of the Gods!       Rhonda […]

The Little Engines that Could (Do the Chevy Road Trip Challenge)

Our Chevy Road Trip Team photo, courtesy of Real Life Studios.

Check out RVAEpicTales on Facebook This is the story of four little engines that learned about a great opportunity to drive from Richmond, VA in a Chevy while raising money for a great organization called Adopt-a-Classroom, landing (hopefully!) at a super-cool conference called SXSW. They started immediately upon learning of this opportunity to work really […]

Why I Love RVA

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There are so many reasons to love RVA (Richmond, Virginia!) and now there’s a new website to keep us up on all of the reasons! “Why I Love RVA” is coming in March and there will be a special contest for the kick-off. Moms, dads, individuals, groups, and businesses can put on their thinking caps […]

Nominate Someone to be a Rockstar and Winners Get a Free Massage: That Rocks!

Massage Envy rewards our Richmondmom.com Rock Stars with  free massage! That rocks!

There is nothing more rewarding than recognizing women in the Richmond area who do incredible things, so we do it monthly on our Richmondmom.com Rockstars page. Whether we’re talking about women who are always reaching out to help others, establishing a non-profit, living with disease, caring for a spouse or child with serious illness, volunteering […]

Oh, Pinterest, I Hate to Love You.

Thanks, Digitalmomblog.com for this awesome image

Wikipedia: Pinterest (pronounced to rhyme with “interest”) is a vision board-styled social photo sharing website and app where users can create and manage theme-based image collections. Me: Pinterest (pronounced “I freaking love this app!”) is a black hole into which my time, formerly spent tweeting and on Facebook is now sucked, providing me with quiet, […]

Sex Ed in Schools: What Richmond Parents are Saying

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It was quite a surprise today to be asked by CBS Channel 6 in Richmond to share my views with Greg McQuade on sex ed in schools. To be viewed on television today. No pressure! After reading a recent report in the Washington post from a recently published National Sexuality Education Standards report that spurred the […]

Thank you for Stealing

Our little gal sittin' pretty in said stroller.

Yesterday, our family toured the rolling landscape of Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Christmastown for the first time. It was also the first time our kids ever encountered strangers taking stealing from them. (For the scoop on our trip, read the review here.) Let me back up a bit. Our kiddos–ages nine, six, and three–love theme parks […]