Richmondmoms are known for stepping up when help is needed – and now the DSAGR Step Up for Down Syndrome 5K and Family Festival is asking for your support. This year’s festival has a new logo and name that allows 100% of the funds raised to stay in the Greater Richmond area. That offers even [...]
Richmond didn’t name Mom’s Treehouse “One of the Best New Businesses in Richmond” for nothing. If you haven’t been to Mom’s Treehouse before, then now is the perfect time to pay them a visit. After all, with all of their great upcoming monthly specials, you can save money while you’re checking out lots of classes [...]
You may have read about our fun escapades running the Monument 10K and HCA 8K and Half Marathon each year with the Mother Runners of Mom’s Treehouse. Last year, we donned our “Run Like a Mother” running skirts together and headed out on this beautiful fall run, all finishing at different times, all high-fiving at [...]
We think anyone who endeavors to complete the Monument Avenue 10K is pretty amazing, and quite frankly we’re just a little blown away that this nine-year-old, Lucy Foreman, did it too, without ever having run more than a mile. Richmond mom Amy Foreman is a seasoned runner, having run the 10K in the past and [...]
What’s so great about April 2, 2011 in Richmond, Virginia? Well…….plenty! Mother Runners and Monument 10k April 2 is the famous Monument 10K race where the Richmondmoms and Mother Runners will lace up their running shoes and soar down beautiful Monument Avenue. The race kicks off with the kids fun run at 8:00 a.m. and [...]
Here’s an important news flash! March 1, 2011 is National Pancake Day! National Pancake Day is a day when IHOP gives back to communities in which they operate restaurants. One way they celebrate is by holding a “Stacks for Good Acts” contest. All you need to do is tell them about a good deed done [...]
Does she or doesn’t she? Should she or shouldn’t she is the better question! Artificially sweetened foods and drinks are often used by women who are trying to cut down on calories, lose weight and manage a healthy lifestyle. They are also used by diabetics or people at high risk for diabetes. Sugar substitutes are [...]
As parents and grandparents, we often feel that our lives are busier and more difficult than most. Many moms are working both inside and outside the home. Lots of grandparents are raising grandchildren or playing a vital role in caregiving. Parents and grandparents have very busy lives. There are carpools to manage, homework to oversee, [...]
I continue to challenge myself with walking (and one day running) according to the plan customized for me by Rachel Pustilnik of Mom’s Treehouse and I’m doing “pretty good”. I do have days when the cold weather makes me want to pull the covers up over my head and go back to sleep. But my [...]
by Kate Willoughby Hall, CEO of Richmondmom.com and constant weight-battler It’s a constant in conversations with my girlfriends: the dreaded battle of the bulge. I’ve spoken about being a chubby kid openly on this site, after all where better to share my most terrible memories than a welcoming audience of loving women who understand. Joining [...]
