Molly

Molly
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Molly is a recent San Antonio transplant, originally hailing from the Idaho tundra and most recently the Washington D.C. metro area. Besides avoiding the giant question mark that is surviving their first Texan summer, she and her husband are doing their best to keep up with two energetic children, a nine-year-old daughter and five-year-old son who alternately drive them crazy and melt their hearts. Molly is a yogi and pastry-turned-clean-eating chef who describes herself as a “creative dabbler.” She spends her days teaching yoga, writing, and photographing healthy recipes, power-lifting, rocking lip-sync battles with her kids, and playing outside. She recently did a front handspring for the first time ever, can’t stop talking about it, and has concluded it couldn’t hurt to leave space for future “professional gymnast” on her life’s resume.

Yuletide Yoga: Practical Postures to Work into Your Holiday

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As a yoga instructor, I am familiar with the annual complaint that keeping a regular practice through the holidays is near impossible; I myself have fallen off the mat (figuratively here, though the literal...

Composting with Kids

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We’re pretty big on visiting the National Parks and packing extra grocery bags when hiking to cart a bit of trash out with us, and despite leaving younger years behind, we'll forever be die-hard...

Cheesecake and Chaos

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There is a certain smell to summer that carries youthful nostalgia tied to adventure, good food, and friends. And when the wind is perfect, a jumble of happy and hilarious memories come back in...

Mindfulness Before Meltdowns: 3 Breathing Activities to Help Kids Cope With Big Emotions

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  As parents, we watch our kids navigate a wide variety of experiences, from their first steps to riding a bike and beyond. We try to give them the right tools to develop the skills...

I Am a San Antonio Mom: Esther Pipoly

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The Alamo City is lovingly referred to by many as a big city with a small-town feel, and having the opportunity to chat with born-and-raised San Antonian Esther Pipoly, founder of LOLA: Loss Of...

I Am a San Antonio Mom: Kristal Cuevas

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When my husband accepted a job with the Alamo two years ago and relocation got real, there were a handful of research priorities at the top of my list. Right up there with safe...

Why I Haven’t Quit Motherhood…Yet

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Lately, my favorite mornings are those rare occasions in which I manage to roll myself out of bed in the first round of my alarm, dress as silently as possible, and make my way...

Skype-tivities: 20 Fresh FaceTime Ideas to Keep Long-Distance Families in Touch

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Whether you are trying to maintain relationships with long-distance grandparents, create connection among faraway cousins, or bond with your own children during work-related travel, there’s no dispute that technology is on our side to...

The State That Stole Christmas

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If you're not from Texas, but spending the holidays here, I hope you will enjoy this little poem I wrote (to the rhythm of How the Grinch Stole Christmas)! Happy Holidays!   All the South Texas...

Calling All Foodies!

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It’s hard to imagine the holiday season with its string of get-togethers and festive activities without also envisioning something delicious to nibble on. There are main dish traditions, of course, and the long list...

My Parenting Guru: Becoming a Better Mother on the Mat

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I don't know many parents who had any formal training for this monumental endeavor of raising small humans to not only survive to adulthood but, hopefully, get there with a fair amount of knowledge,...

Finding Joy in a Pessimistic World

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"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." —Walt Whitman I’ve always been a naturally optimistic person.  I love sunshine and warm hugs and rainbow-maned unicorns, and I’d much rather...

What You Really Did This Summer

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The summer is wrapping up and with that comes a natural shift of gaze from one set of to-dos to another. If you're like me, you've already started a back-to-school shopping list, outlined your...

Beat the Heat: Join the Chipmunk League!

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Before we know it school days—and more importantly, rushed chaotic school mornings—will be upon us and, despite the last stretch of summer outings and lying by the pool applying sunscreen to my red-headed, pale-skinned...