Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Did you know that besides the faith-filled articles you've come to expect from us, AllMomDoes.com also has a whole collection of wonderful recipes? A few days ago I was staring at two overly ripe bana...

I have been baking with my granddaughter since she was so little she had to use a step stool to reach the counter. She is now a teen and although she hasn't quite passed me in height yet (although she...

Summer means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but if you're like me, it means iced coffees and ice cream treats! Because, really, what better way to cool off? (And, please don't...

In my area, we don't usually get record-setting heatwaves, but when we do we're not prepared for that amount of heat...and it shows. A couple years ago we went through one where the thermometer on my ...

I was introduced to flavored syrups when I worked as a barista. There were so many flavors to choose from and it was fun to see what drinks I could create for customers. Years later, I bought the syru...

Love them or hate them bugs are a part of life, especially in the summer. I'm usually spared bug bites because I don't go outside after dark. But the warm weather is here and I have found that picking...

Here at AllMomDoes, we love our kids and we love motherhood. But we also realize that stress goes hand-in-hand with raising kids, and sometimes the best way to battle that is with laughter. So, here a...

How is it July already? I think I blinked and missed Spring somehow. In some ways it feels like I planted my garden yesterday, yet my radishes have all been harvested and eaten. Most of my poppies hav...

To me, watermelon is synonymous with summer. Although we don't live in the south and it's hard to grow watermelons here in our rainy climate, nothing beats cold watermelon on a hot summer day. Waterme...

The summers of my youth were different from the summers of today. There were reasons for that, of course. For one thing, we only had three television channels and all they played during the weekdays w...