Lyons’ Library - lyonessandcub

Hello mommies,

Here, you’ll find an index of all our journalistic articles about different topics concerning mom life. Have fun perusing our library! If you’re looking for a topic you’d like us to cover and can’t find it, please contact us through the contact form, and I might write it for you.

All about friendships, relationships, partnerships, and love: What’s it like to…

… spend your honeymoon in Hawaii?
… survive an inland derecho?
… lose your father?
… build an experimental airplane?
… find your husband’s secret poems?
… celebrate Valentine’s Day in the NICU?

2.1 All about pregnancy, motherhood, and parenting: What’s it like to…

… have a baby shower?
… do IVF?
… have a preemie?
… have an IUGR baby?
… be a NICU mom?
… to have a visitor in the NICU?
… be a mom over 40?
… set up your nursery?
… go back to work as a new mommy?
… have inguinal hernia repair done for your baby?
… wear breast milk jewelry?
… have a 1st birthday cake-smashing party?
… deal with toddler temper tantrums?
… hire a nanny?
… baptize your baby?
… get your baby a haircut?

2.2 All about Toddler and Preschooler Activities and Trips: What’s it like to…

… do pretend play on the Mall’s ride-on cars?
… go to the funfair with your toddler?
… entertain your tot with bubble wrap, cardboard, and foam mesh sleeves?
… play in teepees in the forest with a toddler?
… ride the John Deere tractor go-kart?
… climb with your kiddo?
… take your kid to the elections?
… go on the Jumping Spider with your toddler?
… make chestnut animals with your toddler?
… explore a real fire engine with your toddler?
… train on exercisers with your kid?
… ride on a toy helicopter?
… potty train your toddler?
… play on climbing towers with your toddler?
… carve a pumpkin with your toddler?
… disguise for Halloween with your toddler?
… build a snowman with your toddler?
… go to the splash park with your toddler?
… have Saint Nicholas visit your toddler?
… bake Christmas cookies with a toddler?
… celebrate Saint Nicholas Day in Germany?
… go to a German Christmas Market?
… take your tot to the car repair place?
… play Starbucks barista with your preschooler?
… play doctor with your son?
… play at the sand and water park?
… take your kid to Kinderland GeckoFun?
… visit Legoland with a preschooler?
… explore the nature adventure trail in Landschaftspark Rheinbogen?
… climb on the Hoplop indoor playground in Cologne?
… visit the Irrland amusement park in Kevelaer?
… 12 cool things to do in Irrland amusement park in Kevelaer
… watch the fire act at Project Circus Proscho?
… play on the splash pad in the Landschaftspark in Monheim?
… go to the forest pool in the city of Hilden?
… climb the high ropes course at Oki Doki?
… go to the fall festival?
… go to the Christmas Market at Castle Grunewald in Solingen?
… go to the Hugodrom Indoor Playground in Remscheid?
… go to Tiki Kinderland Indoor Playground in Solingen?
… celebrate a kid’s birthday at the Oki Doki indoor playground?

3. All about animals: What’s it like to…

… raise a puppy?
… adopt a shelter dog?
… breed leopard geckos?
… vend at reptile shows?
… keep African Fat-Tailed Geckos?
… raise crested geckos?
… keep gargoyle geckos as pets?
… keep a Mainland Chahoua Gecko?
… keep bearded dragons?
… keep mossy leaf-tailed geckos?
… keep a hybrid gecko?
… get a lost dog back to its owners?
… rescue a kitten?
… get guinea pigs from the shelter?
… neuter a stray cat?
… set up an aquarium?
… visit an aquarium with your toddler?
… find a lime hawk moth caterpillar?
… go to the wild animal park with your toddler?
… observe the otters at the animal park with a toddler?
… get to feed the fish in a pet store?
… visit the Wuppertal Zoo?
… see the real llama llama red pajama?
… make friends with a porcupine?
… visit the baby goats in the Wildpark?
… visit the European wildcat at the Animal Park?
… visit SeaLife with a preschooler?
… visit the Solingen bi rd- and animal park?
… visit the albino deer at Fauna park in Solingen?
… learn about Patron, the Ukrainian sapper dog?
… hold a snake at Circus Florida?
… visit the Duisburg Zoo?
… visit the Cologne Zoo and ride in a gondola over the Rhine River?
… visit Circus Traber?
… visit the Aquazoo in Duesseldorf?
… watch the cranes fly south?
… visit the Dortmund Zoo?

4. All about education, teaching, and learning: What’s it like to…

5. All About Finances: What’s it like to….

6. All about Our Travels: What’s it like to….

… hike the Scottish West Highland Way?
… visit the Auschwitz Museum?
… take a Tour Through Amsterdam?
… go sight-seeing in Rome?
… go sight-seeing in Cologne?
… go sight-seeing in Oberhausen?
… celebrate carnival in the Rhineland?

7. Guest Posts, Collaborations, and Interviews:

Interview with Joe Kubert from The Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, 04/29/2010
What’s it Like to Be a Single Mom? (by Shar)
What is American Homeschooling? (by Emily Sewell)
Raising a Toddler (by Chrissy Lyons, for Emily Sewell from Intentionally Well)
How To Get Kids To Read: Moms Share How They Encourage Reading (by Robin from A Dime Saved)
2022 New Year’s Resolutions for Moms (contribution to round-up post by ThatMamaMckayla)
What’s it Like to be Diagnosed with Breast Cancer? (by Maria F.)
What’s it Like to Adopt a Baby? (available for commission; contact us through our contact form!)
What’s it Like to be an Army Mother? (available for commission; contact us through our contact form!)
What’s it Like to be a Twin Mom? (available for commission; contact us through our contact form!)
What’s it Like to Homeschool Your Kids? (available for commission; contact us through our contact form!)
What’s it Like to Have an Autistic Child? (available for commission; contact us through our contact form!