Lyons’ Library

Hello mommies,

Here, you’ll find an index of all our journalistic articles about different topics concerning mom life and kids’ toys and activities. 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?
… have inguinal hernia repair done for your baby?
… wear breast milk jewelry?
… have a 1st birthday cake-smashing party?
… hire a nanny?
… baptize your baby?
… get your baby a haircut?

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

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?
… establish and maintain an aquarium?
… visit the Duesseldorf Aqua Zoo 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?
… get a golden hamster for a grade school kid?
… feed your golden hamster?
… feed a golden hamster yogurt?
… visit the aquarium in the Cologne Zoo?
… how to replace a dead golden hamster with a substitute for a grieving kid?
… feed a new golden hamster?

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….

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 Have a Hemithyroidectomy? (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!