Mallory Skidmore
Hello! My name is Mallory, and I am a Troy native. I now live in Beavercreek with my husband, our daughter, Greer (May 2016) and son, Smith (Feb. 2019). The first few years of parenthood have taught me that I still have so much to learn! I’m trying to figure it out with a little bit of humor and a lot of humility. I believe that we are our best selves when we are on vacation, that life should be more like a Hallmark movie, that local restaurants are far superior to chains, that birthdays should be week long celebrations, and that you can never have too many library cards.
Wear Your Sunscreen: Advice to my Younger Self
Like most teens, I dabbled in many a regrettable trend. While the late ’90s and early ’00s were a great time for music and television, they were a less kind time for fashion and...
Goodnight Messy Room {A Goodnight Moon Parody}
In my living room,
There was a mountain of toys.
And a sense of impending doom,
And piles upon piles of –
Plastic dinosaurs in a massive uproar
And one hundred spiky little Barbie shoes,
And a wooden train set...
Growing Pains {Letting Go is Hard to Do}
"Are you okay to go in by yourself?" I nervously ask my 4-year-old as we pull up to the dance studio. It’s only her second class; surely she’s still going to want me to...
Dayton Area Guide to Local Pizza Shops
I don’t know about you, but after the mess that was 2020, I plan to take all of the celebrations I can get in 2021. Luckily, for all of us, Feb. 9 happens to...
New Dinner Bestie: Ground Turkey
At the end of a long day, the last thing I want to think about is what’s for dinner. There are certainly nights where take-out wins, but we try to limit that as much...
What Holiday TV Movie Are You? – A Quiz
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: made-for-television-holiday-movie season!
If you know me, you know that I am 100% IN on all the cheesiness that these movies have to offer. Hallmark movies, in particular,...
If You Give a 4-Year-Old a Cookie…
If you give a 4-year-old a cookie…
You'd better make sure it's chocolate chip - heavy on the chips.
She’ll probably ask you for another one.
Then she’ll ask you for a glass of milk – half...
Vote, Mama, Vote
It’s time for me to fess up to a shameful secret I’ve been keeping for the past four years. I did not vote in the 2016 presidential election. Ugh, just writing those words makes...
I’m Grateful for My Awkward Phase
A video has recently been making the rounds on various forms of social media contrasting pre-teens in the late ‘90s with pre-teens in 2020. The video shows the hip youth of today doing choreographed...
The Final Rock
To my sweet boy,
From the moment I saw your tiny face, it was truly love at first sight. You were (and still are) delicious, and I soaked up every ounce of you. Though our...
Ode to the Miami Valley Centre Mall
For the past decade, we have been living in the time of the retail apocalypse, or the closure of many brick-and-mortar stores. You likely notice this almost everywhere you go, but shopping malls have...
DMC Summer Reading List
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a tired mom in possession of a good family, must be in want of a summer read."
Okay, so maybe that’s not exactly how the iconic opening line...
Father’s Day Gift Guide
Mark your calendars: Sunday, June 21 is Father’s Day!
I don’t know about you, but I continually struggle with picking out the perfect gift for the men in my life. When I asked my...
DMC Quarantine Favorites
The past few months have felt a little (or a lot) like Groundhog’s Day. With some form of social distancing in effect for the foreseeable future, we compiled a list of things our contributors...