Back to School

Raise your hands if you are ready to say "sayonara summer" and head back to school. You guys! Will. It. EVER. End?! Don't get me wrong; I'm glad we got to spend all the time. We laughed. We cried....

Can you believe its back-to-school time already? It feels like summer just flew by! Back-to-school to me is a bag of mixed emotions. I am excited for my children as they start on a new adventure. I am a bit...

Get your cameras ready momtographers! The kids are going back to school! Get your first day photo with this First Day Of School Printable!   The start of each school year is a great time to interview your child! Here is a...

Move over, summer reading: Seminole County Library offers a slew of services for adults, too. With the start to every summer, there come certain rights of passage: family trips, camps, exhausted parents, and summer reading. But this summer, let's not forget the...

Will all the Room Moms and PTA Moms please rise? Now, please allow the rest of us a moment to complete a full round of slow claps and a curtsy. Ladies, the year is behind us, and you have...

I've been on the verge of tears for a few weeks now with several times of them overflowing. It could have something to do with being pregnant, but the real factor behind the waterworks is my first child is...

What the heck is free-range parenting, and why are other countries going out of their way to make their playgrounds more dangerous? Even though my last post was titled I'm a New Mom - Of Course I Worry About Everything,...

We have some really fun holidays coming up in March—and I don't just mean the greenest day of all, St. Patrick's Day on the 17th! We believe that every day should be a holiday, so we have put together...

Lice Happens – From Lousy Head to Fresh Head Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of mothers like the threat of a head lice infestation. Each day Fresh Heads fields phone calls from tired, frustrated, embarrassed mothers and fathers who...

Orlando Moms Blog had the amazing opportunity to attend MassMutual's event, FutureSmart. This was a collaboration with Mass Mutual and The Junior Achievement of Central Florida. The keynote speaker was none other than Hill Harper, T.V. star from The Good Doctor! Hill spoke...

As a parent myself, I am amazed at all the different choices we now have regarding our children and their education. Public, private, charter, virtual, homeschool—whatever option you choose, there is one fact no one can refute—parental involvement has...

We were at a family picnic at my daughter's school a few weeks ago, and her teacher casually pulled me aside. She inched closer to me and spoke low; "I just want to let you know that the kids...

Are you disappointed in how your child is doing in school? Are you fed up with too much homework or not enough one-on-one time between student and teacher? Or maybe you just desire more freedom for your family? Have...

Oops, I did it again The “wise” Britney Spears can sum this post up the best – “oops, I did it again.” One of my past blog posts, “Cher Said It First,” detailed how I spent too much time focusing...

I'm late to everything. Literally, my family says "I'll be late to my own funeral" and my friends take bets on when exactly I'll arrive. My husband's family is from Colombia and they joke that they run on Latin...