Toddlers

  Last week started with a last minute trip to see a college pal and her kids, followed by a trip to the Florida Aquarium. By 'last minute' I mean there was limited time to think through this plan and realize...

This post has been sponsored by Fresh Wave Works, a favorite product of Orlando Moms Blog contributors. All opinions below are 100% our own.  OK mamas, let's start naming all of the funky odors that can waft through our home on...

Whether you're a SAHM or a working mama, these Christmas tree ornament crafts will be sure to keep your toddler busy and happy! Grab some glue, popsicle sticks, felt, some mini pompoms and some googly eyes, you'll be all set. First...

For those of you that are members of Costco, you already know the greatness that it is filled with! However, if you're like me and have minimal to no experience with Costco, (I had my first visit a few months...

The holidays are officially here (at least in our household); we don't necessarily skip right to Christmas but I am a firm believer that Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years go hand-in-hand. Holiday music is playing, gift shopping has slowly...

That was the most loaded question I’ve ever been asked. Circumstances? I had just “hopped” off the table from the first sonogram of my second pregnancy. I hadn’t been able to see the screen, and as I lay there...

Poppin’ bottles in the ice. Like a G6. Doesn’t everyone sing this song to make the time pass faster as they wash bottles? Doesn’t everyone spend 40 mins. washing and sanitizing bottles every night?? You don’t all wash 12 bottles...

It's funny.  As parents we want our kiddos to grow up, become independent and continue on to be contributing members of society.  That is, until it's easier for us to not let them grow up and become independent.  Parenting...

If they gave certifications in moving, I’m certain I’d earn some level of distinction.  As a child we moved when the military dictated, and after college I never could quite settle into one place or space. Thanks to advancements...

If I could turn back time, I’d hit stop the day they were born. Then I’d hit stop the day they smiled for the first time, when they started rolling over and probably when they started talking, too. I...

One of our favorite traditions every spring is to go blueberry picking at Southern Hill Farms in Clermont.  We had our first experience there last year and couldn't wait to go back.  Just a short 25 minute drive from...

As we entered the turnstile at the Amway Center for a recent Orlando Magic game, my two and a half year old grabbed my leg, making it impossible to move forward. I looked down just in time to see...

It was the beginning of summer, 2014. I just had my third daughter, and I decided to do the unthinkable. I decided to keep all three of my girls home for the summer. No preschool, no daycare. I decided to...

I usually shy away from blogging about controversial "hot button" issues like religion, politics, and taking small children to restaurants.  So I'm writing outside my comfort zone today after recently stumbling across a blog post that caught fire in mere minutes about...

It was a Saturday morning about 6 months ago and we found ourselves asking, "What to do?  What to do?"  We are constantly looking for weekend outings that are 1. local and inexpensive and 2. educational and fun.  Suddenly, on...