Health + Wellness

With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, I find myself overindulging often this time of year. I always go into the holiday season with the intention of not stuffing  my face with a big holiday dinner, but as they say, best...

After moving from California to Florida earlier this year, my family has struggled to find really good organic produce at our local grocery stores. In Los Angeles we were spoiled with so many options, from the local Whole Foods...

MOMS “Can Do” event is sponsored by Baby Boot Camp-Orlando, Doorstep Delivery, Moms Run this Town-East Orlando, and Orlando Moms Blog-Enjoy a complementary community class in Blue Jacket Park to support Second Harvest Food Bank. Lets help stock their...

About a month ago, I took my girls for a consultation at an orthodontist.  He mentioned to them that even though they were not "officially" patients, they could bring their candy into the office on the Monday after Halloween...

My little one absolutely LOVES this recipe! I always bake up a full pan at a time so I can cut it into pancake sticks and freeze servings for later. Straight from the freezer to the microwave -- with...

Join Baby Boot Camp this fall and train together for the Vanessa Welch Reindeer Run at Seaworld on December 13th. This is Baby Boot Camp-Orlando's 1st Annual Holiday Charity 5K Training, so come out with or without the family to train....

With Whole Foods and Fresh Market stores popping up on every corner lately, I have started thinking more and more about buying organic  foods. Of course we all want to feed our families the best and healthiest food we...

The kids have only been back in school for a short while now and I'm already asking myself, "what am I going to send for lunch tomorrow?" Any other moms out there struggle with this as much as I do?...

I have been aware that there is a little known secret ceramics studio in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando’s Allen Hall (downtown Orlando) for about eight months now, but I had not visited it myself...

Pure Barre Orlando - Dr. Phillips & Mills Park is giving away 1 month of unlimited classes. OK Orlando mommas, this is exciting! First of all, have you ever heard of Pure Barre? To be honest, I hadn't ever heard...

Some call them running strollers, others baby joggers. They’re an investment and take some time to research and look into what will work for you, baby and the budget. I’m the chapter leader of a free, local running club...

It can be all too easy when we’re pregnant and tired (especially in the 1st and 3rd trimester) to want to skip our workout! I’m currently 23 weeks pregnant with baby #2. Sometimes I find going out for a...

So we had what one might describe as our most interesting spring break this year. My thirteen-year-old EIGHTH GRADER went on a week-long trip to New York City with only her schoolmates and some teacher and administrator chaperones. No...

As busy moms on the go, it’s not always easy to eat healthy! You’re rushing from work to pick up one kid at school and drop off one at dance class and the other at soccer, and you’re all starving in the car!

For moms on the go, easy snacks are a lifesaver. Unfortunately, the easy snacks are not always the healthiest snacks. And if they're healthy -- like organic squeeze applesauce -- they can get costly at $.99 each. So, we...