Holidays

Summertime in Central Florida means soaking in family barbecues and long, leisurely days at the beach. Summer is for simple joys like popsicles and bicycle rides and buckets of ice-cold soda pop. One of my favorite childhood memories was a...

Summer, summer, summertime.  You are fun and easy and filled with long slow days. However, you are also hot and sticky and humid. I find it difficult to look put together while casually wiping sweat off my face. Now...

July 4th weekend will be here before you know it, and we have a rundown on the festivities happening all weekend long around Central Florida. Sunday, July 3 2016 Baldwin Park Independence Day Bash Village Center & Harbor Park in Baldwin Park Sunday,...

I am as over the school year as the next mom. Maybe more so. I'm tired of packing lunches, matching socks, and making sure that shirts are "four fingers wide." I am WAY over the homework struggle, reading logs, and...

Summer is just around the corner, and I don't know about you, but that brings about a whole lot of excitement in our house! As a kid, I have fond memories of trips to my grandparents house to play once...

Is it still nerdy to love the library if you have one as cool as the Orange County Library? I have always loved visiting libraries, and I have lots of memories wasting away long summer days in some corner with a...

On June 11, the Orange County Library system launches another fantastic summer reading program with more than 1,000 events, classes, technology camps and more. From June 11 through Aug. 13, all 16 of our branches offer fun, fascinating and...

Passover is a celebration of spring, of birth and rebirth, of a journey from slavery to freedom, and of taking responsibility for yourself, the community, and the world. Passover begins sunset of  Friday, April 22, 2016 and ends nightfall of...

Happy St Patrick's Day! Today is a fun day to celebrate with your kids. Lots of green clovers and rainbows and leprechauns - and an occasion for us grown-ups to drink our favorite Irish whiskey or pint of Guinness. My favorite...

As a kid, I remember one particular Easter egg hunt. Even at six years old, I was so competitive. I ran past all the little eggs scattered across the church property underneath all the pine trees, I only wanted...

Leap Day occurs every four years; every four years we have an extra day in the calendar year. Honestly, all the Leap Years I have personally encountered are all a blur. I cannot say that I have actually put that...

Valentine’s Day. I have a love-hate relationship with the day. I know I’m not the only one. It began in middle and high school when I would watch girls parade through the halls with their flowers and teddy bears and chocolate...

We are lovers of coloring in our house, and with that, there is definitely no shortage of crayons. In fact, our favorite bedtime stories lately also involve some rather silly tales of crayon friends who quit their jobs and...

Valentine's Day is so much more then just candy and flowers. I grew up Catholic, so to me the day has a lot more meaning. Although Valentine's Day is named after St. Valentine, the day has always had a romantic...

The new year always brings a yearning for fresh starts, organization and simplicity.  Systems, consistency and accessibility are three of my favorite words and today I am sharing some of my most favorite apps (some shared, some not) that help...