My grandmother died right before Thanksgiving when I was 23. My mother, the family’s quintessential hostess, seemed paralyzed at the thought of cooking for Thanksgiving that year. After talking to my dad, I made a reservation for Thanksgiving dinner...
AHHHHH the holidays. My favorite time of year. Great food, warm cozy clothes, Christmas lights, Starbucks seasonal lattes ... and I could go on. However, my favorite season has now turned into this stressful, undeniable, unavoidable debate of "Do...
Want to have Breakfast with Santa? Share your holiday wishes with Santa and eat a yummy breakfast, too!
Kiwanis presents Breakfast with Santa
December 3, 2016 9 – 11 AM
Location: Encore Avalon Park
Encore at Avalon Park and the Avalon Park Kiwanis Club...
When raising humans, inevitably the body hair will come. Although I wanted my daughter to wait as long as possible to start shaving her legs, I thought it was rather progressive of me to buy her a palm-sized electric...
Resting on top of the glider in our room is a pile of my clothes that I need to put away, hand-me-downs from our nieces that need to be parceled out between my kids, and my backup Halloween outfit. ...
'Tis the season...for accidents. If your holidays are anything like mine, you'll agree that this time of year is an accident waiting to happen! Ladders are pulled from storage to hang twinkling lights, tempting breakable ornaments are hung from trees just inches...
Do you love pumpkin, but are sick of bringing the same old pumpkin pie to your Thanksgiving celebration? Well, I have just recipe for you - pumpkin pie bars! They're full of fall flavor, can be made ahead and...
I love turkey dinner with all the fixings, tinsel, Home Alone, fake snow and holiday music as much as the next person, but unfortunately life doesn’t always imitate art. For many people, especially families with school aged or younger...
It's not always possible to ensure our children's safety when they're out in the world, but it's a different story when they're at home — that's where we do all we can to protect them. If you're concerned about...
Is there some mean fairy that sends out secret messages to all kids on their second birthday? It really seemed like a switch flipped after my daughter turned two. Everything was a battle from what I made for dinner to...
I caved to the pressure last Christmas and convinced my husband that it was time to get our twelve year old daughters smartphones. They were two of the few sixth graders at their school without phones. Before sixth grade they were...
A couple weeks ago, I was that mom.
The one filling your news feed with cute kid pictures, celebration (ala the world series), and general happiness...while actually having the worst week EVER.
Now that the election is over, I think a lot of us...
Can your baby breathe all through the night? Can he nap without life support? Does her little body do the involuntary things necessary to survive sleep? I pray that it’s so for you.
It’s not like that for Ian.
This dapper...
About eight weeks ago, I delivered my third baby. She is my first girl after two wild boys. She is fussy and she eats all the time...yada yada yada. It's the same thing you've heard before. But what's different...
I'm ready for my social media feeds to be filled with smiling babies, holiday photos, opinions on television shows and mom tips. I'm all about a good intellectual conversation, but this election and the media circus has turned that...
Fun Holiday Activities to do with Kids in Orlando
The holidays are filled with so many activities! From school events to family fun, there is plenty to do. BUT if you find yourself...
