Baby Wise is a book that comes up from time to time and it almost always garners a heated discussion. Both sides of the argument feel strongly about what they believe and personal offense gets taken when disagreements occur. While I am no baby expert, I am currently working on my 4th, and I’d profess […]
When we had our oldest son over seven years ago, I was blissfully unaware of how easily babies can get into things. I like having things out on display and babies like to mess up your things on display. It’s quite the conundrum. But after attempting to move things over and over again, and trying […]
I need a calendar. Like, NEED. I need dates and times and lists and I need them all written down so I can find them. For most of my life, I had some type of planner or bound calendar that I carried around with me. Then I heard about BuJo, or bullet journaling, and it […]
Hey! New Year, New You? Maybe not. But you can still add some things to your routine that will make you feel productive and exciting without really doing a whole lot. Things like… 1. Start walking with the kids after school. 2. Sign up for a cooking class. 3. Plan daring monthly dates with your […]
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 you ever thought about homeschooling? I’m going to share some things I love about schooling at […]
As a mom of three, I need to carry a lot of stuff. But I also have a hatred of diaper bags. I use them. I understand them. I have like five of them. But I always end up missing my big, leather handbags. I’m not a dapper dresser. I haven’t mastered makeup. I tend […]
Over the years, I’ve signs posted in homes on social media and IRL. They say things like, “Please Excuse The Mess, We Live Here.” And before I was a mom, I really appreciated it! I thought, wow, what a good reminder. Because little kids are messy and we should embrace the mess by playing with […]
After discovering my child developed itchy hives all over his body, who would have thought that slow vacuuming would help with minimizing his allergies!? About two and a half years ago, my son, who was four years old at the time, developed itchy hives all over his body. He was covered every where that his […]
What are we doing this summer? Nothing. As a homeschooling family, we are home a lot. We spend most of our school days at home, learning and studying. We take field trips and do fun things during the week so we can get out of the house, but mostly, we have a fully planned school […]
If I had to pick one doughnut… What am I saying? I could never pick just one. This is either my least controversial post or my most controversial post to date. And that’s scary. I spent the better part of a day driving from St. Cloud to Winter Park, tasting doughnuts (donuts?) from some amazing […]
For a while, we were so happy with our family dynamic. We had two boys, Eldest Boy and Baby Boy. To us, it was perfect. Nothing is better than brothers! Then one day, shortly before our Baby Boy turned three, we decided that we were wrong. We could see more babies in our future. And […]
*author’s note: “I would like to preface this post with a few thoughts. When these words originally went live on Orlando Mom’s Blog, I received a good amount of push back from single moms and those advocating for single moms, telling me I was giving myself a badge of honor I was not worthy of. […]
I’m not sure if I was just clueless when I had my first baby or maybe it just wasn’t a thing yet, but in 2010, I didn’t feel the weight of the internet on my shoulders. In 2010, announcing a baby’s due date wasn’t followed by a string of questioning about personal family decisions. I […]
I have zero creativity right now. It’s frustrating. I want to write, take photographs, even doodle. But nothing comes. My creativity bug flew away about four months ago when I had my baby girl. She’s wonderful and lovely and I enjoy being around her. But since she arrived, I have done almost nothing else and […]
Don’t judge me. I have never made up an activity for my kids. We have never finger painted, or gathered leaves for an art project, or made molecules out of marshmallows. I have never searched online for a new game for a rainy afternoon. My boys have never asked me to entertain them. When I […]
