The LEGO Movie has been the number one family movie at the box office for weeks and my kids loved every “block” buster second of it! We are big LEGO fans in my house. My two children started with...
Last year, my twins started Kindergarten. I remember contemplating what to do during Spring Break. After all it was their first real Spring Break, I had to make it special, right?
I realized that having school every day kept us...
It is safe to assume your children opened many gifts over the holidays, right? As parents we want our childrent to take good care of their toys to show there appreciation like playing gently or putting them away when...
Fall has arrived in Jacksonville—well, sort of, it is starting to get a little cooler, right? The outside temperature was 62 degrees this morning, and you know what that means for a Floridian?--Sweatshirts! Yeah, I'm wearing one for preschool...
Eight cringe-worthy tactics our parents used that now seem nuts
It’s no secret that parenting styles have changed over the course of a generation. We know that baby blankets don’t belong, well, near the baby. And no mother worth her...
When I found out my son needed glasses in kindergarten, I had a thousand questions. Even though I wear contacts and glasses, I didn’t get them until I was in 5th grade. Having a child that needed them at a...
I'm no expert.
It felt important to officially establish that up front, since I'm about to address something that all parents are either dealing with, or will deal with, at some point in their parenting careers. Social Media. It's everywhere....
I remember it so well. It was a sunny day in Jacksonville in May 2011, a perfect day to take the kids to the pool. Caroline was six months old and happily bobbing around the pool in her float...
I have a strong-willed daughter. I often joke that she came out fighting (see previous posts about her condition at birth), and she never stopped. My daughter and I share many interests, but our personalities I admit are rather different. Where...
Jacksonville Moms Blog and Jacksonville Magazine are thrilled to bring you our First Annual Family Foodie Fare at MOSH on Thursday, April 7, 6-8pm! Duval County students are out of school the next day, so it's the perfect evening to get...
I can’t even count the number of Monster Jam trucks my son has. He was obsessed with them for years. We even got pit passes when Monster Jam came to town so he could meet all the drivers. I...
Play “Dating”
Playdates by definition are “time that parents arrange for their children to play together.” Ironically, 'date' is in the word, and I am about to tell you why.
As infants and toddlers, playdates for my kids were getting together...