My second time enduring middle school, this time as a parent, I thought I was prepared. What I wasn’t prepared for was the time machine that transported me back to 1985 to feel the exact same emotions and insecurities...
I remember back when I was in elementary school, being rushed through the lunch line to make my selection and keep moving. The ladies behind the counter wearing their hairnets and rubber gloves were not the most pleasant to...
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...
Time is funny. It's slow when you want it to go by fast, and fast when you want it to be slow. Many of us may have recently had more time to "slow down" physically, but mentally, life has...
Looking for places to go, activities, and things to do for Spring Break (or anytime really)? We have compiled a list of posts to provide you with a comprehensive guide for road trips, day trips, or fun activities and...
When is your kid old enough to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses?
I'm biased of course, but I do in general think my kids are pretty cool. They are good students with good attitudes towards learning. While they are...
It seems like there is a day for everything — National Daughters Day, National Sons Day, heck, even National Pets Day. Don't get me wrong — I love my daughter, son, and my Golden Retriever Charlie, but in light...
If you are a right-handed mama raising a left-handed child, this is the post you never knew you needed — until you needed it. There are countless things no one warned me about during my journey through motherhood and...
Join us in Avondale at beautiful Boone Park on Thursday, June 14 from 9-11am for our first stop on our Park Hop series! Spanning seven blocks and covered in beautiful historic trees, Boone Park offers plenty of room to play, including one...
I hear it all the time from parents. It’s the bane of their existence. The daily chore that looms over them day in and day out. Packing school lunches.
We are a couple of weeks back at school and already...
Many parents come to me with the same refrain “we hate this new math!” or “it is so needlessly hard, why can’t my child just do it the way I was taught?” It’s true, the “new math” or Common...
It's summer, school is out, and parents across the First Coast have a lot on their minds: summer camps, rainy day activities, ways to beat the heat, park hops. If you haven't been thinking about saving for your child's...