Ages + Stages

When I was pregnant, I channeled my inner honor roll student and read numerous books, researched multiple websites, consulted friends and family for advice, and yet from the moment the three of us left the hospital the shock was...

The beach with little ones can seem like a daunting adventure. I am sharing four key tips and tricks, along with the beach essentials needed to make your trip enjoyable and stress-free. As a Pensacola native, I have grown up...

The ghost of preteens past takes this mom down memory lane in hopes that she can find ways to break the cycle of mother/daughter angst and find understanding through the tween years. I remember being their age like it was...

  More than likely, if you are reading this blog post, you have children that are about to start school. No matter what age, pre-k to high school (maybe even college), getting back into a routine of going to school...

This year, the decisions we are facing regarding sending kids back to school are not easy. With COVID-19 worries, we have to hope we are making the best choices for our family whether that is brick & mortar school,...

As we reach the pinnacle of this pandemic, both in physical sickness and mental exhaustion, a new debate is forming. Should our children return to school, even with the growing health risk? Should we even reopen schools? Every parent learned...

As a kid, I always loved school supply shopping and thought it was so much fun. My mom and I would dedicate time going to the store, go up and down the aisles, and take our time picking out...

A trip to the park is one of my favorite things. Starting a family, I thought about how much time I wanted to spend at the park letting my children play. Having my first child, all we needed was...

Today was day forty-bazillion of quarantine. And that would make it the forty-bazillionth day in a row that everyone’s tensions were running just a little bit high from just a little too much togetherness. I couldn’t make it two...

One afternoon after a more-challenging-than-usual e-learning day of Covid-19 quarantine, I drove across town for the first time in weeks. My son from the backseat marveled at less-than-usual traffic and places he missed seeing since his time of seclusion, notably...