Last week, we were invited to Shriners Hospital for Children® in Tampa to learn about their On Track for a Safe Summer campaign. In this sponsored post, I’ll be sharing the great tips that I learned on how to keep your family safe this summer. As I’m sure you’re all well aware, it is summer vacation for all of our school age kids. So when I asked my girls, Emily and Megan, to get up early I was prepared for a bit of grumbling. But when they […]
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Don’t Tease Me Cause I’m Different
I was cleaning out my draft folder this morning and I found this post written in September 2012 but never published. I thought I’d share it today. Having small children can certainly be a learning experience. The wisdom contained in such small bodies is often a lot more profound than most people know. I learn a lot by just listening in to the conversations that go on in my house. For example this is what one child had to say to another yesterday. “People […]
A Visit to the Circus
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Just the name alone inspires awe and excitement in me. I’ve been enthralled with the circus since I was a small kid. I’ve always wanted to take my kids to the circus and I was finally able to do just that on New Year’s Day, no less. From the moment we entered the Tampa Bay Times Forum, we had a great time. We got there a little later than I wanted so the girls weren’t able to take part in the meet […]