Guest Blog – Boo Boo Busters


“You’ve brought your new little one home, you’ve adjusted to Motherhood and just when you think you can relax… your little bundle of joy starts crawling! Ack! Are you ready for this? Have you crawled around on all fours and pretended you were looking through the eyes of your baby? Most likely not, but Kimberlee Mitchell, founder of…Click here to read more

Burglary Update…Are You Serial?

Most unfortunately our house was burglarized last November.  It was seriously a complete and total nightmare, financially and emotionally.  I wrote a post about some valuable lessons we learned when it happened, click here to see the post.   Hopefully I can help prevent it from happening to someone else!

If you take one thing away from reading this, it would be to lock every door and window every time you leave your house.   You never think it would happen to you or happen in your neighborhood, but it does and it can.   I will never take my safety or security for granted again.  I used to feel very safe in our neighborhood, but now we never step out without everything locked, bolted, and our alarm system on.  Even if we are going for a walk around the block for 15 minutes. 

BUT, I do have some good news and an update that I wanted to share!  

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Guest Blog – “Free Play” Areas

This guest blog is by Michele, a play fanatic who catalogues local playgrounds on Fun Orange County Parks — and inspires play experiences on her related Spotlighting Play blog.

“Free Play” Areas at Disneyland and California Adventure

“Lots of parents in Orange County have passes to Disneyland. We went the season pass route this year and have already got our money’s worth out of it. Season passholders develop their own routine and figure out which parts of the parks are busiest at which times. Seems to me, the “free play” places become underdog attractions when compared to

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