I was fortunate enough to connect with Dr. Jerry Weichman's wife through my blog. Seeing that October is National Anti-Bullying Month, and Dr. Jerry Weichman specializes in adolescents, I thought the topic of bullying might be right up his alley. This is a really important topic to me since my daughter just started Kindergarten and we are now in the grade school years. I thought it would be a very powerful post if he could give us expert advice on how we can start educating our children early about what bullies are, what they can do, and what warning signs to look for in our own children. This article is full of valuable information on bullying and what every parent should know.

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Before kids, I never used to get when people said "marriage takes work" because my husband and I were so compatible our relationship used to feel effortless.

But those were the days when, just for an example, we would sleep in on Saturday morning, have breakfast together, read the paper, maybe go for a bike ride or go grocery shopping together, hit a movie, go to a home store to buy stuff to work on our house, make dinner together or maybe go out for dinner and drinks, you get the idea.

Every weekend, all weekend it was just the two of us. And what that meant was we had a lot of TIME to focus on each other, talk and connect. No wonder it felt so easy!

Now after kids, I can absolutely see how marriage does take work. Anyone else feel the same?

There are stretches of time when I feel like we are both totally immersed in "Operation Scheumann Household." We are a cooperative team focused on everything we need to do to take care of the kids and our household. Kids, activities, cleaning, shopping, birthday parties, organizing, work, bills, etc. etc. And unfortunately "Operation Scheumann Marriage" is often a neglected mission.

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Hello moms! How was the weekend? I hope you are surviving the summer off with your kids! If you are needing a little pick-me-up to inspire you this Monday morning, do yourself a favor, CLICK HERE and just look at these babies. When I was writing this, I found myself so enthralled by the Studio Cee Photography & Design site and spent so much time admiring her work, I almost forgot I had a blog post to get back to! Her work is amazing. ARTFUL. Delicate. Crisp. Just click and look. Seriously.

So the graphic designer turned Orange County children and newborn photographer extraordinare, Clarice, and I were talking about her main blog post and what we wanted to share about her company. She had sent me this beautiful graphic above and when I saw that precious newborn, I thought, maybe we need to write something on WHY it is just SO meaningful to professionally photograph your itsy-bitsy newborn?

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I am so happy to introduce a new Tiny Oranges Sponsor, Bettenhausen Law, a local Orange County law firm that specializes in Estate Planning and Family Law. I am passionate about spreading the word on how important it is to do an estate plan to protect your kids. We just did ours last year when our daughter was 3, and after I learned how much is at stake if you don't have one, it was, well, downright scary. But it doesn't have to be! Getting it done will bring you so much peace of mind and will be one of those things you can CHECK off your list.

Here are the reasons WHY it's so important and some frequently asked questions in a fabulous article written by Baron Bettenhausen to easily break it down for parents.

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